Naomi Samara is an artist based in Bali, Indonesia. Her practice is a visual dialogue that nurtures the connection between lived experience and the inherited past. By revisiting stories and images from childhood, as well as intersecting ancestral narratives, she paints worlds that are both dreamlike and grounded in personal and collective experience. Through an intuitive and layered process, her subjects move through spaces of solitude and quiet yearning, finding a sense of home within them.

Selected Exhibitions and Residencies

2026 – Echoed Expanse, Ruang Fungsi – Bali

2025 – Under The Ray Of Purnama, Biasa Artspace – Bali

2024 – Group Exhibition, Sun Contemporary – Bali
2024 – Ubud Open Studio (Artist Participation), hosted by Masa-Masa – Bali

2023 – Present Space (Duo Show with Salvita Decorte), Titik Dua – Bali
2023 – Artist Residency, Rumah Hujan – Bali
2023 – Art Jakarta Gardens, Ruci Gallery – Jakarta

2022 – Angkasa by Sukka Chitta (Live Painting), John Hardy – Bali
2022 – Ropana (Group Exhibition, curated by Cakravala), Museum Pasifika – Bali
2022 – Into the Light / Into the Dark (Group Exhibition), Let’s Pretend Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
2022 – Svastia (Group Exhibition, curated by Cakravala), Titik Dua – Bali

2021 – Publik, ICAD (Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design) – Kemang, Jakarta
2021 – My Love is Your Love, Every Woman Biennial – Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London
2021 – In Between (Group Exhibition), Cakravala Virtual Space
2021 – Untitled (Group Exhibition), Ruci Gallery – Jakarta

2020 – In Her Body (Solo Exhibition), Cakravala Virtual Space

2019 – Pentimento; A Speculative Trace, Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace – Jakarta