SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / ART PROJECTS
2026
ARTi Teddy, curated by Wahyudin, Nadi Galley, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Suluh Bangsa, Kiniko, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2025
Sharjah Biennial 16, to carry, Concrete Thread Reportoire (collective project), Al Qasimiyah School, Sharjah, UAE.
No one heard it the same way, Horanggasy Art Polygon, Gwangju, South Korea.
Arkipel, Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival,Years of Living Dangerously,
Arkipel Resists, curated by Manshur Zikri, Forum Lenteng, Jakarta Indonesia.
After Ça-a-été, Broken White Project 26, curated by Manshur Zikri, Ace House Collective,Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Noughtis By Nature, curated by Farah Wardhani, Gajah Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Verleden Heden, Centre for Indonesian Culture and Language, The Hague, Netherland.
2024
Strata Solidarity, Art District_p Residency X Horanggasy Creative Studio Exchange Exhibition, Art Distric p, Busan South Korea.
Black, deep eyes, Artspace Jip, Gwangju, South Korea.
Actually, How to Say, So, I mean, You know, It’s like, Well, Horanggasy Creative Studio, Gwangju, South Korea.
30th Years of Srisasanti Syndicate, Srisasanti Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Baan Noorg Biennial 2024, International Paviliun, Ratchaburi, Thailand.
Seeing Things, Kohesi Initiative, Tritodipuran Link, Yogyakarta Indonesia.
KONTAMINASI, #Kandang/Tandang1, Hysteria ArtLAB, Semarang, Indonesia.
2023
Crossing Ecotones-Seeing Mountain as Not Mountain, Our Museum, curated by LIR, Taipei, Taiwan.
Art Jakarta, represented by Lee & Bae Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Glued & Screwed #13, short experiment on the screen, Film Huis Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2022
Dream of the Day, curated by Patrick Flores, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bandung Photography Triennale: Dystopian Diffraction: Reality
Reconstruction, curated by Asmudjo jono Irianto, ArtSociates Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia.
The Transient Museum of Thousand Conversations, curated by LIR, IFI – LIP,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Konvergensi: Pasca Tradisionalisme, R.J. Katamsi Gallery, ISI Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
900MDPL: Genealogy of Ghosts and How to Live with Them, site-specific art project in Kaliurang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Collective (Im) Possibilities :
Deconstructing Misfortune, Ruang MES 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Indonesia Raja 2022, Gerakan Pertukaran Film Pendek Antar Wilayah di Indonesia, Minikino.
The Enigma of HeDonism, Jakarta Art Garden, Jakarta, Indonesia.
WIB, Titik Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
SINTAS Arane Atana, Lembana Artgroecosystem, Madura, Indonesia.
2021
INFLUX: Inauguration, Ruang Dini, Bandung, Indonesia.
Pause Rewind Fast Forward #2, Kiniko, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Happiest Place On Earth, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Future Cosmogonies of Resistance, curated by Adelina Luft, Galeri Lorong, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2020
#ICPConcerned; Global Images for Global Crisis, International Center of Photography, New York, US.
Corporeal/Material: On Performance Art and Photography, online exhibition, Isa Art and Design, Jakarta, Indonesia.
ArtJog; Resilience, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
MULANIRA 2, Akar Hening di Tengah Bising, Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta, Museum SonoBudoyo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Art Jakarta Virtual, Ruang Mes 56’s booth.
Teratotera, Collective: Next Generations Symbiosis, Ruang MES 56, Yogyakarta.
2019
Speculative Memories, Art Bali 2019, ABBC Building, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
We Go Where We Now?, Galeri RJ. Katamsi, ISI Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
X Factor, Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design 2019, curated by Hafiz Rancajale, Grand Kemang, Jakarta.
Art Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.
CONCEPT, CONTEXT, CONTESTATION-Contemporary Art from Myanmar and Southeast Asia, curated by Iola Lenzi, Goethe Institut Yangon, Myanmar.
2018
The Future of History, Biennale Jateng#2, curated by Wahyudin AS, Semarang, Indonesia.
Memory of the Unseen, curated by Alia Swastika, A+, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
What is Left? Apartment project interventions, and public presentation at Tranzit, curated by Adelina Luft, Bucharest Romania.
Local Genius, Pekan Seni Media, curated by Hafiz Rancajale, GOLNI, Palu, Indonesia.
Indonesia Now, A celebration of progression and preservation in Indonesian culture, curated by Alia Swastika, Potato Head, Bali, Indonesia.
Future of History, Biennale Jawa Tengah #2, curated by Wahyudin, Oudetrap, Semarang Indonesia.
