Winnie Sidharta Ambron

Winnie Sidharta is a painter who currently lives and works in Queens, NY. Sidharta works with handmade paper, raw pigments, and absorbent substrates to create a body of work that investigates complex cultural experiences. Her vibrant collages have the effect of lush foliage, extending a legacy of Javanese craftswomen and intricate recollections of time, memory, and identity from her layered canvases. In recent years, her work has delved into site-specific installation, tile-making, and collage alongside painting as a way to examine and contribute to the current dialogues regarding the overlaps and divisions between psychological landscape, narrative, and identity.

Sidharta has exhibited in galleries and museums in Indonesia, China, and across the United States. She has two permanent site-specific murals in Philadelphia that document the cultural history and personal stories of the Asian American and Afro Caribbean communities that live there. Sidharta has taught painting and drawing at various academic institutions and museums in the US and has lectured as a visiting artist at Cornell University, RISD, West Virginia University, Texas Christian University, New England University, University of the Arts, Tulane University, and the Ohio State University.