In Anuk Vardan's practice, writing and painting intertwine in an integrated manner. When she writes a story, the narrative also emerges in images, and each form of expression influences the other. In this creative process, writing and painting imagine each other, stitching together metaphors and new meanings. In painting, however, there is no emphasis on sequentiality; instead, the approach is fragmented, remaining open both to the fictional universe of the story and to the viewer's imagination.
Anuk Vardan values synthesis, fragmentation, and interpretative openness. She sees in the relationship between painting and story the power to condense an entire universe. The small can contain the infinite, and the fragment is no less significant than the whole. It is a celebration of the narrative possibilities contained in the condensed and the essential.
In her search for synthesis, Anuk Vardan seeks to touch the senses that move within silence, that is, the tension between what is said and what remains unsaid, between the verbal and the non-verbal, in the gaps of a fragmented and incomplete narrative.
This fragmented use of fictional narrative in her works also evokes the concept of Ma, from Japanese tradition, where empty space is an active part of the composition, offering breaths and pauses as important as the filled parts. By integrating painting and narrative, Anuk creates works that, even within the confines of a frame, are infinitely expansive.