Nadiah Bamadhaj is one of the most consistently impactful artists in Southeast Asia, straddling Malaysia and Indonesia. Warung Bensin Siege depicts her observations on the architectural structures of temporary shacks in the city. The fine nuances of light and shade and details of the structure including the assembled hinges were expressed with a spectrum of monochrome tones. Nadiah, who resides in Yogyakarta, continues to make engaging posturings on the socio-political situation in Indonesia and Malaysia, with references to history, architecture and the environment. Nadiah Bamadhaj won the Juror's Choice award in the Malaysian component of the Philip Morris Asean Art Awards in 2001 and was a resident artist at Rimbun Dahan (2000-2001). She was educated at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, with a double major BFA in Sculpture and Sociology. She was awarded the Nippon Foundation's Asian Public Intellectual Fellowship in 2002-2003, with a follow-up Public Intellectual grant in 2004. Her notable solos after turning fulltime in 2000 include: The 1965 Rebuilding Its Monuments (2001), Surveillance (2008), Keseragaman (2012), Poised for Degradation and Descent (2014, 2016), Enamlima Sekarang (2003, 2004), Ravaged (New York, 2008) and The Submissive Feminist (2021). She is on the board of Yayasan Kebaya, a HIV/AIDS homeless shelter in Yogya. She was featured in 'Vitamin D3: Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing' published by London-based Phaidon.