In my research, nails are extensions of the body that can be natural or synthetic. Nails are part of the body that I believe for me, of the body that belongs to me. It’s a performative sculpture that questions a hegemonic beauty which is usually static.

Nails are also a resistance symbol, historically for many cultures and groups of people. They generate a sense of community and collectivity, in which people can even overcome traumas through the almost ritualistic caring of nails.

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Resistente because nails can defy many normative concepts of aesthetic, body and ways of  life and it’s usually associated with concepts of exaggeration, dirtiness and vulgarity. Having them is also a way of celebrating plurality and diversity of bodies, where oftentimes it’s imagined one possible way of living, when there are actually infinite others.