Ayka Go transforms the intimate world of childhood play into a layered exploration of memory, identity, and the passage of time in her oil-on-canvas painting Doll House. She meticulously constructs miniature paper dollhouses and furniture, photographs them, and then translates those images into expansive, dreamlike compositions. In Doll House, she divides the canvas into seven distinct rooms, adorning each with rocking chairs, framed photographs, and scattered ribbons to evoke a sense of lived-in nostalgia. She uses soft, almost melting forms to infuse the work with a tender, ephemeral quality, suggesting that the memories she portrays are both cherished and fleeting.

About the Artist:
Ayka Go, a contemporary Filipino artist, creates intricate, hyperrealistic paintings that explore the tactile and symbolic qualities of paper. She draws from personal memories and everyday experiences, often starting with three-dimensional paper foldings that she meticulously transforms into oil paintings on canvas. Through her art, she captures the delicate textures of paper—creases, folds, and tears—and reveals its potential to evoke both vast landscapes and intimate diary entries. Go draws deeply from her personal history and experiences to create her art. She treats paper not just as a medium but as a vessel for memory and emotion. In her process, she builds paper models, photographs them, and then paints them, blurring the lines between two-dimensional and three-dimensional art forms.