Rubiati Puspitasari

Place: Bandung

Born: 1968

Biography:

Titarubi is an Indonesian artist born in Bandung in 1968. She is one of Indonesia's most prominent contemporary artists and is based in Yogyakarta. Titarubi began making art while studying ceramics at Bandung Institute of Technology in 1988. She is heavily involved in social movements and has produced works such as 'Surrounding David', a gigantic replica of Michelangelo's David with the body covered by red lace brocade, and 'Vagina Brocade' in Opera Jawa. Titarubi is the director and founder of Indonesian Contemporary Art Network (iCAN) and has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Singapore Art Museum, the Singapore Biennale, the ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the Busan Biennale, the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.