Hex-based patterned self portrait on paper, acrylic sheets, stainless steel fasteners.

“Hot and Delicious” reimagines my self-portrait as a layered exploration of identity, desire, and consumption. This 48-inch square composition of four 24-inch panels features my repeated image surrounded by empty pizza boxes, merging rhythm, fragmentation, and multiplicity. The repetition of my face becomes a meditation on cycles of sustenance and societal expectations, creating a portrait that is both intimate and universal.

The pizza boxes—symbols of nourishment, indulgence, and waste—reflect the tensions between fulfillment and emptiness, comfort and critique. This work examines identity as both curated and consumable, revealing how self-expression is shaped by external perceptions and internal contradictions. By using repetition to interrogate these dualities, Hot and Delicious invites viewers to consider the complex nature of human expression and the layers of meaning within self perception and expression.