Dian Suci Rahmawati

Dian Suci Rahmawati is a Yogyakarta-based multidisciplinary artist who works across painting, video and installation. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the Indonesia Islamic University, Yogyakarta and her work revolves around the themes of domesticity, challenging the entwined narratives of women's politics, authoritarianism, fascism, patriarchy and capitalism. She has held solo and group exhibitions across Indonesia and Singapore and her work has been in biennales and art fairs including Biennale Jogja XV, Art Jakarta and Art Taipei. She was a recipient of the Gold Winner Award at the UOB Painting of the Year (2021) and Debra Porch Award at the Australia Council for the Arts (2020). In 2023, she was an artist-in-residence at Artisan, Queensland, where she explored Australian native bush plants to create natural dye colours and eco-friendly paints.