Guided by Animals (2026) explores the relationship between human experience and the intelligence of the natural world. Throughout the artist’s journey, from diagnosis through treatment and into healing, animals became a system of guidance.

Animals appear here as teachers of different states of being, each one reflecting a way of responding to reality. By observing their behaviour, the artist began to recognise alternative ways of moving through pain, uncertainty, and change.

Each animal corresponds to a specific moment in the journey. Together, they form a non-linear map of transformation.

This work positions the human not as separate from nature, but as part of it.

Photography:

- Octopus, Turtle: Navneet Jayakumar

- Hedgehog, Bear, Hare, Hummingbird: Kit Jay

- Snake: Thomas Hensher

- Owl: Teodora Andrisan

- Butterfly: Giuseppe Corral