Travelling through Asian and Pasifika cultures in batik with Rozana Lee

20 years ago, artist Rozana Lee lost her mother, relatives, childhood friends and her family home in Aceh, Indonesia in the Boxing Day Tsunami. More than 200,000 people died in Indonesia, her mother Rosna among those left unaccounted for. Lee’s father Karimun survived.  At the time Rozana Lee was living in Singapore, working as a banker and had just given birth to her first child. The tragedy led to a huge life shift. She left Singapore and her established career to focus on her art and her family, moving to Aotearoa with her New Zealand engineer husband, where she began fine art training.