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My curatorial practice unfolds through exhibitions, public programs, and collaborative initiatives that connect contemporary art with education and community engagement. The selected projects presented here reflect an ongoing exploration of how art can function as a shared space where children, artists, and communities actively participate in shaping cultural experiences. Each project is developed through a process that prioritizes accessibility, dialogue, and care, positioning curating as both a creative and socially engaged practice.

In 2018, I curated an exhibition within Lazada Warehouse Festival (WAW Fast) in Jakarta, situating contemporary art within a commercial and logistics-driven environment. The project examined the entanglement between artistic production, consumer culture, and digital economies by bringing together artists, brands, and a corporate platform. Rather than treating the site as a neutral venue, the exhibition engaged the warehouse as a critical context foregrounding circulation, visibility, and commodification as integral to the experience of art. By intervening in a high-traffic commercial space, the project sought to disrupt conventional modes of spectatorship and expand curatorial practice into hybrid, publicly accessible contexts.

L-Project (Linda Gallery), 2019 Internasional Online Exhibition

L-Project (Linda Gallery) is an international online exhibition platform that invites curators to develop and present their own curated selections within a dedicated digital page. The project expands curatorial practice into a virtual context, enabling independent curatorial voices to engage with global audiences beyond physical limitations. By providing autonomy in curatorial direction, L-Project encourages diverse perspectives and experimental approaches to exhibition-making. Through this platform, I curated a selection of works that reflects my interest in participatory and socially engaged practices, exploring how digital space can function as an accessible site for dialogue, exchange, and expanded modes of audience interaction.

Curatorial Project

Lazada Waw Fast, 2018 Jakarta

Group Exhibition “Berdikari”, Distrik Seni x Sarinah, 2022 Jakarta

The solo exhibition “Memayu Hayuning Bawana” by Hanafi Shidartha, presented at Lussid YK in Yogyakarta (2022), explores philosophical reflections on harmony, balance, and the human relationship with the universe. Drawing from Javanese cosmology, the exhibition brings together works that contemplate the idea of sustaining and beautifying the world as a shared responsibility. Through layered visual language and material exploration, Hanafi invites viewers into a contemplative space where spiritual, cultural, and ecological dimensions intersect. The exhibition positions art as a medium for reflection, emphasizing interconnectedness between self, society, and the broader environment.

Solo Exhibition Hanafi Shidartha “Memayu Haying Bawana”, Lussid YK, 2022 Jogjakarta

“Berdikari” (2022), presented through a collaboration between Distrik Seni and Sarinah in Jakarta, is a group exhibition that reflects on ideas of independence, self reliance, and collective resilience within contemporary Indonesian contexts. Situated in a commercial public space, the exhibition brings together diverse artistic practices that respond to shifting socio cultural and economic landscapes. Rather than positioning independence as an individual pursuit, “Berdikari” frames it as a shared condition shaped by community, history, and everyday experience. By activating Sarinah as an accessible site, the project invites broader audiences to engage with contemporary art, while exploring how curatorial practice can operate within hybrid public and commercial environments.

Group Exhibition "Speak Up", sexual violence against children, 2023 Creativite Indonesia

In 2022, I participated in a curatorial response program with Goethe-Institut, culminating in a workshop and exhibition at Soemardja Gallery, Bandung. The project reflected on the historical significance of the Asian–African Conference 1955, examining art as a form of diplomacy. Through my curatorial essay Art of Diplomacy, I explored how artistic practices operate within socio-political frameworks, functioning as cultural, ideological, and communicative tools. The exhibition engaged archival materials and contemporary perspectives to position art as a medium that constructs shared experiences, fosters dialogue, and reflects the institutional and social dynamics embedded within international relations.

The first large-scale Asian–African Conference goethe institut, Soemardja Gallery, 2022 Bandung – Workshop & Exhibition

“Speak Up” is a group exhibition initiated by Creativite Indonesia as part of the Road to Kids Biennale, addressing the urgent issue of sexual violence against children. The project creates a safe and reflective space where art becomes a medium to raise awareness, encourage dialogue, and amplify voices that are often silenced. Bringing together artists and young participants, the exhibition navigates themes of vulnerability, protection, and empowerment through participatory and educational approaches. Positioned within a child-centered framework, “Speak Up” emphasizes the importance of care, ethics, and advocacy, highlighting how curatorial practice can contribute to building safer environments and fostering collective responsibility.

