MELLA JAARSMA

Born   

October 9^th, 1960, Emmeloord, The Netherlands

Lives and worked in Yogyakarta, Indonesia since 1984

 

Education

 Fine Art Academy ‘Minerva’, Groningen, The Netherlands

 Art Institute Jakarta (IKJ), Jakarta, Indonesia

 Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

 

Solo Exhibitions (a selection since 2000)

2022    ‘Performing Artifacts: Objects in Question’, ROH projects, Jakarta, Indonesia

2021    ‘The Size Of  Rice’, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

‘South-South Platform’ digital with Roh Projects, Jakarta, Indonesia

2020    ‘A Roof  Over Your Head’, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2019    ‘In Ravel Out’, Res Artis Project Space, Melbourne, Australia

‘The Carrier’, presented by A+ art Malaysian Art Expo, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2018    ‘Re-Play #8’, OFCA, Sarong Building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2017    ‘Bolak Balik’ Jendela Art Space, Esplanade, Singapore

2016    ‘Carrier’ Baik Art, Los Angeles, USA

‘Carrier’, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, USA

2015    ‘Lari’, Embun Gallery, Medan, Indonesia (together with Nindityo Adipurnomo)

2014    ‘Potong Waktu’, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2013    ‘Male Energy / Tenaga LakiLaki’, Jatiwangi Art Factory, Jatiwangi, Indonesia

2012    ‘Truth, Lies and Senses’, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia

‘Toekar Tambah’, with Nindityo Adipurnomo at Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia

2009    ‘The Fitting Room’, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung

‘The Fitting Room’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Zipper Zone’, s.14, Bandung, Indonesia

2006    ‘De meeloper / the follower’, Artoteek Den Haag, The Netherlands

‘Shelter me’, Gaya Fusion Art Space, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

2005    ‘Asal’, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2004    ‘The Shelter’, Valentine Willie Fine Arts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2002    ‘Moral Pointers’ Lontar Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2001     ‘I Eat You Eat Me III’, The Art Center, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 

2000   ‘I Eat You Eat Me II’, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 

‘I Eat You Eat Me I’, Lembaga Indonesia-Perancis, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

 

Group Exhibitions (a selection since 1999)

2023    ‘Encounters’ Art Basel with ROH Projects, Hongkong

‘Crossing Ecotones- Mountains Seen; No Mountain Being’ Our Museum -National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan 

2022    ‘Wastu/loka/kala’, Artina, Sarinah Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Tumpeng’, Baik Art, Jakarta, Indonesia

ICAD 12: ‘Fragmenting Yesterday, Reshaping Tomorrow, Grand Kemang, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Setouchi Triennale’, Ibuki Island, Japan

‘Expanded Media – Indonesia Bertutur 2022’,  Widayat Museum, Borobudur, Indonesia

Art Jakarta with ROH Projects and Semarang Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘900mdpl: Genealogy of Ghosts and How to Live with Them’, Lir Space, Kaliurang, Indonesia

‘Five Years A+’, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

‘Indonesian Women Artists#3: Infusions into Contemporary Art’ National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia   

‘1’, Roh Projects, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘100 days Gunawan Maryanto’, Krack Studio, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Felix Art Fair with Baik + Kneysser, Los Angeles, USA

2021    ‘No Vacancy!’, CIMB Hotel Art fair with A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

‘Biennale Jogja XVI Equator #6 2021, Encounter with Oceania Roots <> Routes, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘ARTJOG MMXXI: Time (to) Wonder’, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Domestic Ritual’, Baik + Kneysser, The Little City Farm, Los Angeles, USA

2020    ‘Clothing As A State of Power’, Cemeti Institute for Art & Society, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Baroque Archipelago’ Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

‘Pulih’, Pasar Seni Ancol Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘The Possibility of an Island’, Arndt Art Agency at Cromwell Place, London, England

‘Search and Discover’, Selections from the Yeap Lam Yang Collection, The Private Museum, Singapore

‘It ‘s Done?!’, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

‘Oppo Art Jakarta Virtual’ Indonesia, with Semarang Gallery and Roh Projects

‘ARTJOG: Resilience’, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Closer than they appear’, Yavuz gallery, Sydney, Australia 

‘Back to Art’, APlus Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

‘The Armory Show’ with Baik + Kneysser, New York, USA

‘Transient Museum of a Thousand Conversations: LIR at ISCP’, ISCP, New York, USA

‘Trajectory’, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia

2019    ‘Polyphony: South East Asia’, University Museum of Art, Nanjing, China

‘Fomo/Jomo’,  Rubanah Underground Hub, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Setouchi Triennale’ Ibuki Island, Japan

