Work samples

  • Shedding the Script (Hocus Pocus)
    Shedding the Script (Hocus Pocus)

    A high-contrast black and white line drawing. Two hands pull down a mask or the skin of a face to reveal a hollow interior. Emerging from the top of the head are several surreal, hand-lettered phrases like "Hocus Pocus," "Taste makes waste," and "Fish like a drunk."

  • words_0.JPG
    words_0.JPG

    An abstract mixed-media piece featuring a series of irregular, thick-bordered circles in black and deep red. The background is densely filled with repetitive, overlapping handwritten text that reads "words cannot express."

  • Fragmented Presence
    Fragmented Presence

    A vertical portrait split into three distinct sections. On the right, a realistic face is painted in deep red tones. The center is a flat teal-blue strip with a simplified, cartoonish face drawn in black. The left side features bold, black calligraphic scribbles on a white background.

About Ida

Ida is a Maryland-based artist exploring the "Anatomy of a Story." By blending hyper-realistic studies of body parts—hands, tongues, eyes—with intricate, doodle-like patterns, she deconstructs identity.

Her work transforms iconic pop-culture imagery and human anatomy into personal archives, "shading" each piece with the memories, words, and symbols that define the subject's lived experience.

From digital screens to salvaged glass, she captures the… more