2017
Identity Crisis: Reflection on Public and Private Life in Contemporary Javanese Photography, curated by Brian Arnold, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, United State of America.
Resipro(vo)kasi, curated by Bayu Genia Krisbhie, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
PHOTO MUTAGENESIS, Asian Culture Station, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Greetings From Indonesia, Jimei X Arles Photography Festival, Xiamen, China.
Media Art Festival Arad / CINEMA, Art Museum Arad, Cinema Arta Arad, Romania.
2016
Camera of Wonders, Museo de Arte Moderno Medellin, Colombia.
Camera of Wonders, Centro de la Imágen, Mexico City, Mexico.
KEREN DAN BEKEN, curated by Junior Tirtadji, Song Eun Art Space, Seoul, South Korea.
Universal Influence, Artjog 9, Jogja National Museum, Indonesia.
Sapiens Free, curated by Wahyudin AS, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia.
CONCEPT, CONTEXT, CONTESTATION, curated by Iola Lenzi, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Encounter, SEA+ Triennale 2016, Rizky A. Zaelani, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
On The Stream, 3rd Kunming Biennale, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Adzan, Vallensbaek Station, Vallensbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015
South East Asia Platform, Singapore Art Stage 2015, Singapore.
MOM: masker in de kunst van NU, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, Netherland.
NO WORRIES: HALAL, curated by Rifky Effendi, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France.
PAUSE, Photo Bangkok 2015, curated by Ark Fongsmut,Bangkok Art Cultural Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.
Infinity In Flux, Artjog VIII, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Alhamdulillah We Made It!, OZ Asia Festival, ARTSPACE Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
Duh Gusti!, Projek Seni Indonesia Berkabung, PKKH, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
JOGJA-LAGOS: Changing Cities-Shifting Spaces, Equator 3 Biennale Jogja
fringe event.
MAPPING THE UNMAPPED, Indonesian and Japanese Art Show Organized by Kyushu University AQA Project students, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
2014
THE OTHER & ME, International Photography Exhibition, SHARJAH ART MUSEUM, Sharjah, UAE
AKSARA/RUPA, PPKH, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
IN | OUT SOURCE , AMNUA International Project, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China.
2013
Zoological, 2902 Gallery, Singapore.
FARAWAY SO CLOSE, Semarang Contemporary Art Gallery, Indonesia.
Beyond Boundaries, Umah Seni, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Peristiwa Sebuah Kelas, FCC collective project, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
LOST AND FOUND: Retelling Story of Silk Road in Indonesia, Space K, Seoul, South Korea.
CONCEPT, CONTEXT, CONTESTATION, Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia, curated by Iola Lenzi, Bangkok Art Cultural Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.
2012
Here and There, Now and Then, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Jogja Agro Pop, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Strike Any Space Whatever Trading, Finale Gallery, Makati City, Philippine.
2011
1001 Doors, Ciputra Land, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Selametan Digital, All Night Long Video and New Media, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2011
Month Of Photography Tokyo 2011, Place M, Tokyo, Japan.
Beastly, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Salihara Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Hijacking TV, Salihara Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
CROSS+SCAPE, ASEAN-Korea Contemporary Media Art Exhibition,
KUMHO Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
Jeonbuk Museum or Art, Jeonju, Korea.
GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea.
5Th Ok Video Festival, Video Out, Focus on; Henry Foundation, Reza Afisina, Wimo Ambala Bayang, Dia.lo.gue, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Immemorial; reaching back beyond memory, Chan Contemporary Art Space, Darwin, Australia.
Ruang Mes 56: Contemporary Photography from Indonesia, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
Moving Images from Indonesia, ZKM_Media Theater, Karlsruhe.
[SEA] TERRITORIES OF THE REAL AND UNREAL, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
BIENNALE JOGJA XI-EQUATOR #1 SHADOW LINES: INDONESIA MEETS INDIA, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta Indonesia.
2010
Landing Soon, Erasmus Huis, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Look! See?, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
CUT 2010; New Photography from Southeast Asia, PARALLEL UNIVERSE, Valentine Willie, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Manila Contemporary, Manila, Philipina.
Masih Ada Gus Dur, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia.
Lihat! Video art from Indonesia, Gallery Jesus Gallardo, Instituto Cultural de Leon, Leon, Mexico.
Contemporaneity: Contemporary Art in Indonesia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China.
2010Codex/ Code, Ruang Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ok. Video-Jakarta International Video Festival. A Retrospective, art and culture international e.V KunstBüroBerlin, Berlin, Germany.