‘Sunshower’, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaoshsiun, Taiwan

‘The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100’,

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia 

‘Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia  

‘Dunia Dalam Berita’, Macan Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia 

‘Art Basel Hong Kong’, with Yavuz Gallery, Convention Center, Hong Kong, China   

‘Concept, Context, Contestation’, Goethe Institute, Yangon, Myanmar 

‘Felix LA’ with Baik Art, Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, USA

2018    ‘Edge of Wonderland’, Thailand Biennale, Krabi, Thailand

‘Disposable Bodies’, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore

‘|Beyond The Myth – Art Bali’, AB.BC Building, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia

‘Java – Art Energy’, Center for Islamic Cultures, Paris, France

‘20th SSAS/AS/IDEAS’, Bale project, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

‘Sandangan’ Lorong Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘900mdpl’ Lir – site-specific project, Kaliurang, Indonesia.   

‘SPEKTRUM Hendra Gunawan’, Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Enlightment’, ArtJog18, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Art Busan’, with Baik Art, Busan, South Korea

‘The Sun Teaches Us that History Is Not Everthing’, Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong

‘Henosis’, Baik Art, Seoul, South Korea

‘Vanitas’, food designweek, Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italia

2017    ‘Beautiful Distress’, Het Vijfde Seizoen, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘Power and Other Things’, Europalia, Bozar, Brussels

‘Sunshower’, National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

‘Baik Art Residencies’, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, USA

2016    ‘Art with Purpose’, exhibition for United Nations, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘SEA+ Triennale’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 

‘Merayakan Murni’, Sudakara Art Space, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia

‘Universal Influences’, ArtJog08, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘On the Table’, Lir Project Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Concept, Context, Contestation, Mes56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Paper Traces’, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Manifesto V’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Workwear’, Casa d’Itali, Montreal, Canada 

‘Workwear’, The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York, – Colombia College, Chicago, USA 

‘20th Biennale of Sydney: The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed’, Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

‘Costume National’, AXENÉO7, Quebec, Canada

‘Dialogue Playground’, Dia.lo.gue, Jakarta, Indonesia

2015    ‘Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design (ICAD)’, Grand Kemang, Jakarta 

‘No title yet’, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘ART/JOG15 – Infinity in Flux’, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Politics of  Food’, Delfina Foundation, Londen, England

‘Fashion as Social Energy’, Palazzo Morando – Museum of Imagine, Fashion and Costume, Milan, Italia

‘Video works by Southeast Asian artists’, Art Paris, Grand Palais and club Silencio, Paris, France

‘Orde Baru’, OkVideo, Media Art Festival, National Gallery, Jakarta

2014    ‘The Roving Eye’, ARTER, Istanbul, Turkey

‘Abiti Da Lavoro’, Milan Triennale, Galleria Aulenti, Milan, Italia

‘Melihat Indonesia’, Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘ART/JOG14 – Legency of Power’, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Medium at Large’, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

‘Fiesta Kota Tua Jakarta’, Jakarta Endowment For Art and Heritage (JEFORAH), Jakarta Contemporary Arts, Post Office Fatahillah, Indonesia

‘Dirty Feet’, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2013    ‘Siasat’, Jakarta Biennale, Museum Keramik dan Seni Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Suspended Histories’, van Loon Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘Outspoken’ Biasa Art Space, Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia

‘Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art’, the Blaffer Museum of Art, University of Houston, Houston, US

‘ART/JOG13; Maritime Culture’, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Sip! Indonesian Art Today’ ARNDT Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Singapore

2012    ‘Safe Place in the Future’, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok, Thailand 

‘Duchamp in South East Asia’, Equator Art Projects, Singapore

‘Indonesia Contemporary Fiber Art-Mapping’, ArtOne Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Design/Art : Renegotiating Boundaries’, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia

 ‘XXL’, Sangkring Art Space with Valentine Willie Fine Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘HomoLudens’, Emmitan Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia

‘ART/JOG12’, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Negeri Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat’, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art’, Smart Museum, Chicago, US

‘Dress/ID -the language of the self’, Centre d’art Passerelle, Brest, France

‘Subject Shall Remain Anonymous’ Helutrans Artspace, Singapore

‘Art Dubai’, Dubai, the Emirates 

‘Artfair Paris’, Grand Palais, Taiss Gallery, Paris, France

2011    ‘Beyond The East – A gaze on Indonesian Contemporary Art’, MACRO Testaccio Museum, Rome, Italia 

‘Skin Matters’, Soemardja Gallery, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia

