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MelOrchid Exhibit 10292024. Surreal Echoes of Reflection and Identity

Project type

Portraits, Illustrations

Date

October 2024

Location

New York

MelOrchid — Exhibit 10292024
New York

This body of work presents a series of constructed portraits situated in ambiguous, reflective environments. Figures appear suspended between interior and exterior states, where mirrors, water, and fragmented surfaces disrupt a stable sense of identity.

Rather than depicting fixed narratives, the images operate through repetition and variation—objects and gestures recur, altered slightly each time, suggesting memory, doubling, and psychological residue. The work draws on the visual language of portraiture while introducing symbolic interruptions that destabilize time, scale, and perspective.

The result is a collection of images that resists resolution, inviting the viewer to remain within uncertainty and projection rather than interpretation.

Figure standing in a worn interior space facing a broken wall opening onto a horizon, with floating spherical objects suspended in the air.

Two identical figures in red dresses stand facing each other across a reflective channel, with a mirrored spherical object suspended between them.

A figure wearing a red backpack stands facing a group of white birds in an open landscape, reflected in shallow water beneath a cloudy sky.

Two figures in white dresses stand barefoot on a reflective surface, facing downward, with a red spherical object positioned between them.

A figure stands within a framed opening against a sky-filled horizon, surrounded by mounted box-like objects and red spherical devices, reflected on a textured surface below.

A seated figure in a red dress faces a suspended empty frame in an open landscape, with two smaller figures hanging on swings to either side, reflected on a cracked surface below

A figure stands inside a framed opening facing a distant horizon, surrounded by broken walls, vintage electronic devices, red spherical objects, and lamps, reflected on a wet surface below.

Close portrait of a figure with wet hair and parted lips above a reflective water surface, with two small red spherical objects resting at the water’s edge.

Close portrait of a figure whose face appears through a cracked spherical shell, with fragments framing the eyes and mouth against a dark landscape background.

Two standing figures in light dresses face a framed opening containing suspended seated figures and floating spherical forms, reflected on a cracked surface below.

Two mirrored figures face each other within a framed space, with a small speaker-like object suspended between them against a cloudy sky.

Close portrait of a freckled face looking forward, with a pale flower held against the cheek and soft light emphasizing skin texture.

Two figures in contrasting dresses face each other across a reflective surface, one holding a book and the other seated, with floating balloon-like forms between them under a cloudy sky.

Two figures in light dresses stand on either side of an empty ornate frame in an open landscape, with birds flying overhead and red spherical objects reflected in shallow water below.

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