My work explores the transfer of emotions through different techniques, materials and visual elements. As a French expatriate living in India for three years, I have been deeply influenced by the country’s rich cultural and artistic heritage. One of the most striking concepts I have explored is the Nava Rasa, the traditional Indian classification of nine fundamental emotions in art. This concept resonated with me, as I have experienced the complexity of emotions while adapting to a new cultural environment, far from my home in France. Inspired by this idea, I selected eight essential emotions - fear, sadness, anger, disgust, love, courage, joy, and peace - that reflect my experiences and resonate with people everywhere. Each artwork represents an emotion connected through a common motif: flowers. They help express and transfer emotions, showing how feelings can change and evolve over time. The exhibition follows a journey from negative to positive emotions, showing that difficult feelings can change into strength and that positive emotions can be celebrated and shared.

Each piece is designed with materials and techniques that help strengthen the emotion it represents, while the associated flower reinforces its symbolism. Fear is shown through a metallic spider web in a corner to amplify the feeling of being trapped. Beaded Dracula orchids reinforce this emotion, while the breakable chain links symbolize breaking free from fear. Sadness is represented by a layered blue wooden sculpture, elevated on a block and visible from all angles, emphasizing how sadness surrounds us and can be seen from different perspectives. A yellow arnica flower, associated with healing, symbolizes comfort in sorrow. Anger is expressed through my plaster cast fist breaking glass, with fragments dispersing flowers to represent explosive feelings. Suspended from the ceiling, it gives the impression of frozen motion to highlight the force of impact. Disgust is displayed on a window, suggesting that this emotion, like a bad smell, can be aired out and left behind. A dripping effect on the corpse flower reflects how disgust feels unsettling and hard to ignore, while words in the background list what personally disgusts me. Courage is embodied in a metal sculpture of my intertwined hands. Drawn flowers on the metal surface symbolize strength born from adversity. Joy is an interactive mixed-media piece, created using Photoshop and photography, incorporating drawings of sunflowers, daffodils, lilies, gerberas, and mimosa, alongside photographs of my family and myself smiling. This work includes mirrors, inviting the audience to add their reflections, reinforcing the participatory nature of happiness. Love is portrayed by a cable tree wrapped in golden threads, featuring fabric roses, with the tree forming a heart shape at its center to symbolize both strength and tenderness. I place the tree on a wooden slice to reinforce the idea that love, like a tree, grows over time. At the end of the exhibition, Peace acts as a mediator. Displayed through tinted origami lotus flowers with 3D-textured leaves, it creates a calm space that calms both positive and negative emotions.

I arranged the artworks with space between them so each emotion could be fully experienced without interference. The placement of each piece creates a sense of progression from negative to positive emotions, immersing the viewer in each emotion and showing that they can be overcome or transformed into something positive. Including interactive elements, like the mirrors in the Joy art piece, helps the audience to engage personally with the theme, making emotions feel real rather than abstract. By playing with textures, materials, and spatial placement, I have created a visual flow that encourages deeper reflection. The contrast between fragile materials like beads and paper and robust materials like metal, wood and plaster enhances the complexity of emotions, showing how they can be both vulnerable and strong. The exhibition space is designed to evoke introspection, inviting viewers to connect the artworks to their own experience. Ultimately, my goal is to encourage viewers to see how emotions can transform, how even negative feelings can turn positive, and how every emotion helps shape us and make us stronger.