Symbols are a visual language created by humans and have evolved in different places and cultures. Different symbols can have a similar meaning. Carl Gustav Jung proposed the existence of universal symbols (archetypes) in the collective unconscious. The present study examined archetypes of the Self in artworks by Indonesian female artist Ay Tjoe Christine. The artworks analyzed were: Sekutu II (2002), Landscape in My Head (2002), and The Last Layer (2012). In the analytical method used, Feldman's art criticism and Jung's archetypes were combined. It starts with a formal description and analysis of the artworks, after which they are interpreted on the basis of their general symbolic references and connected to the visual character or concept of different archetypes. The archetypes emerged parallel to the development of the artwork and the artist's response to her hopes and desires, and the importance of wholeness for her. In the first artwork, the archetypes appear directly in a familiar form, close to Jung's theory. The 'Self' in the second artwork is a reflection on the body (object), so that its protrayal is mixed with some personal elements of the artist. The development of the third artwork can be seen from the core archetypes that appear in the whole piece, making it into an archetypical embodiment of the Self i.e. the 'other Self' and part of the artist. This study looked at the relationship between the development of three artworks and the archetypes contained in them, and their relevance to the constructed symbols.
