Nabila Ayu Aviani (b. 2000, Indonesia) is an Indonesian artist raised in the United Arab Emirates and based in The Hague, the Netherlands. In 2023, she graduated from the BA Fine Art programme, specialising in painting, at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague.
Shaped by diaspora, intimacy and influences from pop culture, Aviani’s practice explores memory as a fluid and emotional landscape. Through figurative painting, she constructs narratives that balance humour and vulnerability, using autobiographical moments to emphasise shared experiences of longing, belonging and self-performance. Her bold and intimate works serve as visual fragments of lived reality where youthful references and contemporary digital aesthetics coexist with psychological depth. The personal narratives in Aviani’s paintings act as emotional processing and self-reconciliation, inviting viewers to recognise their own memories within hers.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Nabila Ayu Aviani (b.2000)
Born in Tangerang, Indonesia
Based in The Hague, Netherlands
EDUCATION
2019-2023
Bachelor's of Arts in Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, Netherlands.
2014-2019
Secondary school, Al Ain English Speaking School, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2025
External supervisor, Freelance, The Hague, Netherlands.
2023
Designer, PPI Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands.
2021
Member of the Academy Council (DMR-KABK), Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, Netherlands.
Intern Communications, The Hague Contemporary, The Hague, Netherlands.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024
Contradicting In/sanity, Make It Art Worthy, The Hague, Netherlands.
GROUP EXHIBITION
2026
VijfVier Community Event, PaardCafe, The Hague, Netherlands.
2025
Geen Idee Launch Party, Greyspace In The Middle, The Hague, Netherlands.
The Prima Donna Exhibition and Salon, Studio De Zolder, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
(New), Untitled Family, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Vrij Paleis OPEN May, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2024
Bi+, Bar Bario, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(Don’t) Come As You Are, FUI, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2023
Drawings Paintings, Maldoror Galerie, The Hague, Netherlands.
This is a list of my confessions I couldn't say, KABK Graduation Show 2023, The Hague, Netherlands.
2022
Three Birds No Stone, Fine Arts KABK Pre-Graduation show, LAAKClub, The Hague, Netherlands.
To Give A Dog A Name, Billytown/Ruimtevaart, The Hague, Netherlands.
Mmmmmmmmmarshmallow Cube, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, Netherlands.
Don't Lose Yourself, Delft, NL.
2021
Take Me Somewhere Nice, SeeLab, The Hague, Netherlands.
With/Out, WEST, The Hague, Netherlands.
Beyond Binaries, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2019
In Bloom, La Dolce Vita, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
RESIDENCY
2024
Make It Art Worthy, The Hague, Netherlands.
PUBLICATION
2025
Featured in Geen Idee Magazine, “Geen Idee Vol. 4”, The Hague, Netherlands.
2023
Featured in KABK’s flyer, “Voorbereidend Jaar en Oriëntatiecursus”, The Hague, Netherlands.
Featured in KABK’s Graduation Catalogue, The Hague, Netherlands.
2022
Featured in Mosquito Newspaper, The Hague, Netherlands
COLLECTION
2025
Private collection, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2023
Private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
COMMISSION
2023
A Meeting W/ Myself, The Hague, Netherlands.
Commissioned painting for album artwork. A Meeting W/ Myself – Album cover collaboration with Daro, 2023.
ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
2025
Art Battle Amsterdam, Pllek, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2024
XL March, Kunstmarkt Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands.