Ida Lawrence is a visual artist who mixes storytelling and painting, mostly. She is based in Berlin, but often wanders to Indonesia and Australia via her painted stories. Her latest solo show, Basa-Basi / Chit-Chat, was exhibited by ISA Art Gallery at Art SG 2023, while her tallest tale was painted on the eight-by-fifteen metre wall at Urban Spree, Berlin, in 2020. She is a recipient of the Marten Bequest Scholarship for Painting and is cooking up a publication called Loose Translations. Lawrence graduated in 2009 with a painting major from the National Art School, Sydney (former gaol), completed Honours at Sydney College of the Arts (former mental asylum), studied traditional Indonesian dance with the Darmasiswa Scholarship at Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta (former rice paddy), and continues to learn (informally). She is a 2022-2023 participant in the mentoring program, BPA// Berlin Program for Artists. She works collaboratively too — most frequently with Woven Kolektif, a group of artists brought together by their shared connections to Indonesia. She was participate in some various group and solo exhibitions like: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin; 16albermarle, Sydney; sweet pea, Perth; Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney; Cemeti Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta with Woven Kolektif; Art Jakarta and Art Moments with ISA Art Gallery, Jangan Lupa Bawa Oleh-Oleh Ya; Red Base Foundation, and many more.