Camillia Sutrisno, a senior at Jakarta Intercultural School, has nurtured a passion for film photography since her middle school days. She’s drawn to the nostalgic quality of film and has explored various cameras and film rolls to perfect her craft. Her love for travel is deeply intertwined with her photography, as she enjoys capturing the spirit of the places she visits. Armed with her beloved Olympus Mju II, these photographs vividly portray the beauty of her spring break in Paris, 2023.
Camillia Sutrisno
My name is Cayla and currently I am in my senior year of high school. I've always been immersed in fine arts and interested in science, specifically biology. Painted in acrylic and gold leaf, the piece captures both my areas of interests in a style I have not explored before. “sparks” is an abstract visualization of the brain’s activity whilst asleep. Dreams, or the act of dreaming can be studied through the visual mapping of the brain, various regions flashing on or off depending on the scenario. The subjects found in the piece are inspired by the biological outlook of dreams and imagination. The spiky shapes in the piece represent firing neurons and jagged lines stream across the background to illustrate the electrical charges of brain activity. The synapses between neurons in the brain are what creates dreams, the accumulation of neural activity coming together to result in what many experience during sleep.
Cayla Wirianto
Hello, I'm Calista Wartin, a Senior at Jakarta Intercultural School, set to graduate in 2025. I've had a passion for art since childhood, exploring various forms within the discipline. Outside of art, I engage in sports like volleyball and badminton, enjoy dancing, playing video games, and find satisfaction in cooking. My art revolves around the theme of youth and my experiences in life.
Calista Wartin
Karen Tanoyo
My name is Karen and I'm a senior. I enjoy creating sculptures in many different mediums but I am mostly focused in the ceramic medium. In Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar," the fig tree symbolizes the array of life choices and dreams. Each fig represents a different aspiration—artist, mother, philosopher—but the abundance of options can lead to anxiety and indecision. My artwork "Ephemeral Figs" brings this metaphor to life, depicting a fig tree with a stumped hand at its base. The vibrant figs and leaves represent the freedom of choice, while the stumped hand illustrates the paralysis some face when unable to pursue any path. As a rising senior, this resonates deeply with me; each fig symbolizes a potential career path, but indecision could lead to missed opportunities and unfulfilled potential.
Kayla Tanoyo
My name is Kayla and I'm a recent graduate from JIS. I have a strong intrest in animals, which is the reason many of my works comprise of animals and nature. In this piece specifically, I depicted a dilemma known as "Catch 22", meaning a difficult circumstance of no escape. Here, 2 orca/killer whales are entangled in fishing nets and oil. This is a digital artwork printed out (framed).
Miyake Keinaka, born and raised in Indonesia, began her artistic journey at a young age. Her paintings have been published and showcased externally, as well as in student exhibitions. Miyake enjoyed creating portraits, benefiting from early art classes that greatly developed her skill. However, this early training also restricted her ability to fully explore the more arbitrary and abstract aspects of art. The isolation during the pandemic gave her the agency to delve into her true artistic voice and begin painting from the heart. Her creative exploration now revolves around "letting the spirit wane," an idea that began to take shape during this time as her visions started to emerge. The creation of her painting "Males Mandi" is the first of many works that catalyzed her shift from realism to child-like innocence, marking it as her most important piece to date.
