STEM Projects is pleased to present STEM Show 7, a group exhibition, consisting of Adytria Negara, Kareem Soenharjo, Yosefa Aulia, Young Kim, and Zita Nuella.

STEM Show is a recurring exhibition program designed to give artists the space, support, and freedom to share their creative practices. Through this initiative, STEM Projects seek to foster artistic development and offer a welcoming platform where the public can engage with and appreciate their work.

Created with the goal of uplifting emerging and under-represented voices, STEM Show 7 brings together a group of artists whose practices collectively expand the possibilities of painting as an intellectual and perceptual field. Their works share a commitment to examining the complexities of their generation—how the artworks can both mirror and disrupt the ways we make sense of the world.

STEM Projects is pleased to present Sweat & Bitter, a solo presentation by Zuraisa.

The exhibition shows the artist’s reflections on the body, labor, and the silent weight carried by women within both industrial and domestic spheres. Through her works, Zuraisa visualizes women’s bodies caught within the rigid structures of industrial work—trapped in cycles of speed, repetition, and exhaustion as they become extensions of a rapidly moving capitalist machine.

In Sweat & Bitter, Zuraisa juxtaposes the female body with the figure of the mare—a symbol of strength, loyalty, and endurance. The mare becomes a metaphor for women who continuously move, work, and adapt under pressure, while also safeguarding and sustaining life in conditions that are not always just. Through this parallel, Zuraisa creates a compelling visual narrative that honors resilience while confronting systemic inequities.

This notion is highlighted through the artist’s attention towards the patriarchal social system that offers little acknowledgment of women’s labor. Zuraisa revisits the legacy of the New Order era, when propaganda surrounding women’s “dual roles” constructed social expectations and mental burdens that continue to shape women’s lives today. In public spaces, women navigate workplace hierarchies that rarely support them, while essential facilities ensuring safety and comfort remain insufficient.

The exhibition invites audiences to reflect on the unseen labor that fuels our daily lives and to reconsider the value and dignity of women’s work in both visible and invisible forms.

STEM Projects is pleased to present Setelah 60 Petak, a solo presentation by Dionisius Caraka. In this new body of work, Dion investigates how numbers and statistics—often seen as objective truths—shape our understanding of land, labor, and livelihood in Indonesia’s contemporary agricultural landscape.

Formulas and numerical logic have long served as both intellectual tools and cultural symbols. Earlier projects linked these ideas to the narratives of Indonesia’s education system. In Setelah 60 Petak, the artist shifts this inquiry toward the economics and lived realities of farming communities.

The exhibition draws from Dion’s observations in Boro, a village near the southern coast of Java undergoing a rapid transition from agrarian traditions to accelerated development. Using trade statistics from agricultural commodities in Kulon Progo, he translates numerical data into visual compositions on canvas and paper. Through diagrams, grids, and geometric forms, Dion transforms raw statistics into poetic fields of connection—lines and curves meeting, dots linking into networks, and numerical abstractions revealing deeper tensions. The works reveal how farmers navigate complex layers of pressure: negotiations with middlemen, challenges within state cooperatives, fluctuating prices, destructive pests, and declining natural resources. While statistics often present simplified narratives of progress or decline, Dion’s artworks highlight the unseen stories behind the numbers—stories of spirituality, ecology, vulnerability, and resilience.

Through Setelah 60 Petak, Dion invites viewers to reflect on the difference between what is presented and what is lived, recorded, and remembered by the body.