POLLYANNA IRIS DEE | Self-acceptance & mental health

POLLYANNA IRIS DEE | Self-Acceptance & Mental health

Pollyanna Iris Dee is a 25-year-old Filipina visual artist & illustrator. Her artworks are made from her traditional drawings and photography, which she creates through digital art tools. She recently shifted into a full digital illustration on her works and illustrations. She has graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Fine Arts certificate in her major field of Visual Communication.
In the past few years, she has exhibited her work internationally, in group exhibitions and art fairs around the globe. She is represented by MADS Art Gallery in Italy, The Holy Art Gallery, and the Boomer Gallery in the UK. In addition, She participated at the International Contemporary Art Fair of Luxembourg 2021, represented by Van Gogh Art Gallery.

Pollyanna Iris Dee creates resonating Art – Most of her works are portraits inspired by the concept of subtle emotionality, highlighting the beauty and strength of vulnerability and human emotions. Which often displays a mix of distorted abstract, figurative elements blending in with the subject matter, creating dreamlike, surreal pieces.

The things you don’t express
will rot inside of you
And when you don’t let it flow
One day you will see yourself
Rotting too.
– Jerico Silvers

As an artist, Pollyanna aims to show the beauty and force hidden behind human emotions and fragility through her works.
Through her works created during the pandemic, She aims to reflect the intimate and entrenched struggles in our heads while showing the importance of processing and letting go. Also, seeking to highlight that the beautiful and ugly emotions that we feel is normal. And that there’s no harm in showing it. Fiercely showing outside who we are, because what makes us beautifully human.
She believes that Art can catalyze discussions around untouchable topics. And Art’s capacity to transform, heal and strengthen. By this, she channels her own struggles into her work to create art people can relate to on an emotional level. Focusing on self-acceptance and shedding light on mental health. Hoping to communicate this to people, she seeks to highlight how it is pertinent that we acknowledge our inner feelings as human beings.

Read the full article in Art Market Magazine Issue #64