Marina Joesoef
Indonesian artist
Marina Joesoef — born Marina Sastrowardoyo 24 March 1959 in Jakarta, Indonesia — is an Indonesian artist. She is a painter having recent exhibitions in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is also known as Marina Joesoef Sastrowardoyo, though Joesoef is her married surname.
In the early 1960s, Marina joined her parents and brothers to live in Los Angeles and Leiden, Netherlands, where her father, Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, studied urology for six years, including a stint at University of California, Los Angeles. Marina attended schools in Santa Monica and Leiden.
After returning home to Indonesia, in 1976 she participated in a Miss Teen pageant organized by Gadis magazine and won the first prize.
Family
Ms. Joesoef is the eldest daughter of Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, a physician, surgeon and memoirist, and the late Ina Sastrowardoyo.
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