13/07/2020
Introducing
Paskalia Prameswari Wardhani (b.1996) is an emerging Visual Artist based in Indonesia. Her art practice portrays mental issues, coping mechanism, depicting emotions within human beings, as well as objectification of the female body.
"... I feel that Art itself, as a form of therapy, is a mediator for my own spirituality towards my "Zen" moments and empowerment for my personal self. Yet the result of every artworks that I produced, whether they are good or not - satisfying or not, are some kind of a visible form of my memories and paths, which I also considered them as a subject matter, another soul that has different values in it."
Being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Post-Traumatic Syndrome Disorder
(PTSD) has inspired her art and it has been her survival strategy to go through her darkest hour or even her lowest point of life. Considering this method as one of her coping mechanisms, she believes that all of her works as a visible visual memories, whether it's good or bad, form her psychosis and thoughts.
Not forgetting about the live subject matter and objects aspects in life, she loves the act of an observer in her daily life. It includes using the five human senses to observe and feel connected with the world, being empathetic and finding a meaning behind people's stories and worthiness; and also to find beauty in daily objects.
This leads to her form of spiritual mediation to achieve some sort of no-mindedness, to stop the moment for a while and be grateful, to look and feel the moments, in which, she also believes that everyone has their own spiritual terms to calm their own mind.
"... From what happened in the past, what I experienced, what I felt at that time, I try to turn it into something meaningful in my works."