When I have painted the first time the character who would lead me towards this exhibition, I was into a special state of inspired spontaneity. I’ve been making portraits for a very long time, but always, within my unconscious, the premonition of this so called expressionless character tended to outline itself. I had the experience of that moment of profound vision and it revealed itself. I have a special relationship with my character and, surprisingly enough, when I presented the work for the first time during the graduation exhibition of the Master program, last year, this expressionless figure provoked very strong emotions to all those who interacted with it. Unfortunately, the plenty of emotions determined one of the viewers to take the cutter and cut the canvas of the painting. These astonishing emotions made me to dedicate an entire exhibition to this character. I kept thinking if I should give my character a name. I have decided not to do it. I would like much more each person to name it in his/her personal, intimate way. It can even be an exercise of the quintessence of this exhibition.
(from the catalogue of the exhibition The Human Stain, UNA Gallery, 5-22 April 2005)