Natasha Tontey (born 1989, Minahasan Peninsula, Indonesia; lives in Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia) predominantly explores fictional accounts of the history and myths surrounding “manufactured fear.” Her recent solo exhibitions include Primate Visions: Macaque Macabre, Museum MACAN, Jakarta (2024) and Garden Amidst the Flame, Auto Italia, London (2022). Selected group exhibitions and screenings include presentations at the 14th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Allegre (2025); 32nd and 34th Singapore International Film Festival (2021, 2023); 57th and 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2023, 2024); Singapore Biennial (2023); KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Brussels (2023); Stroom, The Hague (2022); GHOST2565, Bangkok (2022); Protozone8 Queer Trust, Zurich (2022); ARKO Art Council, Seoul (2022); Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul (2022); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2021); transmediale, Berlin (2021); Performance Space, Sydney (2021); Other Futures, Amsterdam (2021); Kyoto Experiment (2021); and Asian Film Archive, Singapore (2021). In 2024, Tontey was awarded the Han Nefkens Foundation Video Production Grant.
