"Swallow" is a conceptual self-portrait that depicts struggling with mental health in an ever-demanding society. Born from my own personal emotions, this work intends to serve as a reminder of the hidden battles we face, fighting to perceive the world as it is when we feel drowned in the anxieties within. In an additional layer, the work addresses the confrontation between pain and the transformative reality offered by the pharmacological.
Tania Barrenetxea is a visual artist with training from Contemporary Photography Center in Bilbao (2020). Her body of work constitutes an ongoing investigation on identity, trauma, and the liminal space where conscious and the unconscious converge. Working from autobiography, she approaches raw vulnerability as a space for connection. Her practice moves across photographic genres, and incorporates other mediums such as illustration or poetry.