Ishvara Devati

Indonesia

Ishvara Devati (she/her) is a trans-artist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She focuses on inter-disciplinary exploration in performance arts. Her practice tends to explore ideas about transwoman identity, transhumanism and the interplay between technology and body transformation. Ishvara has participated in workshops such as CP[3] by Dance Nucleus, Feminist Activism Tech Camp by PurpleCode. Her works have performed in Indonesia and internationally, including short film ‘less than an ounce’ at Indonesia Bertutur 2024, and performance work ‘Deliberated Weirdness’ at Theater der Welt, Germany and Theater Spektakel, Switzerland.

Ishvara is active in residencies such as Invisible Dance-The Body in Friction in Ahmedabad, India; Farm-Lab Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan; ARTEFACT#11 – Dance Nucleus, Singapore and is involved in various international collaborations with artists, such as in the project “CROSS” with artists from Germany.