Group Exhibition "Speak Up On Bullying and Intolerance ", Road to Kids Biennale Indonesia, 2024 Creativite Indonesia, Jakarta

“Facing Tomorrow: Reflection on the Climate Crisis Through Painting,” presented at Museum Basoeki Abdullah, Jakarta, engages students from elementary to high school across Indonesia in a participatory exploration of ecological crisis. Responding to the legacy of Basoeki Abdullah, the project repositions painting as a site of environmental inquiry through the use of natural pigments. The collective process of sourcing and producing materials foregrounds sustainability, labor, and shared responsibility. By situating young participants as active cultural agents, the exhibition challenges conventional hierarchies of authorship while proposing art as a pedagogical and socially embedded practice within climate discourse.

Nasional Group Exhibition “Facing Tomorrow" Reflection on the Climate Crisis Through Painting”, Museum Basoeki Abdullah, 2023 Jakarta

“Colors of Grief” (2023) by Mira El Amir, presented by Creativite Indonesia in Jakarta, explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of grief through a sensitive visual language. The exhibition brings together works that translate loss into color, texture, and form, creating an intimate space for reflection and empathy. Rather than framing grief as a singular experience, the project reveals its layered and evolving nature. Through this approach, the exhibition positions art as a medium for processing emotion, inviting audiences to engage with vulnerability, memory, and healing within a shared contemplative environment.

Solo Exhibition Mira El Amir “Colors Of Grief “, Creativite, 2023 Jakarta

“Unconditional Love” is a group exhibition initiated by Creativite Indonesia, bringing together interdisciplinary artists working across diverse mediums. The exhibition explores love as a complex and multifaceted condition extending beyond romantic narratives into care, empathy, vulnerability, and relationality. Through varied artistic approaches, the works reflect on how love operates within personal, social, and cultural contexts. By creating a space for dialogue and shared reflection, the exhibition invites audiences to consider love as an active and transformative force. Positioned within a participatory framework, “Unconditional Love” emphasizes connection, emotional awareness, and the role of art in shaping collective experiences.t.

Group Exhibition”Unconditional Love”, Interdisciplinary Artist, 2024 Creativite Indonesia

“Merangkai” (2024), a solo exhibition by Fauzan, presented at V&V Gallery in Jakarta, explores the act of assembling as both a material and conceptual process. The exhibition brings together works that investigate how fragments objects, memories, and experiences can be composed into new forms of meaning. Through layered visual strategies, Fauzan reflects on continuity, transformation, and the relationships between parts and wholes. “Merangkai” positions artistic practice as an evolving process, inviting audiences to engage with the dynamics of construction, connection, and reinterpretation within contemporary artistic discourse.

Solo Exhibition Fauzan “Merangkai”- V&V Gallery, 2024 Jakarta

“Speak Up on Bullying and Intolerance” (2024), presented by Creativite Indonesia in Jakarta as part of Road to Kids Biennale Indonesia, is a group exhibition developed with children and neurodivergent youth. The project creates an inclusive and supportive space where participants express personal experiences of bullying and social exclusion through artistic practices. By centering neurodivergent perspectives, the exhibition challenges normative frameworks of communication and representation. It positions art as a tool for advocacy, empathy, and dialogue, foregrounding accessibility, care, and participation as essential elements within curatorial practice and socially engaged cultural production.

Darbotz x Compass Brand , "Dare To Win" Urban Fores Cipete, 2024 Jakarta

“Temporal Flux: Tribute to Krisna Murti” is a new media group exhibition presented by Creativite Indonesia in Jakarta. The exhibition brings together three Indonesian new media artists responding to the legacy of Krisna Murti, a key figure in the development of video and media art in Indonesia. Through time-based and digital practices, the project explores themes of temporality, memory, and technological mediation. Rather than a retrospective, “Temporal Flux” positions tribute as an active reinterpretation, where contemporary artists engage critically with Krisna Murti’s influence while expanding new media discourse within current socio-cultural and technological contexts..

Temporal Flux Tribute To Krisna Murti (new media art) , Creativite Indonesia , 2024 Jakarta

Across Asia” is an international group exhibition presented by Creativite Indonesia in Jakarta, bringing together artists from Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia, and emerging student practitioners working in new media art. The exhibition explores cross-cultural dialogues shaped by digital technologies, examining how media-based practices reflect diverse socio-cultural contexts across Asia. By positioning both established artists and students within the same platform, the project challenges hierarchical distinctions in artistic production. “Across Asia” foregrounds experimentation, exchange, and connectivity, highlighting new media art as a dynamic field that fosters transnational collaboration and evolving forms of expression.

