Pris Roos

community - artistic research - Diaspora - diversity - figurative

Pris Roos is an artist, curator, researcher and storyteller. As a child she grew up in the toko of her family who emigrated from Indonesia. For Pris Roos, the toko symbolizes a space of togetherness, colors, smells, food, stories and a mixture of people from different backgrounds. The toko is a source of wealth for her art practice. She is an artist who works with different media such as painting, spoken word, video, performance and installation. By focusing on observation and careful listening in the people she meets, she reflects on topics such as identity, migration and memory.