About Winnie

Winnie Sidharta is a painter based in Queens, New York. Born and raised in East Java, Indonesia. Winnie has exhibited in galleries and museums in Indonesia, Beijing, California, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York City. She studied Visual Communication Design in Indonesia and Painting in Beijing, China. In 2010, she received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from The Ohio State University and later taught there before settling in New York City in 2014.

Winnie’s works investigate subjects of collective cultural experiences through the mediums of collage, painting, drawing and site-specific installation. In her current installation, she explored methods of tile-making, printing, stamping and carving as extension of her collage practice, while examining the history of Batik textile and architectural story telling.