I translate sound into visual form
I am a contemporary artist using synesthesia as a system to translate perception into color, structure, and form.
Where sound becomes visible.
My practice is grounded in synesthesia, a neurological condition in which sound is experienced as color, form, and spatial tension, and I use this as a method to construct portraits that are not depictions but translations of perception. By making these internal sensory processes visible, the work positions itself between art, psychology, and system-based thinking, presenting identity as something built through invisible structures rather than something that is simply seen.
Sound
Structure
Color
Final Work
The process
My drawing method begins with listening. I work from a specific musical composition and translate its rhythm, tempo, and tonal shifts into a structured visual system. Through synesthesia, each sound triggers a precise color and spatial tension, which I first analyze directly on the score using a controlled palette.
From this analysis, I build a composition in layers, moving from linear frameworks to fields of color and finally to form. The drawing is therefore not an illustration but a construction in which frequency becomes structure and perception becomes physical.
The Inner Child Portrait
I paint the face as something that is still changing. The colors come from how I hear and feel, so the portrait breaks into different layers of myself. The distortions show the space between my inner child and who I am now, a moment of not fully knowing.
ABOUT
My work grows out of a constant search for who I am beyond roles, expectations, and versions of myself. I use the portrait as a space where control and distortion meet, where I can question what is real and what has been constructed. Each piece is a moment of confrontation that slowly turns into.
Why synesthesia?
I use synesthesia because it allows me to show something that most people feel but cannot see. It translates emotion, memory, and sound into a visual language that makes inner experiences tangible
My Mission
My mission is to make that invisible world visible, so the viewer can recognize parts of themselves in it and feel less alone in their complexity and...
Yenny Schuster
Digital artist working with synesthesia
Berlin based
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