Ima Hikmatul Hasnah | ハサナ

The phrase “coming home” always carries a far more beautiful resonance than “leaving.” Yet, one must yearn for it to truly savor the beauty of returning. Living in a foreign land, I am not only distanced from familiar faces but also estranged from the customs I once embraced freely. Through this artwork, I depict myself as a long, soaring thread, with each experience weaving into the gaps. When I yearn for home, I can always peer into that box of longing to know there is always a path back. However, home isn’t always a physical place; it’s hearts open to one another and a willingness to make space for each other.

“帰る”という言葉には、“去る”よりもはるかに美しい響きがある。しかし、その美しさを本当に味わうためには、それを切望しなければならない。異国の地で暮らす私は、慣れ親しんだ顔から遠ざかっているだけでなく、かつて自由に受け入れていた習慣からも遠ざかっている。この作品を通して、私は自分自身を長く伸びやかな糸のように描き、その隙間にそれぞれの経験を織り込んでいる。故郷に憧れるとき、私はいつでもその憧れの箱を覗き込むことができ、いつでも戻る道があることを知るのだ。しかし、家とは必ずしも物理的な場所とは限らない。互いに心を開き、互いのためにスペースを作ろうとする意思のことでもあるなのだ。

Ima Hikmatul Hasnah, a self-taught visual artist from Jakarta, Indonesia, currently resides in Japan, studying Art Management at Tokyo University of the Arts. She used to combines paintings, crafts, and video works to interpret the world, including surreal dream memories and elusive realms beyond reach. Hasnah thrives in the subconscious connection.

As a quiet individual in speech and sentence frequency, she retreats to her inner world, finding solace and liberation through visual language—a vibrant imagination filled a vibrant imagination filled with stories, scenes, daydreams.