(I'm)migration

A body of work about movement, belonging, and what it means to carry place within you rather than find it in one fixed location.

The series centres on birds. Birds migrate out of instinct and necessity, crossing borders that mean nothing to them in search of safety, warmth, and survival. So do we. The work draws the line between the two, asking what it means to move toward safety, toward love, toward peace, and what it means when that movement is blocked.

Each bird in the series began somewhere real. I photographed them in different countries around the world, drew them individually, and brought them together into flocks across cyanotype prints, paintings, and works on fabric. The cyanotypes are made by hand here in Lisbon, exposed in the sun, no ink and no machine, just chemistry, light, and time.

This is the work closest to my own story. It comes out of a life lived across many countries, and the understanding that belonging is something carried and activated rather than sought.

Explore the prints, paintings, and wearable pieces from the series below.