Irene Wibawa
We Are Not Your Enemy, 2024
Fabric
36" x 38"
A quilted textile artwork featuring a group of faceless people dressed in traditional clothing in front of a light blue background. The stitched text “We are not your enemy” overlays the entire piece in large cursive script, and small yellow and black bees are scattered throughout.
Biography Irene Wibawa is a visual and performance artist. She incorporates found objects into her art, and honors her family and community by telling their stories. She is ethnically Chinese,...
Biography
Irene Wibawa is a visual and performance artist. She incorporates found objects into her art, and honors her family and community by telling their stories. She is ethnically Chinese, born in Indonesia and has lived in California since the early 1980's. She earned a BS in Plant Biology from UC Davis, and works in the field of classical weed biological control. She lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area on unceded territory of the Ohlone people.