Claudio Yurdadön

(also known as Vlad) is a Turkish/American artist and statistician. Raised within two divergent cultures, while trying to find roots in both, sparked their critique on many cultural norms and behaviors that were conditioned into the genders to be performed.

A few of the main themes that recurs within their work are those relating to gender identity/expression, relationships with the self/other, and inquiring into the nature and constructs of this existence. Their work is expressed through the mediums of poetry, photography, and video sequences.

Playing with shadows, they explore the relationships between light and dark — a reconnection to ourselves and to the natural world around us. Using recursions, loops and spirals they evaluate the patterns of thought and logic; Practicing mindfulness to go deeper within the roots of ones being to confront and transcend deep rooted traumas, anxieties and fears.

Read Claudio’s full interview where we discuss art, projections, forms and shapes..