Wawi Navarroza's 'Wild at Heart' survey at Fotografiska Shanghai explores selfhood through theatrical self-portraiture

Fotografiska Shanghai presented Wawi Navarroza's midcareer survey exhibition 'Wild at Heart,' featuring vibrant self-portraits that blend theatrical tableaux-vivant with Byzantine iconography. The artist uses her own body as a medium to investigate psychological interiority and feminine identity. Navarroza's work transforms art historical traditions through personal narrative, creating images saturated with tropical color and symbolic objects. The exhibition showcases her approach to visualizing intangible emotional states while challenging photographic conventions. Her practice merges formal rigor with expressive staging to examine self-representation and inner experience.