AJENG MARTIA
Ajeng Martia Saputri is a visual artist residing and working in Jakarta, Indonesia. She graduated from the Faculty of Art and Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung (2011-2015). After graduating, Ajeng received several awards, including the UOB Painting of the Year 2018 - Gold Prize for Established Artists, the Salihara Trimatra Competition 2017 (third place), and a grant for a residency at Tentacles Artspace, Bangkok, from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia.
Her work often derives from her personal experiences and concerns that are close to day-to-day life, which she later processes into artworks. She has discovered their therapeutic potential. She mainly uses fabric, embroidery, pen, and resin in the form of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works to visualize her ideas.