Imes Paskalia - Fine Artist
Art is the most closest self-approach for me as a human-being, on having an honesty hour with myself and the world. The honesty between the dark side of mine and wishes. Hope.
For having an intimate and personal self-reflection on exploring ways to embrace the vulnerability that oneself have and learning to seek meaning behind every unexpected series of events where eventually, be able to genuinely accept, that it is the on-going maturity process in life, yet also be able to turn this bitter past and insaneness mental conditions into something remarkable.
Reconcile from the scars and wounds that marked on human’s body, soul and life.
Help to sharpen the sense of awareness and sensitivity towards my surrounding. It could be small matter or the obvious one.
It is also consider as one of my spiritual journey between me as a human and God or universe.
To see not only based on physical eye but using a sense of closure between human’s soul and universe
"... I feel that the art itself, as a form of therapy, a mediator for my own spirituality towards my 'Zen' moments and the empowerment for my personal self. Yet the result of every artworks that I produced, whether they are good or not - satisfying or not, are some kind of a visible form of my memories and paths, which I also considered them as a subject matter, another soul that has different values in it."
Imes Paskalia is a visual artist based in Indonesia. Her art practice are portraying about mental issues, coping mechanism, depicting on emotional within human being, or even objectification on women's body.
Being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Post-Traumatic Syndrome Disorder (PTSD) has inspired her art and it has been her survival strategy to go through her darkest hour or even her lowest point of life.
Considered this method as one of her coping mechanism, she believes that all of her works as a visible visual memories, whether it's good or bad, form her psychosis and thoughts.
Not forgetting about the live subject matter and objects aspects in life, she loves to do the act of an observer in her daily life.
The act of observation in her daily life are including: using five human senses to observe and feel connected with the world; being empathetic and find a meaning behind people's stories and worthiness; and also to find beauty on daily objects.
This leads to her form of spiritual mediation to achieve some sort of no-mindedness, to stop the moment for a while and be grateful, to look and feel the moments, in which, she also believes that everyone have their own spiritual terms to calm their own mind.