‘Motion/Sensation’, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Expansi – Contemporary Sculpture’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘ Indonesian Eye’, Saatchi Gallery, London, England and Ciputra Art Preneur Jakarta

‘Configurations – Indonesian Mythologies’, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France

‘KAAP’, Fort Ruigenhoek, Utrecht, the Netherlands

‘Absence’, Manila Contemporary, Manila, the Philippines

‘Negotiating Home, History and Nation’, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

‘Fiber Face’, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘ArtStage’, with Valentine Willie Fine Arts, Singapore

‘1001 Doors’, Ciputra Marketing Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2010    ‘GSK Contemporary – Aware: Art Fashion Identity’, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, England

‘Digit(all)’ Umahseni, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘ShadowDance’, Kunsthal Kade, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

‘Material Girls’, 24hr Art, Darwin, Australia

‘No Direction Home’, Edwin Gallery at National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Making History’, Jendela Gallery, Esplanade, Singapore

‘Faith and Reason’, Manila Contemporary, Manila, Philippines 

‘Mist’, Lawangwangi Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

2009    ‘JOGJA JAMMING’, Jogyakarta Biennale X, Jogyakarta National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Beyond the Dutch’, Central Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands

‘Fusion Folks’, Bo-Pi Liao, Taipei, Taiwan 

‘New Nature’, the National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘The Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale’, Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

 ‘Re- Addressing Identities’, Katonah Museum, New York, USA

            ‘Living Legends’ the National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Designing Peace: a show of imagination’, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila

‘Enam Pekan Perempuan’ Salihara Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘ASEAN Contemporary Art Exchange’, Thamada Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar

2008    ‘A Decade of Dedication: Ten Years Revisited’, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

‘8888’, la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain

‘8888’, Cultural Council, Sitges, Spain

‘10^th Sonsbeek: Grandeur’, park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, The Netherlands

‘Urban Concerns’ Bildmuseet, Umeå, Swedia 

2007    ‘Kuota’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Yogyakarta Biennale, ‘Neo-nation’, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘22^nd International Art Exhibition’, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space’, Bandung, Indonesia

‘The Curtain Opens’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘100 tahun Affandi’, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Very Fun Park II’, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan

‘Fashion Accidentally’, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei, Taiwan

‘Shelter’, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle – Heino, The Netherlands

‘Wherever we go’, San Francisco Institute of the Arts, San Francisco, USA 

2006    ‘Saigon Open City’, War Museum, Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam

‘Wherever we go’, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italia

‘Nederland 1’, Museum Gouda, Gouda, the Netherlands

‘Flucht Vertreibung Intergration’, Haus de Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn – 

Deutschen Historischen Museum, Berlin – Zeitgeschichtlichen Forum, Leipzig, Germany

2005    ‘Taboo and Transgression in Contemporary Indonesian Art’, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 

‘GRID # 2’, Eof Art Space, Paris, France 

‘Urban Culture’, CP Biennale II, Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta 

‘Yokohama 2005: International Triennale of Contemporary Art’, Yamashita Pier, Yokohama, Japan 

‘Natural Selection’, Linden – St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Australia 

‘Go Inside’, Tirana Biennale, Galeria Kombetare e Arteve, Tirana, Albania 

2004    ‘Identities versus Globalisation’, Chang Mai Art Museum, Chang Mai, Thailand – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bangkok – Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany 

‘Artscope’, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia 

‘Asian Traffic’, Asia-Australia Contemporary Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia

‘Reformasi’, Sculpture Square, Singapore

‘Living with HIV-Aids – artists responding on HIV Aids’, Queens Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 

‘Art Summit’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2003    ‘GRID’ Erasmushuis, Jakarta 

‘Witnessing to Silence’ Canberra Contemporary Art Space, as part of the ANU Humanities Research Centre project; Art and Human Rights, Canberra, Australia 

‘Interpellation’, CP Open Biennale, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 

‘Country-bution’ Yogyakarta Biennale VII, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 

2002    ‘EV+A 2002’, Limerick, Ireland 

‘Site + Sight: translating cultures’, LaSalle College of the Arts, Sculpture Square, Singapore 

‘Gwangju Biennale’, Gwangju, Korea 

‘Visual Poetry’, Hokkaido Museum of Literature, Sapporo, Japan 

‘OPEN 2002, 5^th International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations’, Venice Lido, Italy  

‘GRID’, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 

‘Art in Public’, Ruang Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia

2001    ‘Palu – Indonesia Forum’, Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia

