Bloom Break

Bloom Break explores the split-second when form ruptures and something uncharted takes shape. In this series, symmetry is not an end point but a starting place — a fragile equilibrium waiting to be unsettled. The works draw on the visual language of the Rorschach test, where mirrored forms act as a psychological mirror, but here the reflection fractures, releasing colour, motion, and identity.

“Bloom” speaks to emergence: petals unfurling, masks lifting, identities unfolding. “Break” signals disruption — the crack in the surface that lets something vivid through. Together, they mark a moment of becoming: the instant when an idea, a self, or a story bursts into view.

Each piece begins as a balanced composition, then undergoes a deliberate interruption. Shapes spill over, colours bleed into unexpected territories, and symmetry gives way to asymmetry. In that shift, a different kind of truth appears — less controlled, more alive.

Masks are central here because they are both concealment and revelation — objects that hold the power to protect, transform, and declare identity. They are thresholds between the inner self and the outer world, places where what is hidden negotiates its release.

This exhibition is the first of a two-part arc. Bloom Break sets the stage for its autumn counterpart, Maskerade, where these fractured forms evolve into fully realised masks — each carrying the imprint of the moment it broke free. Together, the two arcs trace the journey from emergence to embodiment, from a hidden shape to a face that meets the world.