© Nabila Ayu Aviani, 2024.
Nabila Ayu Aviani (b. 2000) is an Indonesian figurative painter, raised in the United Arab Emirates and based in The Hague, Netherlands. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art specialising in painting at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague.
Authentic, empowering and somewhat relatable, a mix of themes from the human condition intertwines within her artistic practice. Contradicting subjects such as growth from pain, finding love through (self) hate and a conflicting journey of searching for an identity whilst having an identity crisis are prominent in her paintings. Her influences within her artistic practice come from the cultures she was raised in, where certain emotions are taught to be repressed, not expressed.
When creating an artwork, she allows herself to feel her emotion at that moment and translates that peculiar abstract feeling into a figurative painting. Her unfiltered paintings directly, brutally, and honestly represent the flaws and sufferings that humans have at times. The main subject in her paintings is herself as she believes to truly understand the human condition, she needs to look from within. She visualises her unique and powerful voice towards her bold and intense figurative paintings and challenges the societal norm that people have to always inherently be “positive and happy”. By showing the perfect imperfections of the human condition, she uncovers a layer of humanity that tends to be hidden.
Curriculum Vitae:
Nabila Ayu Aviani (b.2000, Indonesia)
Artist
Based in The Hague, NL.
Member of The Raw Pulse Collective.
Education:
2019 - 2023
BA Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, NL.
2014 - 2019
Secondary school, Al Ain English Speaking School, Al Ain, UAE.
Exhibition list:
2024
Solo exhibition — Contradicting In/sanity, Make It Art Worthy, The Hague, NL
XL March, Kunstmarkt Noord, Amsterdam, NL.
(Don’t) Come As You Are, FUI, Amsterdam, NL.
2023
Drawings Paintings, Maldoror Galerie, The Hague, NL.
Graduation Show 2023, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, NL.
2022
Three Birds No Stone, Fine Arts KABK Pre-Graduation show, LAAKClub, The Hague, NL.
To Give A Dog A Name, Billytown/Ruimtevaart, The Hague, NL.
Mmmmmmmmmarshmallow Cube, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, NL.
Don't Lose Yourself, Delft, NL.
2021
Take Me Somewhere Nice, SeeLab, The Hague, NL.
With/Out, WEST, The Hague, NL.
Beyond Binaries, TENT, Rotterdam, NL.
2019
In Bloom, La Dolce Vita, Al Ain , UAE.
Publication:
2022
Featured in Mosquito Newspaper.