Smile explores the idea of the mask and the tension between outward appearance and inner emotion. A bright yellow smiling face forcefully overlaps a human face, concealing its real expression and replacing it with an immediate, universally recognisable symbol of happiness.

The smile becomes both playful and unsettling: a mask that communicates positivity while simultaneously preventing us from seeing what lies behind it. The work reflects on the distance between what we feel and what we choose — or are expected — to show, leaving the viewer to question whether the smile is an expression, a protection, or a form of concealment.