School of Creative
Industries
Fauzia Ramadhani Bahriyoen (Ojay)
Ojay has experience in working with children with developmental difficulties using the applied behaviour analysis (ABA) approach and advocating mental health in Indonesia via community engagement.
Blending the ABA approach and her expertise in art psychotherapy, Ojay provided therapeutic sessions for children and adolescents who have faced complex trauma and attachment issues through her time in the MA Art Therapy programme.
She uses diverse media including painting and portraiture alongside play, repetitive art-making and tactile art to fuel her curiosity and create more artworks in her spare time.
Work
Nafas Nafisa
Yarn, cotton, clay in acrylic box
25.4 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm
2024
Let’s take five seconds to just breathe...
Breathing can be seen as something easy, natural and automatic. Sometimes, we take breathing for granted.
‘Nafas’ in Indonesian means breath, whereas ‘Nafisa’ in Arabic means precious. Nafas Nafisa depicts the artist’s view of how breath is precious. The artwork invites audiences to acknowledge how important it is to pause and breathe, even amidst the hustle and bustle of life. Pacing the self through breathing is what we all need to be present and ready.
