Ines Katamso Indonesian French, b. 1990

Ines Katamso is a French–Indonesian artist whose practice inhabits the intersections of ecology, culture, and myth. Working with natural materials such as soil, recycled plastic, and botanical forms, she engages in slow, process-based methods to examine the spiritual and ecological entanglements between humans and their environments.

Rooted in animist cosmologies and vernacular knowledge, particularly from Javanese and Balinese traditions, her work reimagines land not as passive backdrop, but as narrator: a sentient archive of memory and identity. Through soil foraging, pigment-making, and fieldwork, she cultivates site-responsive methodologies that unfold in sculptural installations, paintings, and living systems, often in collaboration with local communities and ecological networks.

Recent presentations of her work include the Biennale de Lyon (2024), ArtJog (2024), and an upcoming participation in the Jakarta Biennale (2026). She has been artist-in-residence at IAC Villeurbanne and will exhibit with White Cube in October 2025.