Christine Ay Tjoe

Contemporary Artist

Tatler Asia

Christine Ay Tjoe’s rise as one of Indonesia and South-East Asia’s most prominent contemporary artists is turning the tides for the regional art industry and for female artists

Indonesian artist Christine Ay Tjoe continues to expand the international presence of contemporary art from Indonesia. An alumna of Bandung’s Faculty of Art and Design at Institut Teknologi Bandung (FSRD ITB), where she studied Graphic Arts, she has developed a distinctive artistic practice recognised for its expressive visual language and exploration of human experience.

Her career includes landmark solo presentations at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa and Ota Fine Arts in Shanghai, as well as her 2025 solo exhibition, Covered and Cover, at White Cube in New York. Her works are held in prestigious international collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, M+ Museum and Museum MACAN. Through exhibitions and institutional recognition across major cultural capitals, Ay Tjoe continues to bring Indonesian contemporary art to a wider international audience.

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In 2026, her painting …to See the White Land achieved HK$16.97 million at Christie’s Hong Kong in March, setting a new world auction record for the artist at the time.

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