ROH is delighted to announce our first exhibition of the year, New Paintings, focusing on recent works by Nadya Jiwa, Naotaka Hiro, Ser Serpas, Wei Jia and Tith Kanitha
The exhibition presents works as emerging from this particular historical moment, a period in which concerns about one’s freedom, the dissolution of the body, and a broader loss of grip on reality are manifested by artists in material terms. Shown for the first time together, the exhibition presents a dialogue between artists who are continuing to break ground in this medium, addressing its history and ongoing relevance as syntax for contemporaneity and its expression.
New Paintings
Nadya Jiwa, Naotaka Hiro, Ser Serpas, Wei Jia and Tith Kanitha
25 January – 22 February 2026
With thanks to Bortolami, LC Queisser, and Michael Ku Gallery
ROH
Jalan Surabaya 66
Jakarta 10310
ARTISTS
B. 1994, Braunschweig, Germany
Lives and works in Bandung, Indonesia
Nadya Jiwa precipitates impressions as well as images that form in her work. Consuming information, human nature is presented in conjunction with a certain composition of reality through thin movements and strokes that may at once be derived from more cognitive considerations, while departing from intuition. Symbolism is deftly interweaved in Jiwa’s paintings and drawings in an attempt to distill a cacophony of interactions, information exchange, as well as development of her external world. It is as if she attempts to share a certain sensibility of personal knowledge and impression that approaches more spiritual considerations, impressions that are at once clear and yet uncanny, and of truths that seem devoid of meaning and yet linger.
Jiwa received her Bachelor’s Degree from the Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia in 2016 with a concentration in painting. Selected solo exhibitions include sadar at ROH, Jakarta, Indonesia (2024); solo presentation Khayal | Chimeric with ROH at Liste Showtime (2021); duo presentation with Rizal N. Ramadhan, Batang Mati, Cendawan Tumbuh at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia (2022). Her group exhibitions include Biennale Jogja 17: TITEN in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2023); Basel Social Club, Basel, Switzerland (2023); Art Basel Hong Kong with ROH, Hong Kong (2023); Art Collaboration Kyoto with ROH, Kyoto, Japan (2022); Art Jakarta Virtual with ROH (2020-2021); S.E.A. Focus with ROH at Gillman Barracks, Singapore (2020); Jauh Tak Antara, Sepilihan Karya 20 Perupa Bandung at NuArt Sculpture Park, Bandung, Indonesia (2018); Getok Tular #2: Spacing Out (Lamunanku...) at Omni Space, Bandung, Indonesia (2018); 15x15x15 at Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia (2016); Smile is the Answer by Catalyst Art Shop Jakarta & Kopi Keliling at Local Fest 4.0, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia (2015); Lunch Time! at Kanal Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia (2013); and Apa Saja dan di Mana Saja Woodcut Exhibition at Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia (2013). Nadya Jiwa is the Silver Winner of the UOB Painting of the Year, Emerging Artist Category in 2019.
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