the suico ethos

A Dialogue Between What is Seen and What is Felt

 

I create because I have no other choice. Not out of compulsion, not for the sake of production, but because it is how I make sense of the world. Art is my way of translating the intangible, of distilling the noise into something that speaks without words. My process is unpredictable—chaotic at times, meditative at others. There are moments of paralysis, when the weight of an idea feels too vast to contain, and moments of urgency, when inspiration strikes like a live wire. I do not force either. I sit with both, letting them shape the work as they need to.

 

At its core, my art is an exploration of perception and identity—the delicate, often dissonant space between what we present and what we conceal. The plexiglass is the mask, the curated self, the version of us that meets the world’s gaze. Beneath it, layers of abstraction unravel a more complex truth—fragments of emotion, memory, and trauma stitched together in a way that is never entirely whole, never entirely resolved. The textures of ripped paper act as scars, lived experience turned into something tactile. The reflective film forces the viewer into the composition, shifting their image depending on the angle of light, reminding them that interpretation is never fixed. We see only what we are conditioned to see—until we choose to look deeper.

 

This is why I create: to challenge the immediate assumption, the instinct to categorize, to flatten complexity into something digestible. We are not singular beings. We are contradictions, layered and fluid, shaped by the things we carry and the things we try to leave behind. My work asks the viewer to hold space for that duality—to recognize themselves within it.

 

Craftsmanship is everything. In a world moving toward automation, where speed and efficiency dictate value, I am drawn to what is slow, what is deliberate, what demands patience and presence. There is an irreplaceable weight to something made by hand, something that bears the imprint of time and intention. True craftsmanship is not just technique—it is devotion, the willingness to stay with a piece, to let it evolve, to resist the urge for quick resolution.

 

I do not create to leave a legacy. I create to be part of a larger conversation—one that transcends me, one that continues long after the work is finished. If my art endures, it will not be because of my name, but because someone, somewhere, saw themselves in it.

 

This is what I offer: A moment of recognition. A brief dissolution of distance. A chance to be seen—not as the world perceives you, but as you truly are.

 

— Suico