Group Exhibition Internasional Artist “ Across Asia”, Creativite Indonesia, 2024 Jakarta

“Art Love You” (2024), presented at Jakarta Design Center in Jakarta, is a group exhibition that embraces a public-oriented approach by creating an open and accessible space for audiences to engage with art without the pressure of a fixed or heavy theme. Bringing together diverse artistic practices, the exhibition invites visitors to experience artworks through curiosity, interaction, and personal interpretation. Rather than directing meaning, “Art Love You” encourages spontaneous connections between artworks and audiences, fostering a relaxed and inclusive environment where art becomes approachable, enjoyable, and part of everyday experience.

Group Exhibition "Art Love You", Jakarta Design Center, 2024 Jakarta

“Dare To Win” (2024), a collaboration between Darbotz and Compass, presented at Urban Forest Cipete in Jakarta, explores the intersection of street art, branding, and public space. The project features a large-scale inflatable installation, transforming Darbotz’s visual language into an accessible and playful urban intervention. By situating the work in an open public environment, the exhibition engages broader audiences beyond conventional art spaces. This collaboration reflects how art and local industry can intersect, creating participatory experiences that blur boundaries between contemporary art, popular culture, and everyday urban life.

Group Exhibition "JAKNUS: Menjelajahi Perubahan”, ART 1 Museum, 2024Jakarta

“JAKNUS: Menjelajahi Perubahan” is a group exhibition that responds to Indonesia’s shifting cultural landscape amid the transition from Jakarta to IKN Nusantara. Curated by Citra Smara Dewi and Gie Sanjaya, the exhibition brings together 50 artists from Jakarta and East Kalimantan. Through diverse mediums, the works explore themes of memory, transition, and cultural identity, reflecting both nostalgia and future imaginaries. By engaging audiences in a dialogic and interdisciplinary space, JAKNUS positions art as a critical tool to reflect, negotiate, and reimagine cultural narratives within ongoing processes of transformation.

Group Exhibition “900-1300: Ontological Field”: An Exhibition of Eight Indonesian Ceramicists, Dia Lo Gw Gallery, 2024 Jakarta

“Center of Feeling: Imaginary Space” (2024) is a sculpture group exhibition presented at Semesta Gallery in Jakarta, bringing together emerging young sculptors as the next generation of artists. The exhibition explores how sculptural practices can articulate emotional landscapes and imagined spaces through material, form, and spatial intervention. By foregrounding experimentation and process, the project creates a platform for young artists to expand their visual language and critical perspectives. “Center of Feeling” positions sculpture not only as object-based practice, but as a medium for sensing, constructing, and navigating subjective experiences within contemporary contexts.

Group Exhibition - Sculpture “Center of Feeling: Imaginary Space”, Semesta Gallery, 2024 Jakarta

“Dia Lo Gw” (2025) is a group exhibition featuring emerging ceramic artists, opening 27 April 2025, that explores ceramics as an active ontological field rather than a passive medium. Grounded in new materialist perspectives, the exhibition positions clay as an agent that records transformation through process, pressure, and time. Works by young artists such as Reza, Re Tyara, Bagus, Aribul, Nurul, and others engage themes of identity, memory, and cultural symbolism through material experimentation. Firing processes become sites of negotiation, where failure and unpredictability shape form. The exhibition frames ceramics as a living practice—where matter, body, and experience continuously interact and evolve.

Duo Exhibition Colaboration Indonesia and Japan “Organic Rhythm" Popo Mangun (IND) Low Moromi (JP) LQID, 2025 Jakarta

“Grow Without Fear” (2025), presented by Kids Biennale Indonesia at Galeri Nasional Indonesia in Jakarta, is a national group exhibition developed through an open call that received 1,056 submissions, with 142 works selected across disciplines. The exhibition foregrounds children and young participants as active cultural agents, exploring themes of courage, expression, and growth. Through diverse artistic forms, the project creates an inclusive platform that encourages experimentation and dialogue. “Grow Without Fear” positions art as a space for learning and empowerment, highlighting the role of curatorial practice in nurturing creativity and shaping future cultural narratives.

Group Exhibition Nasional ”Grow without Fear” Kids Biennale Indonesia Galeri Nasional Indonesia, 2025 Jakarta

“Organic Rhythm” is a duo exhibition featuring Popo Mangun (Indonesia) and Low Moromi (Japan), bringing together two distinct yet resonant artistic practices across cultural contexts. The exhibition explores a shared sensitivity to nature, spirituality, and inner landscapes, positioning art as a dialogue between body, memory, and environment. While Moromi’s work reflects the quiet, contemplative aesthetics of yu-un, Popo Mangun channels the dynamic energy of the Indonesian archipelago through symbolic and geometric forms. “Organic Rhythm” unfolds as a meditative encounter, where visual language becomes a space for connection, balance, and transnational exchange.

