Fiametta Gabriela

(b. 1988, Indonesian)

Fiametta Gabriela is an artist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, with a Diploma in Visual Communication. She once worked as a graphic designer at an advertising company, an art instructor, and currently a full-time artist, freelance graphic designer, and housewife.

Gaby is an interdisciplinary artist who works on a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing, installations, videos, and performance. Her work is embedded in her daily life, meaning it touches upon mundane subjects. Inspired by everyday objects/materials, she discovers the absurdity, negligence, resistance, remedy, and dialogue between humankind, their surroundings, and themselves. Relationships are made through conversations, whether it is approval, rejection, or just pure nonsense. Dealing with the order and disorder, which is based on the thought and intuition of a particular theme/object, has become one of the main aspects of Gaby’s working process. The pushing and pulling of gestures, patterns, and language which develops into its distinct character.

Gaby has held several solo exhibitions, including Mother as an Image at Lir Space, Yogyakarta (2018), Setengah Isi, Setengah Kosong at Galeri Kertas, Depok (2018) and Ladang di Bawah Kelupasan at Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung and Artotel, Jakarta in 2014. She also participated in several group exhibitions across Indonesia such as the XYZ Art Unlimited at Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung (2018); Artstage 2017, under Rachel Gallery, Jakarta; Bodies of Land Surrounded by Water, exi(s)t #5 at Dialogue Artspace, Jakarta (2016) and more.