A fashion designer and textile artist working between indigenous craft traditions and contemporary fashion. Based in Yogyakarta, rooted in the Pustaha manuscripts of North Sumatra — translating ancestral knowledge into garments that carry memory and identity. Desainer mode dan seniman tekstil yang bekerja di antara tradisi kriya lokal dan mode kontemporer. Berbasis di Yogyakarta, berakar pada manuskrip Pustaha Sumatera Utara — menerjemahkan pengetahuan leluhur ke dalam busana yang membawa memori dan identitas.
Rijksakademie Open Studio · Amsterdam · 2025

Exhibition coordinating personal artworks on Batak cultural heritage — weaving identity, tracing the self.
Pameran karya pribadi tentang warisan budaya Batak — menenun identitas, menelusuri diri.

Presented Batik Manifesto at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam. On view May 2025 – Jan 2027.
Mempresentasikan Batik Manifesto di Wereldmuseum Amsterdam. Mei 2025 – Jan 2027.

Artist in Residence — Pressing Matter. Ritual of Arus Balik with live pustaha writing on laklak.
Artist in Residence — Pressing Matter. Ritual Arus Balik dengan penulisan pustaha di atas laklak.
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Public workshop on reading and writing Batak script at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam.
Workshop publik membaca dan menulis aksara Batak di Wereldmuseum Amsterdam.
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Weaving workshop with Sekar Kawung & Tenun Auliya, part of Pameran Ranggalawe.
Workshop tenun bersama Sekar Kawung & Tenun Auliya, bagian dari Pameran Ranggalawe.
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Fashion collection exploring the Batak concept of return — to land, to cloth, to ceremony.
Koleksi mode mengeksplorasi konsep Batak tentang kepulangan — ke tanah, ke kain, ke upacara.

Workshop facilitator at Temu Aksara — batik bridging Batak script practice.
Fasilitator workshop di Temu Aksara — batik menjembatani praktik aksara Batak.
Lapo Pustaha · Kawan Pustaha
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Kawan Pustaha was founded on 14 June 2022 at Rumah Bausasran, Yogyakarta — bringing together people from different backgrounds to revisit Batak culture through traditional manuscripts known as pustaha. Ibeth has been a member since 2023.
Kawan Pustaha didirikan pada 14 Juni 2022 di Rumah Bausasran, Yogyakarta — mempertemukan beragam latar belakang untuk mendekati kembali kebudayaan Batak melalui pustaha. Ibeth bergabung sebagai anggota sejak 2023.
Meeting almost every Wednesday evening, the collective maintains a living practice of reading, writing, and making meaning through the BATUAKBA class (Baca Tulis Aksara Batak), held in-person and online.
Hampir setiap Rabu malam, kolektif ini menjaga praktik hidup membaca dan menulis melalui kelas BATUAKBA (Baca Tulis Aksara Batak), yang diselenggarakan secara luring maupun daring.
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Open to collaborations, commissions, exhibitions, editorial projects, and conversations about Batak textile heritage. Based in Yogyakarta — available internationally. Terbuka untuk kolaborasi, komisi, pameran, proyek editorial, dan diskusi tentang warisan tekstil Batak. Berbasis di Yogyakarta — tersedia untuk kerja internasional.
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