About

Sirena Pearl is an artist who merges digital and traditional art materials to explore contemporary issues. Her artwork often focuses on topics important to Generation Z, such as self-identity, anthropogenic climate change, vanity, bodily autonomy, neurodivergence, and technology addiction in the digital age.

Her figurative art features “spinal distortion figures,” exaggerated representations of herself contorted in ways that reflect the severe curvature of scoliosis. These figures closely resemble humans and are made using 3D modeling software to investigate the unsettling emotions people experience when interacting with lifelike technology.

In some of her artwork, the artist deliberately and provocatively incorporates hyper-realistic skin textures to evoke the uncanny valley, prompting viewers to question their discomfort when faced with technology that imitates humans.

Her artwork combines the bright, vivid colors of the digital screen with the imperfections and brush strokes of traditional art. She merges digital image data with analog painting, using digital compositing apps like Blender and Photoshop instead of a sketchbook before painting. Fascinated by the tension between technophilia and technophobia, she blends digital and traditional practices to challenge the belief that reality exists solely in a digital or physical form.