1981 Born in Indonesia.
2004 BFA in photography, Trisakti University, Jakarta.
Julia Sarisetiati
Lives & works in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Exhibitions/Screenings
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2024
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Majelis Sayur, Daikanyama Edutainment Festival Of Art, Music And Technology, Tokyo, Japan (with ruangrupa).
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lumbung bersambung: CUNG! Melebur, Membaur, Balikpapan (with ruangrupa).
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ARTJOG 2024 - Motif: Ramalan, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta.
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Asian Art Biennale, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung.
2022
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My Strange Addiction, RUBANAH
Underground Hub, Jakarta.
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2020
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Voices from an Archived Silence, Theater Basel, Switzerland.
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2019
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Choreographed Knowledges, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta.
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Ulaanbataar International Media Arts Festival, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia.
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Continuing Migration: the Shifting Lens to Look Through, Goethe Institut Hong Kong.
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Migration: Speaking Nearby, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju.
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2018
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We’re in this, together, the Factory
Contemporary Art Space, Saigon.
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Senarai Pameran Tunggal 2018 (Solo Exhibition Series 2018), in collaboration with EQUATOR SYMPOSIUM, Yayasan Biennale
Yogyakarta.
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2017
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Nomadic Traveler, Edwin's Gallery, Jakarta.
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Can You Put That on Paper, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
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Indonesia Contemporary Arts & Design: MURNI, Hotel Kemang, Jakarta.
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COSMOPOLIS #1: Collective Intelligence, Centre Pompidou, Paris (with ruangrupa).
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2016
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11th Gwangju Biennale 2016, Gwangju.
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IMAGES 2016: The Hacking Urban Reality Series, Copenhagen.
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Lend Me Your Softness (Debatable
Screenings): A Curated Series of
Global Contemporary Video,
California.
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2015
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Next Art Tainan 2015: A Site Between, Howl Space, Tainan City.
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ORDE BARU – 7TH Jakarta International Media Arts Festival 2015, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta.
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Bardo, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta.
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Wani Ditata, Gallery Cipta, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta.
2014
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Goddess Pays Me a Visit in Sapporo City, open studio of Sapporo Artist in Residency (S-AIR) Program, Sapporo.
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2013
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SIASAT - 15th Jakarta Biennale 2013, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta. 
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Turning Target #5: Dobrak! - 25th
anniversary of Cemeti, Cemeti Art
House,Yogyakarta.
2012
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ARTJOG 2012: Looking East - A Gaze of Indonesian Contemporary Art,Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta. 
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Saturation: Selected Works of Contemporary Photography from Indonesia, Element Art Space, Singapore. 
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[SEA] Territories of the Real and Unreal: Photographic practices in contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta.
2011
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Being On The Move: reflections on
migrations, Litmus International
Network Project, Seoul.
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Urban Research, open studio of Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Artist in Residency Program, Seoul.
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Good Looking: ruangrupa X The Goods Dept, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta. 
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Together with ruangrupa, Beastly, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta.
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Together with ruangrupa, Singapura Fiction, commissioned by and for the Singapore Biennale 2011.
2010
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Jakarta International Photo Summit 2011, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta.
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Hanya Memberi Tak Harap Kembali, at Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, at Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta & at Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta.
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PoskartProjekt, RURU Gallery, ruangrupa, Jakarta.
2009
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Mata Perempuan, Fluid Zone, Jakarta Biennale 2009, Gallery Cipta III. Jakarta.
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Deer Andry, RURU Gallery, ruangrupa, Jakarta.
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We Are All Millionaires, A.O.D Artspace, Jakarta.
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Crash Project : Image Factory, SIGIarts Gallery, Jakarta. 
2008
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Mapping Invisible Cities, Goethe Institute, Jakarta. 
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Musafir, a project about human’s desire of vehicle, art project, ruangrupa ARTLAB division, Jakarta.
2007
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The Promise of The City, Goethe Institute, Jakarta.
Curatorial Projects
2019-2022
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Artistic Direction of documenta fifteen with ruangrupa. 2017 (with ruangrupa)
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2018-2019
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Migration in Asia: a curators forum and a joint exhibitions held in Seoul, Mongolia, Berlin and Gwangju, organized by the Goethe Institut in South Korea.
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2017
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Co-curator OK. Pangan: 8th OK. VIDEO Indonesia Media Arts Festival 2017 (with Renan-Laru-an from Philippines).
2013
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Co-curator of OK. Video Muslihat—6th Jakarta International Video Festival 2013 (with Irma Chantily & Rizki Lazuardi).
2012
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The Sweet and Sour Story of Sugar, Galeri Seni Kunstkring Jakarta (with ruangrupa)
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Top Collection #3, RURU Gallery, ruangrupa, Jakarta.
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Other Activities
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2023
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Symposium program moderator (with Gertrude Flentge): Collectivizing Soil and Space, National Cultural Week 2023.
2022
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Establishing Gudsis: a collective formed from the collaboration as the Artistic Team for documenta fifteen (2019-2022). Its members are Gertrude Flentge (Amsterdam), Frederikke Hansen (Askeby, Denmark), and Julia Sarisetiati (Jakarta). Gudsis serves as an intimate space for continuing their collaborative work, particularly in developing the lumbung concept.
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Launching lumbung.space: a self-organized digital platform that fosters collaborative artistic and cultural practices through sharing and collective resource governance.
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2020
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"A place to meet, share and re-think knowledge" in collaboration with k.ö.k based in Tensta, Sweden.
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2018
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Subject Coordinator of GUDSKUL: Studies on Contemporary Art Collective and Ecosystem—an informal learning platform formed by three Jakarta-based collectives: ruangrupa, Serrum and Grafis Huru Hara (link: gudskul.art).
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Panelist for the 2nd International Symposium for Media Art. Art & Technology: Creativity, Education & Archive Environments, The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo.
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2016-2018
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Program Coordinator, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem (link: gudangsarinah.com)
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2015
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Para Site Artist in Residency Program, Hongkong.
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Organizing RRREC Fest in The Valley 2015 (link: https://tinyurl.com/3p64xcrv).
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2014
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S-AIR Sapporo Artist in Residency Program, Sapporo, Japan.
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Creative Director for Publication Series on the long-term development plan of creative economic sector in Indonesia, Published by Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia.
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Creative Director for Merentang Tubuh (Reclining The Body), Exhibitionon the history of Indonesian Dance Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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2011-2015
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Creative Director of RURU Corps: a visual communication firm established by artist groups in Jakarta (link: rurucorps.com).
2011
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Seoul Art Space Geumcheon Artist in - Residency Program, Seoul, South Korea.
2008-2011
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ruangrupa manager, an artist running space established in 2000 by Jakarta-based artists (link:ruangrupa.org).