Group Exhibition Nasional Artist & villagers “Ziarah Suvarnadvipa”, Museum Kawasan Cagar Budaya Nasional (KCBN), Muaro Jambi. 2025 Prov Jambi

"Creation, Feeling, Will, Symphony of the Soul" (2025), a solo exhibition by SP Hidayat, presented at ArtMoments Jakarta 2025 in Jakarta, explores the integration of thought, emotion, and intention as a unified artistic expression. Rooted in philosophical notions of cipta, rasa, karsa, the works unfold as a visual symphony that navigates inner consciousness and human experience. Through layered compositions and expressive gestures, SP Hidayat constructs a dialogue between intuition and structure. The exhibition positions painting as a reflective medium, inviting audiences to engage with the dynamic interplay between the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual dimensions of creation.

Solo Exhibition SP Hidayart "Creation, Feeling, Will, Symphony of the Soul", Haiyat Gallery, 2025 Artmoment, Jakarta

“Ziarah Suvarnadvipa” is a residency-based exhibition that reactivates the historical legacy of Suvarṇadvīpa as a center of learning and intellectual pilgrimage in Southeast Asia. Prior to the exhibition, participating artists engaged in a site-responsive residency in Muarajambi, immersing themselves in the landscape, local communities, and living cultural knowledge. Drawing from historical accounts such as I-Tsing’s journey and Atiśa’s studies, the program frames residency as a contemporary form of pilgrimage. The resulting works emerge from encounters between archaeology, memory, and lived experience, positioning curatorial practice as a pedagogical process rooted in dialogue, ecology, and collective knowledge production.

Exhibition National Heritage Gallery of Immanuel Church Jakarta. Immanuel Church, 2025 Jakarta

“National Heritage Gallery of Immanuel Church” (2025), presented at Immanuel Church in Jakarta, explores historical narratives through three interconnected spaces: timeline, artifacts, and organ. The exhibition traces the church’s historical trajectory within Jakarta’s evolving urban context, while displaying archival materials and objects that reflect its cultural and spiritual significance. The organ space highlights the sonic heritage of the church, positioning sound as an integral part of memory and experience. Together, these elements create a layered narrative that invites visitors to engage with history as a living, immersive, and reflective encounter.

Group Exhibition, “Genealogi”, Nuart Sculpture Park, 2026 Bandung

“Genealogi” is a group exhibition featuring Indonesian women artists, examining artistic practice as a layered and evolving field shaped by personal memory, social relations, and cultural conditions. Rather than presenting a fixed lineage, the exhibition approaches genealogy as a dynamic process through which meanings and representations are continuously negotiated. Through diverse mediums, the works position the body, domestic space, and organic materials as sites of experience, resilience, and transformation. Engaging with historical references while resisting singular narratives, “Genealogi” proposes a re-reading of women’s contributions to Indonesian art as fluid, interconnected, and continuously redefined within contemporary practice.

“(Un) Garden” by Elma Lucyana repositions flowers from symbols of ideal beauty into metaphors of transformation and imperfection. Drawing from her dual practice as artist and floral decorator, Elma presents flowers as living bodies that undergo fatigue, decay, and asymmetry. Through large-scale installations using textile and mixed media, she foregrounds process, materiality, and traces of handcraft as essential to meaning. The inclusion of rare plants reflects on scarcity and sustainability. Rather than an idealized garden, “(Un) Garden” offers a conceptual space where growth unfolds beyond perfection, inviting reflection on resilience, fragility, and becoming.

Solo Exhibition Elma Luciana, “Un Garden”, Creativite Indonesia, 2026 Jakarta

Exhibition Ceramic dan Sculpture Artist "Playing with Shapes, Playing with Colors, Same Medium", LQID 2025 Jakarta

"Playing with Shapes, Playing with Colors, Same Medium" is a group exhibition bringing together 12 ceramic and sculpture artists within a shared visual playground. The exhibition challenges conventional distinctions between craft and fine art by positioning both mediums within a contemporary, experimental framework. Through playful explorations of form, color, and material, the works move beyond functionality and monumentality toward a more fluid and imaginative approach. Clay and sculptural mass intersect as sites of expression, where humor, tactility, and visual curiosity emerge. Rather than emphasizing difference, the exhibition highlights convergence, inviting audiences to experience art as a collective, dynamic, and accessible encounter rooted in play.