The exhibition Self studies brings together ten artists of different generations whose work is devoted to the exploration of the self across painting, drawing, ceramics and textiles. The body – remembered, desired, shared, politically inscribed – is the starting point: the place where self-perception and the outside gaze converge.

The works unfold a world of experience that is multifaceted and contradictory, shaped by the tension between inner projections and external attribution, between private experience and its social dimension. They open a space in which identity becomes visible in all its fluidity – while questioning inherited conventions of feminine representation that they renegotiate.

Together, these diverse artistic practices highlight the body not only as a subject of representation but also as a site of memory, transformation, and resistance. By moving between intimate narratives and broader social realities, the exhibition invites viewers to reflect on the shifting nature of identity and on the ways contemporary artists continue to redefine the visual language of self-portraiture and personal expression.