Ruth Marbun Indonesian, b. 1985
1/Bersuar, 2025
Sewn collage of mixed media on paper
42,5 x 32,5 x 8 cm
'Education: Fashion Design Bachelor's Degree, Raffles Singapore Recent solo: 2024 SYRUP Contemporary Sydney Recent group: Aicon Contemporary, New York Residency: Netherlands AGA Lab, Malaysia, Yogyakarta Album design for fourtwnty Maybank...
"Education: Fashion Design Bachelor's Degree, Raffles Singapore
Recent solo: 2024 SYRUP Contemporary Sydney
Recent group: Aicon Contemporary, New York
Residency: Netherlands AGA Lab, Malaysia, Yogyakarta
Album design for fourtwnty
Maybank foundation artist fellowship Bali
Concept:
Her practice spans installations, paintings, textiles, drawings, and animations. Central to her work is the interconnectedness between humans and their environment—their survival, adaptation, and the shifting boundaries of existence. Bersuar—using flares, Bersuaka—seeking shelter, Bersuara—finding one’s voice. These works evoke a continuous cycle of seeking, yearning, and survival, tinged with an almost palpable desperation."
Recent solo: 2024 SYRUP Contemporary Sydney
Recent group: Aicon Contemporary, New York
Residency: Netherlands AGA Lab, Malaysia, Yogyakarta
Album design for fourtwnty
Maybank foundation artist fellowship Bali
Concept:
Her practice spans installations, paintings, textiles, drawings, and animations. Central to her work is the interconnectedness between humans and their environment—their survival, adaptation, and the shifting boundaries of existence. Bersuar—using flares, Bersuaka—seeking shelter, Bersuara—finding one’s voice. These works evoke a continuous cycle of seeking, yearning, and survival, tinged with an almost palpable desperation."