Digit (all), Contemporary New Media Art Practise in Indonesia, Umah Seni, Jakarta, Indonesia.
On Camera, Biasa Art Space, Bali, Indonesia.
Ruru and Friends, 10th Anniversary of Ruangrupa, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2009
Landing Soon #7, Heden, The Hague, The Netherlands. 2009ARENA, Jakarta Biennale XIII, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2009
COMEDY, OK Video Festival, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Topology of Flatness, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Urbantopia, North Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia.
The South Project, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Cerita Ruang Bersama, Alun-alun Kidul Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
South Project, Melbourne Reflection, BUS Project, Melbourne, Australia.
2008
The Past -The Forgotten Time, National Museum of Singapore.
2nd POSE, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Boys/ Girls, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Defenders of Video Front Indonesia/ Australia, Next 2008, Art Chicago, Chicago, USA.
OVERLOAD, French Cultural Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
MANIFESTO, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia.
InterAction XXI-2008, ARKA SPACE Intermedial Cultural Association, Sardinia, Italy.
CUT 2: New Photography from Southeast Asia, Valentine Willie Fine Arts, Singapore.
Here Comes The Lomoheads, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
180 x 180, One Gallery Seni Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Landing Soon #7, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The mask as an intermediary, Heden, The Netherlands.
Taiwan International Video Art, Hong Gah Museum ,Taipei, Taiwan.
Rereading Driyarkara: Humanity, Education, Nationality, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Dynamic Duo, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia.
Havana Affair, One Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
A Survey of Contemporary Indonesia Art, Melbourne, Australia.
2007
The Past - The Forgotten Time, Artoteek Den Haag, NIOD, Amsterdam, Cemeti Art house, Yogyakarta, Erasmus Huis, Jakarta
MILITIA,Third OK Video Festival, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Past - The Forgotten Time, Bizart, Shanghai, China.
Shadows of Prambanan, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
PUNKASILA, 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Ding Dong lounge, Melbourne, Australia.
2006
Video and film presentation, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Multi Happy Dimensional, Ruang Per Ruang #3 art project, Third Eye Photography Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Di sini dan Kini, Jogja Biennale, Taman Budaya Societeit, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Young Arrow, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Gondomanan Project, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Bitmap, Loop, Seoul, South Korea.
Alterorgasm, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Beauty Contest, Insomnium, Malang, Indonesia.
Going Digital, Theater Kikker Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Ayis, film screening, Konan Women’s College, Japan.
Apa kabar Meneer?, Pekan Seni Indies exhibition, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2005
Inside Out, Ruang per ruang #2, Michelle Chin’s House and ViaVia Café, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Jogja Radius 1 Km: Bergerak!, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium.
Omong Kosong #2, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Self Title, Room No 1, Bandung, Indonesia.
Video works screening, Yunnan Art Academy, kunming, Yunnan province, China.
Jianghu IX, ALAB, Kunming, Yunnan province, China.
2004
Berlari Untuk Entah, Rabu Video screening, Ruang Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia.
TOP COLLECTIONS, Ruang Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mediabaru@, Galeri Lontar, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Undiscovered Territory, Galeri Oktagon, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Vacances a Yogya , Centre Culturel France, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Holiday in Jakarta at PASSAGE de Retz gallery, Paris, France.
Ayis, film screening, cultural exchange center, Osaka City University, Momoyama Gakuin University, Tokai University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
2003
HIDDEN FILES/ OPEN SOURCES, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
CP Open Biennale, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Countrybution Yogyakarta Biennale, Taman Budaya Societeit, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Exploring Vacuum, collaboration with Sigit Pius, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta , Indonesia.
Berlari Untuk Entah, film screening, bioskop Permata, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2002
DEDI DORES, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
TROPIS, Benteng Vredeburg Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Club Automatic, Multimedia Performance at Djoko Pekik’s House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Bavf-Naf #1, New Media Festival, Rumah Nusantara, Bandung, Indonesia.
2001
Comic Cabinet, Gelaran Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Million Tv’s, Independent Film Festival III, Usmar Ismail Film Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Young Artist 2000, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2000
I Spy With My Little Eye Or Manipulatable Truth, workshop with Anja De Jong, Erasmus Huis, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Silent Chapter, Sika Contemporary Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
Art Photography, Museum Negeri Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
1999
Revolusi #9, GFJA, Jakarta, Indonesia.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / ART PROJECTS
2026
[Foot Step Approach], Institut Français d'Indonésie, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2025
[Foot Step Approach], curated by Manshur Zikri, Kohesi_Initiative, Tirtodipuran Link Build A,Yogayakarta, Indonesia.
