QUILT THERAPY by Jane Kurnadi

QUILT THERAPY

Foreword by Tita Djumaryo Founder of Ganara Art

When we founded Ganara Art in 2013 we envisioned building an art ecosystem which enables all medium to thrive and flourish, becoming a part of the progressive Indonesian art scene.

Throughout the years we have managed to built stepping stones for emerging artists, and nearing the end of 2019 we are proud to present Jane Kurnadi’s solo exhibition; “Quilt Therapy”.

Jane’s art quilts not only showcases excellent skills but also an aesthetic depth as beautiful as other fine art media. She is consistent in creating the inticrate art quilts through the years. Her artworks exhibited in this solo exhibition moves our soul in a slow song as we are drawn from one quilt art to another, mesmerized in the details and the stories behind them.

Congratulations to Jane Kurnadi for this solo exhibition and we from Ganara Art wishes great success. We hope “Quilt Therapy” will give a wider narration to the Indonesian art scene how quilt arts is part of the ever-transforming art yet also indulging the audience in a sense of coming home.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Born as an introvert, I am hypersensitive to energies surrounding me and it was not an easy path to tread. Artworks, sketches, and doodles have been helpful to me in organizing both physical and visual experience. These finally end up irrelevant in the hands of time as all the experiences overflowed. All things considered, the stories I wanted to tell became harder and harder to convey and thus affecting my physical condition.

About 2.5 years ago, I started to learn the art of meditation and learning ways of silence. Unbeknownst to me, this is the way to recovery that I need all this time. In the silence, I can process more ideas clearly and learn how to further translate the ideas to the work.

I chose quilt as the medium to express myself as it has an arduous processing time which needs patience. The strenuous process and varying degree of techniques allow me to reflect and cultivate my anxiousness during the creative process. In each stitch and the pull of the string, I am sewing together back pieces of my ruptured self.

-Jane Kurnadi

Jamu Gendong

150x150 cm Hand applique, hand quilt, machine piecing 2017

Bermain Layang Layang

180x100 cm Aplplique, piecing dan quilting by machine March 2018

Till Death do Us Part

150x150 cm Pieced, applique, and quilting by machine

Rafflesia Arnoldii

150x150 cm Pieced, applique, and quilt by machine September 2016

Kembang Tanjung

75x65 cm September 2016

Journey Into The Light

100x90 cm November 2019

Rainbow Chevron

2400x240 cm Oktober 2018

Mie Pangsit

Panjat Pinang

200x90 cm Juli 2019

Lost Home

180x140 cm Desember 2018

Tegal Kunci

250x250 cm Mei 2019

Introvert

Gaia

Lotus Pond

Someone is Look After You (mothers)

Mbok Pecal 120x110 cm September 2019

Home

BIOGRAPHY

JANE KURNADI

The long and sturdy making of a piece quilt portrays my personal journey in life. Born as an artist granted with higher sense to almost any aspect of living makes that a lot of idea and creativity occupied my head. There must be a way to pull the plug to let them flow in control to benefit to self and others.

Quilts show in this exhibition are all the therapy to me and putting them in its spot would be a good opportunity to put the path of my personal journey to benefit to the universe where all of the idea and creativity comes from.

ACHIEVEMENTS

2009 – 2019 Regular participant in the annual InaCraft Exhibition at Jakarta Convention Center, Indonesia.

2016 – Second Winner Advance Free Style Quilt, Title: “Crucified”, Cipete Quilt Community, Jakarta.

2016 – First Winner Advance Free Style Quilt, Title: “Rafflesia Arnoldi”, SMESCO Quilt Competition, Jakarta.

2017 – Participant in “Pameran Merah Putih” to celebrate 72nd Indonesia Independence Day at Textile Museum, Jakarta.

2017 – First Winner Advance Free Style Quilt, Title: “Till Death Do Us Apart”, SMESCO Quilt Competition, Jakarta.

2018 – Second Winner Advance Free Style Quilt, Title: “Jamu Gendong”, Cipete Quilt Community, Jakarta.

2018 – Participant in Kites Exhibition at Museum Layang-layang, Jakarta.

JANE KURNADI catalogue 2019 Diterbitkan oleh Ganara.art Gallery

Gambar Oleh Courtesy of artist: Jane Kurnadi

Pengantar oleh Ms. Tita Djumaryo

Terima kasih kepada Jane Kurnadi Mr. Devy Kurnadi Ms. Novita Permatasari