This must be the place

This must be the place transforms an image of the artist's grandmother's home into intricate geometric patterns that reference batik patterns or traditional painted tilework.

Cut-and-paste Geo magazine pages on paper

24.5" x 17.5" including custom frame

by Vania Djelani

Vania Djelani is an Indonesian visual artist and writer who has been living in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal since 2012. Primarily interested in exploring how place and belongingness can be negotiated in a world of increasing globalization and migration, Vania’s practice often draws on her outsider-insider relationship to place. As she was born and raised outside the country from which she holds a passport, feelings of unresolved loss, rootlessness, and disconnection are also themes that are apparent throughout her work.