Melati Suryodarmo

By adelyn-1800, 21 November, 2022
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Melati Suryodarmo is an Indonesian-born visual artist who has lived and worked in Germany since 1994. She read Sociolology at the Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung and Politics Science at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany. She was a student of Marina Abramovic and finished her post-graduate studies (meisterschule) with a focus on performance art and Raum Konzept. 

Melati’s performances deal with the relationship between the human body and the culture in which it belongs to. She compiles, extracts, conceptualises and translates phenomenon or subjects into movement, actions, and gestures. Her works explore identity, energy, politics and the relationship between the body and its environment.

Melati has presented her works in various international festivals and exhibitions since 1996, including the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, Marking the territory, and IMMA Dublin. Melati has performed at the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam during the Exhibition of the Life of Egon Schiele in 2005; Videobrasil Sao Paolo in 2005; Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 52nd Venice Biennale dance Festival in 2007; KIASMA Helsinki in 2007; Manifesta7, in Bolzano, Italy in 2008; In Transit festival, HKW Berlin in 2009: and Luminato festival of the arts, Toronto in 2012. In the past six years, Melati has presented work in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries. For the Padepokan Lemah Putih Solo Indonesia, she has been organising an annual Performance Art Laboratory Project and an “undisclosed territory” performance art event in Solo, Indonesia since 2007.

Last Updated: 2018

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