Janine Machiedo’s work is intuitive, personal, exploratory, and honest. Through
her images, she tells stories—transforming personal experiences into
inspirations that take visual form. Her photographs invent surreal, dark, fun, bizarre, and
dreamlike worlds with a fairytale quality.
Machiedo expresses a sense of time through associative structures and
textured surfaces, evoking a painterly effect that lends her work a distinctive
signature. Obvious reality is not enough for her; she seeks to visualize the
subconscious. With a somnambulistic confidence and a deep focus on the inner
world, she uses digital image processing to bring complex inner states to life.
Artistic freedom for Machiedo is deeply personal. Freedom she claims for
herself, free from expectations or external demands. Bold and uncompromising, she
constantly explores new layers of imagination and new artistic paths. She
frequently makes herself both the subject and the object of her work, offering
intimate insights into her emotions and thoughts. In doing so, she has developed
a unique style within the genre of self-portraiture: wonderfully anachronistic,
refreshingly contemporary.
She reveals to the viewer—and to herself—the many facets of her being, which
unfold through her visual language and across her entire body of work.
"I love the surreal, the bizarre, the dreamlike, and the fairytale-like. I want
to bring magic and color into everyday life, which often feels far too gray and
dreary. My intention is to show the ordinary in an unusual way and to make
inner states visible. Some of my images are reminders not to forget our
dreams—to follow them and give them space in our daily lives."
— J.M.
In her creative process, characters merge with emotion, sometimes laced with a
touch of humor. Janine Machiedo organically evolves her artistic identity through
the act of creation, exploring and visualizing the emotional and imaginary
landscapes within. Inspired by this journey, she continues to open new
doors, illuminating an inner world where anything is possible.
