Siti Adiyati

Siti Adiyati Subangun (born 2 October 1951), better known as Siti Adiyati, is an Indonesian contemporary artist, educator, writer, and activist. Her work explores issues of social inequality, environmental degradation, and bureaucratic corruption. With Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru (GSRB), Siti Adiyati was part of an "academic rebellion" that pushed for the separation of Indonesian art from institutional bureaucracy.

Along with Nanik Mirna, Siti Adiyati was one of the few women artists involved with the GSRB, which mostly included young male artists from Bandung, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta.

Siti Adiyati was accompanied by fellow ASRI students and artists like Hardi, Bonyong Munni Ardhie, Nanik Mirna, FX Harsono in her views. The five organised a student study club on campus to introduce ideas beyond their academy's curriculum, inviting literary scholars, students, and other intellectuals from the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta. She was one of the few female participants present. After gaining and losing members, GSRB would consist of 28 individuals by the final exhibition. The only work in the exhibition that used a living organism, it featured a body of water with its surface covered by eceng gondok, a type of water hyacinth that is an invasive species to the Southeast Asian region, a floating aquatic weed with a high rate of reproduction.

In the 70s, the socioeconomic divide in Indonesia had become increasingly pronounced, with the New Order's 1967 Foreign Investment Law bringing new business opportunities for the people and the military.