Melati Suryodarmo

Melati Suryodarmo
Suryodarmo in 2019
Born (1969-07-12) 12 July 1969 (age 55)
Surakarta, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Alma materPadjadjaran University
Braunschweig University of Art
Known forPerformance art
endurance art
Notable workExergie – Butter Dance

Melati Suryodarmo (born 12 July 1969) is an Indonesian durational performance artist. Her physically demanding performances make use of repetitive motions and often last for many hours, sometimes reaching "a level of factual absurdity". Suryodarmo has performed and exhibited throughout Europe and Asia as well as in North America. Born in Surakarta, she attended Padjadjaran University, graduating with a degree in international relations before moving to Germany. She lived there for 20 years, studying performance art at the Braunschweig University of Art with Butoh choreographer Anzu Furukawa and performance artist Marina Abramović.

Suryodarmo later returned to Indonesia and founded Undisclosed Territory, an annual festival for performance art. She was the first woman to serve as artistic director for the Jakarta Biennale. Suryodarmo has been called "one of the most famous performance artists to come out of Indonesia."[1] In 2022, she was awarded the eleventh Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary Art (BACA) by the Bonnefantemuseum.[2]

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  2. ^ "Bonnefanten Award 2022 for Melati Suryodarmo". Bonnefanten Award 2022 for Melati Suryodarmo — Bonnefanten Maastricht. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.