
Kinez Riza
(b. 1989, Indonesian)
Kinez Riza is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Bali, Indonesia. She explores representations of reality and identity in correlation to Nature, Time, and the Sublime. Kinez’s works revolve around the realm of film, photography, sculpture, painting and ephemeral installations, often embedding evocative objects and artifacts. She contemplates discourses from the arts and sciences in her work, noting the tension between the two as ways of disseminating ideas regarding identity. Some of her work stages the documentation of scientific research and found artifacts in a composition inspired by contemporary photography, bringing a subtle yet impactful image. A large part of her practice involves artist-led expeditions, whether it is independent or institution-based expeditions.
Kinez has been exhibited in Indonesia and abroad, including S.E.A. Focus, Singapore (2019); Art Stage, Singapore (2016); The Rotunda, IFC, Hong Kong (2015); Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (2014); and Art Dubai, UAE (2012) amongst others. She participated with Land Art Mongolia 360 Biennale (2014), The Arctic Circle Org residency program (2013) and the Jogja Biennale (2017). In 2018, she was a guest lecturer at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. In 2019, she was featured in a publication as one of ‘20+1 Indonesian Women Artists: Into the Future’, leading to a group exhibition at the National Gallery Indonesia.
Her coverage of the world’s earliest forms of representational art in Sulawesi and Borneo, alongside the 2016 Homo floresiensis findings in Flores has been published widely by the international media, including CNN, The New York Times, National Geographic, BBC, and more.
Works

Instruments of Belief

Instruments of Belief, Carved Identity #1

Instruments of Belief, Carved Identity #2

Instruments of Belief, Carved Identity #3

Instruments of Belief, Vodun #1

Instruments of Belief, Vodun #2

Instruments of Belief, Vodun #3

Instruments of Belief, Voodoo War Ceremony Contact Sheet

Synchronicity

Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #2

Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #3

Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #4

Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #5

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #1

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #2

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #3

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #4

The Divinity of Caves

The Divinity of Caves, In Darkness_Stillness #1

What the Bushmen Saw, Conversations Between Elephants #1

What the Bushmen Saw, Conversations Between Elephants #2

What the Bushmen Saw, Conversations Between Elephants #3

What the Bushmen Saw, Morning Apparition

What the Bushmen Saw, The Charge #1

What the Bushmen Saw, The Charge #1

What the Bushmen Saw, The Charge #3

01 Campsite, Day 14

02 Campsite, the forest beyond

03 Campsite, Lone Sentinel

04 Campsite

Anthroposcene

Anthroposcenes, Ethnographic Theatre (with Homo Floresiensis), Plate #1

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #1

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #2

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #4

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #5

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #6

Kahyangan 1

Kahyangan 2

Kahyangan 3

Photo

Photo
Past Exhibition

Exhibition
Wayfaring
10 - 24 March 2012

Art Fair
Art Dubai 2013
20 - 23 March 2013

Art Fair
Unseen Photo Fair
18 - 21 September 2014

Instruments of Belief, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
50 x 74 cm

Instruments of Belief, Carved Identity #1, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
50 x 74 cm

Instruments of Belief, Carved Identity #2, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
50 x 74 cm

Instruments of Belief, Carved Identity #3, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
50 x 74 cm

Instruments of Belief, Vodun #1, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
50 x 74 cm

Instruments of Belief, Vodun #2, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
50 x 74 cm

Instruments of Belief, Vodun #3, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
56 x 39 cm

Instruments of Belief, Voodoo War Ceremony Contact Sheet, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
56 x 39 cm


Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #2, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #3, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #4, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

Synchronicity, Connecting Principles #5, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #1, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #2, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #3, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

The City of Ashes, Trimurti #4, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

The Divinity of Caves, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

The Divinity of Caves, In Darkness_Stillness #1, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on Diasec
118 x 118 cm

What the Bushmen Saw, Conversations Between Elephants #1, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
56 x 38 cm

What the Bushmen Saw, Conversations Between Elephants #2, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
56 x 38 cm

What the Bushmen Saw, Conversations Between Elephants #3, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
72 x 100 cm

What the Bushmen Saw, Morning Apparition, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
85 x 58 cm

What the Bushmen Saw, The Charge #1, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
56 x 38 cm

What the Bushmen Saw, The Charge #1, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
78 x 54 cm

What the Bushmen Saw, The Charge #3, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Printed on Hahnemule paper
114 x 38 cm

01 Campsite, Day 14, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Print on pearl archival paper
68 x 100 cm

02 Campsite, the forest beyond, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Print on pearl archival paper
68 x 100 cm

03 Campsite, Lone Sentinel, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Print on pearl archival paper
68 x 100 cm

04 Campsite, 2012
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
Print on pearl archival paper
68 x 100 cm

Anthroposcene, 2014
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-Print on Archival Paper
120 x 90 cm

Anthroposcenes, Ethnographic Theatre (with Homo Floresiensis), Plate #1, 2014
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-Print on Archival Paper
120 x 90 cm

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #1, 2014
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on archival paper
148.2 x 193.2 x 5 cm (framed)

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #2, 2014
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on archival paper
148.2 x 193.2 x 5 cm (framed)

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #4, 2014
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on archival paper
148.2 x 193.2 x 5 cm (framed)

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #5, 2014
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on archival paper
148.2 x 193.2 x 5 cm (framed)

Dreams on a Frontier, Plate #6, 2014
Riza, b. 1989, Indonesian
C-print on archival paper
148.2 x 193.2 x 5 cm (framed)




