Sweet Violence is a work of art that deals with gender violence in the domestic environment. In it, I create images that hint at these situations of violence that remain hidden because of their immense pain and shame felt by the victims..
Thousands of women suffer of physical, mental, verbal and physical abuse on a daily basis, and some even perish at the hands of their partners or other male members of their immediate family. For fear, intimidation and other psychological or cultural factors, these acts of abuse remain hidden, contributing to the persistence of violence against women in society.
The conceptual basis of Sweet Violence is grounded on personal stories of women who have suffered abuse, as they were told directly to me while doing research for this project. Diving ever deeper into the subject, I started to ask myself what could be hiding in plain sight behind the image of the perfect family, or the happy couple that we all know and admire. In the attempt to answer this question, I examine family abuse, from the acts of violence, to the concealment of these, as well as the psychological profile of the relationships.
Dresses, shoes, blankets, lipstick or the body itself are some of the elements that I utilize to speak of gender violence, composing a narrative that reflects on the scene of a crime of passion, an argument during supper, the silent punishment of the daily chores, solitude and sadness. These subtle cues hint at the sorrow generated in a place where love should reign supreme.

Sweet Violence is a work of art that deals with gender violence in the domestic environment. In it, I create images that hint at these situations of violence that remain hidden because of their immense pain and shame felt by the victims..
Thousands of women suffer of physical, mental, verbal and physical abuse on a daily basis, and some even perish at the hands of their partners or other male members of their immediate family. For fear, intimidation and other psychological or cultural factors, these acts of abuse remain hidden, contributing to the persistence of violence against women in society.
The conceptual basis of Sweet Violence is grounded on personal stories of women who have suffered abuse, as they were told directly to me while doing research for this project. Diving ever deeper into the subject, I started to ask myself what could be hiding in plain sight behind the image of the perfect family, or the happy couple that we all know and admire. In the attempt to answer this question, I examine family abuse, from the acts of violence, to the concealment of these, as well as the psychological profile of the relationships.
Dresses, shoes, blankets, lipstick or the body itself are some of the elements that I utilize to speak of gender violence, composing a narrative that reflects on the scene of a crime of passion, an argument during supper, the silent punishment of the daily chores, solitude and sadness. These subtle cues hint at the sorrow generated in a place where love should reign supreme.