‘Not I am I’, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 

 ‘Floating Chimeras’, Edsvik Art, Sollentuna, Sweden 

            ‘ARS 01’, KIASMA Museum, Helsinki, Finland 

2000    ‘Reformasi Indonesia’, Museum Nusantara, Delft, The Netherlands

1999    ‘Womanifesto ‘99’, Saranrom Park, Bangkok, Thailand 

             ‘Soul Ties’, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 

            ‘Third Asia-Pacific Triennial’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia 

            ‘Festival Pekan Seni Ipoh IV ’99’, Art Foundation Perak, Perak, Malaysia

‘Makasar Art Forum’, Ujung Pandang, Indonesia 

 

Performances

2023    ‘The Constructor’, at Encounters, Art Basel with ROH Projects, Hongkong

2022    ‘The Size of Rice II’, Indonesian Dance Festival ‘Rasa’, Taman Ismai Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia

2019    ‘A Personal Diorama’, Fomo/Jomo’,  Rubanah Underground Hub, Jakarta, Indonesia

2018    ‘Vanitas’, food designweek, Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italia

2017    ‘ Dogwalk’, Macan Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia

2016    ‘DogWalk’, ‘20th Biennale of Sydney: The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed’, Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2011    ‘Animals have no Religion’, Manila Contemporary, Manila, The Philippines

2010    ‘Image of no Dream’, ‘Het vijfde seizoen’, psychiatrically clinic Altrecht, Den Dolder, The Netherlands

2008    ‘The constructor’, Senthong Seni, Bantul, Indonesia

2007    ‘This land is ours’, Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia

2004    ‘Rubber Time II’ Asia-Australia Contemporary Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia

‘Do I need to feed you? IV’, Via-via café, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

‘Nyuwun den’, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2003    ‘Rubber Time I’ Theertha International Artists Workshop 2003, Lunugangga, Sri Lanka

‘Rubber Time II’ Yogyakarta Biennale VII, Taman Budaya Sosietet, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2002    ‘Under Cover’, Lontar Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2001    ‘ Under Cover’ The Art Center, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

 ‘I Eat You Eat Me I’, EAT ME Restaurant, Bangkok, Thailand

‘I Eat You Eat Me II’, Jakarta; Habituspublik 2001, Blok M Plaza,      

            Jakarta, Indonesia

‘I Eat You Eat Me III’, Edsvik, Sollentuna, Swedia

2000    ‘Under Cover’, Lembaga Indonesia-Perancis, Yogyakarta, Indonesia  

1999    ‘Hi Inlander’, APT3, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

            ‘Pribumi’, Marlioboro Street, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

 

Art Projects

2006    “Leben Gundlings Friedrich von Preüssen Lessings Schlaf Traum Schrei”, 

            Heiner Müller Foundation, Lichtenberg, Berlin

2004    ‘Seeing with foreign eyes…”, Flying Circus, Theater works, Singapore 

2003    Collaboration at Studio 106 with Amanda Heng, Singapore

‘Theertha International Artists Workshop’, Lunagangga, Sri Lanka

2002    ‘Art of Bamboo’, Nitiprayan village near Yogyakarta, Indonesia   

1996    ‘Kita Makan Apa Hari Ini’, Surabaya Art Festival, Surabaya, Indonesia

1993     ‘Art and Environment’ cremation place Pralina at Munduk Village, Bali, Goethe Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia

           ‘Inspiraties I’, City Theatre, Arnhem, The Netherlands 

‘Inspiraties I’, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands

 

Residencies

2021    Black Hand Gang – Print making studio, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

2017    Europalia  residency at Welt Museum Vienna, Austria

Baik Art Residencies, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, USA 2016    Baik Art Residencies, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA

AXENÉO7, Quebec, Canada

2013    Jatiwangi Art Factory, Jatiwangi, Indonesia

2011    ‘Absence’, Valentine Willie Fine Art / Manila Contemporary, Manila, the Philippines

2010    ‘Image of no Dream’, Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder, The Netherlands 

‘Small Architects’, Jatiwangi Art Factory, Jatiwangi, Indonesia

2004    Rimbun Dahan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2003    Studio 106, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

2001    Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

 

Grants

1998    Travel grant to Sapporo from The Japan Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia

1988- 1991      Artists’ work grants from The Ministry of Culture and Education, The Netherlands

 

Awards (on personal art practize and Cemeti) 

2014    ‘Adikarya Senirupa’, Visual Art Award by the Ministry of Creative Industry and Tourism, Indonesia, together with Nindityo Adipurnomo

2010    Yogyakarta Biennale Art Award together with Nindityo Adipurnomo

2008    Academic Art Award #2, Jogja Gallery / Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, together with Nindityo Adipurnomo

2006    John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award, New York, USA together with Nindityo Adipurnomo