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My practice explores states of being through photography, moving image and installation. I create experiential works that invite moments of heightened awareness, in which viewers encounter themselves through processes of perception, transformation, and presence. Central to this enquiry is an interest in how images can move beyond representation and become lived experiences that encourage a deeper way of seeing.

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I am drawn to transitional states and the liminal spaces that exist between visibility and concealment, stillness and movement, presence and absence. Rather than presenting fixed narratives or singular meanings, my work creates environments where ambiguity, reflection and personal interpretation can emerge. Within these spaces, a quiet conversation unfolds—one that invites sustained looking and reveals itself through subtle shifts in form, perception and experience.

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For more than a decade, I have investigated the relationship between embodiment, representation and experience. Early installation works explored the female body within systems of observation, participation and objectification, examining how identity is shaped through acts of looking. Through photography, projection, sound, and audience interaction, these works transformed the image from an object of viewing into an immersive, embodied encounter.

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A recurring concern throughout my practice is the instability of the photographic image itself. Constructed through layering, repetition, projection and movement, my works extend photography beyond the static frame, transforming the image into a temporal and experiential form. The spaces between forms, images, gestures and moments of transition become as significant as the physical photograph itself. It is within these subtle intervals that the quiet conversation emerges—where form becomes formless and invites us into a deeper way of seeing.

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This enquiry continues in my current body of work, Evolution, in which the body appears in states of emergence, dissolution, and transformation. Influenced by the structural logic of the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio, alongside the atmospheric ambiguity of Leonardo da Vinci's sfumato, these works explore identity not as fixed or singular, but as fluid, evolving and continually becoming.

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Across photography, moving image and installation, my practice is ultimately concerned with creating spaces for reflection, awareness and connection. Through layered photographic forms and shifting bodily states, the work reflects on transformation as both a physical and psychological experience. I am interested in how an artwork can create an encounter with the self—moments in which perception slows, certainty softens.

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Karen Mayo