Senses
The Senses Project is an ongoing contemporary conceptual art project exploring how humans perceive and interpret the world through the five senses and the brain. Rather than simply representing seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching, each artwork invites viewers to reflect on how sensory experiences become understanding, memory and emotion.
Hear&Listen
Look&See
Smell&Scent
Taste&Savour
Touch&Feel
Learn&Know
Each pairing moves beyond simple perception towards conscious interpretation. Hearing becomes listening. Looking becomes seeing. Tasting becomes savouring. The artworks encourage viewers to pause, reflect and consider their own emotional responses to what they experience.
Although the same six word combinations appear throughout the project, each series uses different materials, colours and techniques to evoke entirely different reactions.
The first works in the Senses Project were created while studying at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. After remaining dormant for many years, the project was revived in 2023 and continues to expand through new series and media.
Senses Gradients
This Gradients series borrows the visual language of advertising to capture attention. Bright colour gradients, bold typography and reflective gold lettering mimic familiar marketing techniques designed to attract the eye.
Once viewers begin reading the paired words, the initial visual impact gives way to reflection. Questions emerge: What am I looking at? What do I really see? How does this artwork make me feel?
The contrast between commercial aesthetics and contemplative content transforms everyday advertising techniques into a meditation on perception and awareness.
Senses Mythologies: Original, Extended, Black & White
Explore this original series
Explore this extended series
Explore this gold&silver series
The Senses Mythologies collection explores myths, legends and folklore from cultures around the world through colour, symbolism and layered imagery. The series consists of three related collections:
- Original
- Extended (Black & White)
- Gold & Silver
Primary and secondary colours connect each artwork to the mythology that inspired it, while symbolic imagery forms textured backgrounds ranging from direct references to subtle abstraction. For example, The Red Hand incorporates the artist’s own handprint directly into the painted surface.
As the project developed, additional mythological narratives inspired the creation of the extended Black & White series and the reflective Gold & Silver series.
Senses Exarcheia
Inspired by the expressive graffiti culture of Exarcheia, the renowned artistic and rebellious neighbourhood of Athens, Greece, this collection translates urban street art into contemporary conceptual artworks.
Each of the six original pieces layers colour, texture and hidden meanings to encourage exploration beyond the surface. The series also connects with the broader Virtual Journeys project centred on Athens, creating a dialogue between place, culture and sensory experience.
Senses Lights
Senses Lights marks a return to three-dimensional artwork through illuminated wall sculptures created using 3D printing and LED lighting.
Like the Gradients series, these works reference the persuasive visual language of advertising. Their glowing forms demand attention while presenting the familiar sensory word pairings in a new physical dimension.
The illuminated objects blur the boundary between sculpture, typography and installation art, inviting viewers to experience the senses through both light and space.