“Debono’s debut collection captures intimate and abstruse moments, belonging to either herself or her peers with whom she communicates through various channels online.”

Through this work, she interprets and translates these moments into isolated visual anecdotes through choice in subject matter, narrative, shape, texture, and colour.

“In a few words, Debono gravitates towards this concept as she often wonders about the differences between online relationships and ‘real life’ personal relationships,” Erixon writes.

“She looks for an answer to the difference between the two. She sheds light on matters which preoccupy her thoughts, namely loneliness and solitude (they are not one and the same) in the ‘social’ age, understanding virtual relationships as well as the digital curation of the self.”

Through her work, she manages to capture a physical presence, even where such form is outside of the frame itself.

Nicole Sciberras Debono is a Maltese contemporary artist working in paint and digital print, whose work primarily focuses on portraits and figurative narratives.

Her art normally showcases matters of her interest at the time, including people in her life, her surroundings, or any other signs of the times.

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