My name is Indah and I’m an
✦ illustrator +
✹ animation filmmaker +
☺︎ graphic designer
based in The Hague, NL.
The worlds and stories I create revolve around the search for identity and embracing all that you encounter along the way, contributing to a greater understanding and acceptance for the journey to discovering who you are and who you will become.
My work is expressive, associative and explores my interests for mythology and divinity, intergenerational stories and identity. I translate my sketches and research into an expanding colourful universe and hope to sprinkle some wonder and enlightenment while doing that.
I want you to feel possibilities. This is not something I only want to share with others, but is important as a reminder for myself as well.
↳ In the past years, I...
✦ started learning to play guitar, bass, piano and violin
✦ made de Emping Bende, a short film on queer friendships + uninhibited imagination
✦ was part of the NEXT talent program
✦ was a partner of komovo, a design collective
↳ At this very moment, I am...
✦ working from my art studio in the center of Rotterdam
✦ developing a short animated film about identity and sacred objects
✦ doing freelance projects, such as designing books and prints
✦ looking for opportunities to work in art departments of film productions
Education
2021 - 2022 ✦ MA Animation, MIVC, St. Joost School of Art & Design
2018 - 2021 ✦ MSc. Design for Interaction, IDE, TU Delft
2015 - 2018 ✦ BSc. Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft
Nominations + exhibitions
2024 ✦ Exhibition / Illustrada, NL
2023 - 2024 ✦ Selected for the NEXT talent program by Playgrounds
2023 ✦ Nomination best international student film, Merced Queer Film Festival
Selected film screenings
Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart (DE)
Merced Queer Film Festival (US)
Rotterdams Open Doek (NL)
Student World Impact Festival (online)
Watersprite Film Festival (GB)
Framed Film Festival (NL)