I created Int(er)personal alongside Int(ra)personal during my IB Visual Arts studies, at a time when my growing interest in psychology was beginning to find its way into my artwork.
The titles come from intrapersonal and interpersonal psychology: the relationship we have with ourselves versus the relationships we form with other people. I wanted the two portraits to exist in conversation with one another rather than function as completely separate works.
Unlike the fractured and distorted face of Int(ra)personal, this portrait remains visually intact. I was thinking about the version of ourselves that becomes visible to others: the face we present, intentionally or otherwise, and the identity that forms through being perceived, understood, misunderstood, and responded to by the people around us.