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Michelle Sutanto

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Michelle Sutanto (Indonesian, b. 2000)

Michelle Sutanto has a passion for exploring the microcosm, which she then integrates her central concept into the subject of Pasar (the fresh market). Growing up in Indonesia and currently being an international student studying abroad, she often misses the exotic taste of Indonesian food and feels like the ingredients used for cooking Indonesian food are limited or not found anywhere outside of Indonesia. This feeling of longing for Indonesian food inspired her to create a body of work. In the search for similar ingredients, she portrays some of the ingredients she finds in the local fresh markets abroad as her artwork's main subject. The zoomed-in orientation of the ingredients appears dramatic and creates a sense of intimacy. What she depicts as realism turns into a form of abstraction, making the familiar seem unfamiliar.
Career / Prize
currently pursuing her Bachelors of Fine Arts in studio at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- First-Year scholar program (SAIC honors program)
- Presidential merit scholarship recipient
-Dean’s List for Outstanding Sophomores (2019-2020)

EXHIBITION HISTORY
Art week 2018: ASA RASA Exhibition (2018)
Jakarta,Indonesia

Tomato art school annual art exhibition (2015-2018)
Jakarta,Indonesia



Website / SNS
https://www.instagram.com/mtan.art/?hl=en