2024
Musigi Geosigi Etc Etc, Chago Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea.
Dogmilk Degustations presents: Once Upon A Time Dog Milk Films, curated by Dog Milk Films, Miscellania, Melbourne, Australia.
2023
An Invitation To Put Yourself In My Shoes, Ruang MES 56, written by Adelina Luft, Yogyakarta Indonesia.
2019
The Knowing Eye, Condo Shanghai 2019 represented by ROH Project, Mao Space, Shanghai,China.
2014
Perisai Putih Yang Belum Sudah, BKdP, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2013
THIS IS NOT THAT, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2012
You See Half, You Get Half, curated by Alia Swastika, Ark Gallerie, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2012
Ka’bah, Ark Gallerie, curated by Alia Swastika, Art Dubai | Marker, Dubai.
2011
I Shot! Art Depts, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2010
Not So High (Heels), curated by Alia Swastika, D Gallerie, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2009
Wimo Film and Video Festival, curated by Brigitta Isabella, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta,Indonesia.
2003
Select All, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, US.
Akili Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, US.
MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand.
AWARDS / Grants
2022
Winner Best Indonesia Feature-Length Documentary, FFD 2021.
2020
Jogja_Kronik, Hibah Karya Normal Baru, SAM Fund for Art & Ecology dengan Biennale Jogja.
1997
The Best Black and White Photo Print, Media Faculty, Indonesia Institute of Art Yogyakarta.
1998
The Best Art Photography, Indonesia Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta
FILM MAKING
2025
Landscape of Extractive Zone, director.
2020
THE ENIGMA OF HeDonISM, researcher and director.
2020
JOGJA_KRONIK, photographer and director.
2019
The Photographer, director.
2005
It Flowed Like Green Lakes’ Water, story and director.
2004
Ayis (about Me, About You), director.
2003
Berlari Untuk Entah, […] Film production, story and director.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2020
Pause Rewind Fast Forward #2
Kiniko Art
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019
We Go Where We Now,
Galeri R.J Katamsi
the Arts Institute of Indonesia
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017
COLLABORATE! A Year of Visual Encounters, Foam x Ruang Mes 56,
FOAM FOTO MUSEUM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017
Greetings From Indonesia
Jimei X Arles Photography Festival
Xiamen, China.
2011
Indonesian Nowadays, The Month of Photography Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
PUBLICATION
2012
Photographs of Netherlands East Indies, One of the writers for Tropenmuseum 's book, 2012, KIT Publisher.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
History of Photography in Indonesia, From Colonial Era to Digital Age, Brian Arnold, University Amsterdam Press.
2019
Domestic Notes, Art Travel and Visitations, Nuraini Juliastuti, Reading Sideways.
2018
Memories of the Unseen: Notes about the act of not forgetting, Alia Swastika.
2017
Identity Crisis, Reflection on Public and Private Life in Javanese Contemporary Photography, Brian Arnold, Afterhours Books.
2016
Photography in Southeast Asia; A Survey, Zhuang Wubin, NUS Press.
2014
Stories of A Space, Living Expectations: Understanding Indonesian Contemporary Photography Through Ruang Mes 56 Practices, Indo Art Now.
2013
Contemporary Photography in Asia, Keiko Hooton & Anthony George Godfrey, PRESTEL.
2010
Contemporary Photography in Yogyakarta; The Case of Mes 56, Zhuang Wubin.
RESIDENCIES
2024
Horanggasy Creative Studio, Gwangju, South Korea.
2018
ODD, Bucharest, Romania.
2016
DIAS Kunsthal, Digital Interactive Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2009
Heden Kunst van Nu, The Hague, Netherlands.
2009
South Project & Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
2008
Cemeti Art House, Landing Soon #7, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
2006
Short Wave, Cemeti Art Foundation, short residency program in Indramayu city, Indonesia.
2005
Lijiang Studio, Kunming and Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China.
2004
Ruang Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2021
Assistant Art Director for Museum Diorama Arsip Jogja.
2022
Film programmer for Spectum, Documentary Film Festival Yogyakarta.
2023
Film programmer for Spectum, Documentary Film Festival Yogyakarta.
Fasilitator, Temu Seni Forografi, Indonesia Bertutur Festival 2023.
2024
Film programmer for Spectum, Documentary Film Festival Yogyakarta.
Jury member of Singapore International Photography Festival 2024
2025
Film programmer for Spectum, Documentary Film Festival Yogyakarta.