About
Jeanette is an Indonesian artist currently based in Singapore, whose practice centers on exploring psychological and philosophical ideas.
She is particularly interested in themes related to the mind and the ways individuals come to understand themselves. Her work emerges from an effort to process and interpret these thoughts, translating them into visual forms that encourage reflection and personal connection.
In addition to her artistic practice, Jeanette engages with graphic and editorial design, viewing them as essential tools for expressing complex ideas. She is drawn to the relationship between layout, typography and visual storytelling, using these elements to construct narratives that feel both accessible. For her, design functions as a visual language that communicates concepts with clarity and emotional depth.
More recently, Jeanette’s work has focused on identity, culture and tradition. She reflects on how these elements shape personal and collective experiences, as well as how they evolve over time. By combining traditional influences with contemporary graphic approaches, she explores ideas of belonging and self-discovery. Ultimately, Jeanette aims to create work that is meaningful and relatable, inviting viewers to connect their own experiences with the themes she explores.
Tanah Tumpah Darahku (Land Where My Blood Is Spilled)
Recreating a meal on the floor at home. Creating a space of open conversations.
In this installation, newspapers are appropriated to carry personal and inherited stories centred around the artist's experience. These texts reflect on race, culture, tradition and riots, including references to the May 1998 riots in Indonesia, which shaped the lives on many Chinese Indonesians, including the artist's own family.
The text is not meant to be fully read. It appears in fragments, partially visible and easily overlooked, reflecting how such histories are often brushed aside or left unspoken. By placing these stories beneath the act of eating, the work considers how history is embedded within everyday life and intimate spaces.
The floor becomes an archive, where memory, silence, and identity intersect. What is spoken and unspoken coexists in this shared setting reflects the artist's attempt to understand identity shaped by both cultural and historical backgrounds.
Viewers are invited to sit within this space and consider how acts of gathering, eating and remembering plays a part in preserving traditions.
Chyanne Goh Hui Lin
Kaelyn Quek
Zhang Yalan
Raven
Tyra | ARyT
Lee Jie Yee (Jacklyn)
