Bundanon

Jayanto was born and raised in a small town in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

As an immigrant Queer artist, his practice draws on his family history and diasporic background, blending Eastern and Western mythologies with the contemporary world and current events. Through ceramic sculptures, authentic recipes, found objects, performances and workshops, his work often opens dialogue with community and investigates how hybrid cultures can create new identities of possibility and hope.

He won the 2021 Georges River Sculpture Art Prize and Highly Commented for the 2023 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award and the Dobell Drawing Prize#23. And he has been finalists in the 66^th Blake Art Prize and the 2021 Churchie Emerging Art Prize. He has conducted arts projects and workshops with diverse communities and museums, included the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Chau Chak Wing Museum and WorldPride. Jayanto holds a Masters of Fine Arts from National Art School.

In Residence at Bundanon

I would like to do some research on a natural wild food culture habitat around Bundanon, as well to introduce and share the unique culinary story of my family heritage with community. My practice explores the performance of rituals while offering food in everyday life in my mother’s homeland. I will use the residency opportunity for the development of an ongoing work in my studio practice for upcoming shows and festivals.