Black Charcoal

Penawati (b.1996) is a woman born in Amlapura, Bali. Her interest and aspirations to cultivate her artistic talents led her to delve deeper into the arts at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) in Denpasar, where she pursued postgraduate studies.

Being a woman born and raised in Bali has brought me close to the diverse traditional customs, yet living in the midst of modernity has influenced my artwork to reflect a synthesis of...