Natasha Tontey Biography

Natasha Tontey is a Minahasan artist based in between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Her artistic practice predominantly explores the fictional accounts of the history and myths surrounding ‘manufactured fear.’ In her practice, she observes any possibilities of other futures that are projected not from the perspective of major and established institutions, but a subtle and personal struggle of the outcasted entities and beings.

Her recent exhibitions include solo show at Auto Italia, London, UK (2022). And selected group shows and screening at 34th Singapore International Film Festival, 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Fesival (2023), Singapore Biennale (2022); De Stroom Den Haag (2022); GHOST;2565, Bangkok, Thailand (2022); Protozone8 Queer Trust, Zürich, Switzerland (2022); Arko Art Council, Seoul, Korea (2022), Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2022); Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2021); transmediale, Berlin (2021); Performance Space 2021, Sydney; Other Futures, Amsterdam (2021); Singapore International Film Festival (2021), Kyoto Experiment 2021; Asian Film Archive, Singapore (2021). In 2020, she received the HASH Award from the ZKM, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and Akademie Schloss-Solitude. She was a fellow for Human Machine of the Junge Akademie at Akademie der Künste Berlin 2021-2023.

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Natasha Tontey, Garden Amidst the Flame (2022) (still). Courtesy the artist and Auto Italia, London.
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Natasha Tontey, Primate Visions: Macaque Macabre, commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Audemars Piguet.
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Natasha Tontey, Wa'anak Witu Watu (2021). Exhibition view: Baan Trok Tua Ngork, Ghost 2565: Live Without Dead Time, Bangkok (12 October–13 November 2022). Courtesy the artist and Ghost Foundation, Bangkok. Photo: Akapol Sudasna.
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Natasha Tontey, Of other tomorrows never known (2023). Mixed-media installation. 15 min, 55 sec. Co-produced with the support of Human Machine Fellowship of Akademie der Kunste (2021–23). Exhibition view: Green Snake: women-centred ecologies, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (20 December 2023–1 April 2024). Courtesy Tai Kwun. Photo: Kwan Sheung Chi.
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Natasha Tontey, Primate Visions: Macaque Macabre, commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Audemars Piguet.
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Natasha Tontey, Primate Visions: Macaque Macabre, commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Audemars Piguet.
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