"Génesis" and the Body She Paints Her Way Through

The work Dalila Pinci considers most loaded with story is titled Génesis, the painting of two women on the floor, one in a vividly colourful bathroom. It is, she says, a portrait of an internal battle.

"The work with the most story in it is called Génesis, because it portrays a young woman and her self-inflicted battle," Pinci says. "Her struggle to be free in the world, her confinement to the home, and her sad reflections about life all come together to depict a story of a woman conflicted with her own body."

“I want to portray expressions of identity and self through my art, which is also why I do self-portrait.”

That focus grows directly out of her own life. "My creative inspirations come from my own experiences, especially being a woman and what that means to me," she says. "I want to portray expressions of identity and self through my art, which is also why I do self-portrait."

The recognition of others, in turn, feeds the next work. "I feel grateful and inspired when others see and recognize the talent in my works," Pinci says. "It makes me want to create more."