1981 Born in Indonesia.
2004 BFA in photography, Trisakti University, Jakarta.
Julia Sarisetiati
Lives & works in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Exhibitions/Screenings
2020
- Voices from an Archived Silence, Theater
Basel, Switzerland.
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2019
- Choreographed Knowledges, Cemeti
Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta.
- Ulaanbataar International Media Arts
Festival, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia.
- Continuing Migration: the Shifting Lens to
Look Through, Goethe Institut Hong Kong.
- Migration: Speaking Nearby, Asia Culture
Center, Gwangju.
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2018
- “We’re in this, together, the Factory
Contemporary Art Space, Saigon.
- Senarai Pameran Tunggal 2018 (Solo
Exhibition Series 2018), in collaboration with
EQUATOR SYMPOSIUM, Yayasan Biennale
Yogyakarta.
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2017
- Nomadic Traveler, Edwin's Gallery, Jakarta
- Can You Put That on Paper, Mizuma Gallery,
Singapore
- Indonesia Contemporary Arts & Design:
MURNI, Hotel Kemang, Jakarta
- COSMOPOLIS #1: Collective Intelligence,
Centre Pompidou, Paris (with ruangrupa).
2016
- 11th Gwangju Biennale 2016, Gwangju.
- IMAGES 2016: The Hacking Urban Reality
Series, Copenhagen.
- Lend Me Your Softness (Debatable
Screenings): A Curated Series of
Global Contemporary Video, California.
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2015
- Next Art Tainan 2015: A Site Between, Howl Space, Tainan City.
- ORDE BARU – 7TH Jakarta International
Media Arts Festival 2015, Galeri
Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta.
- Bardo, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta.
- Wani Ditata, Gallery Cipta, Taman Ismail
Marzuki, Jakarta.
2014
- Goddess Pays Me a Visit in Sapporo City,
open studio of Sapporo Artist in Residency
(S-AIR) Program, Sapporo.
2013
- SIASAT - 15th Jakarta Biennale 2013,
Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta. 
- Turning Target #5: Dobrak! - 25th
anniversary of Cemeti, Cemeti Art
House,Yogyakarta.
2012
- ARTJOG 2012: Looking East - A Gaze of
Indonesian Contemporary Art,Taman
Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta. 
- Saturation: Selected Works of Contemporary
Photography from Indonesia, Element Art
Space, Singapore. 
- [SEA] Territories of the Real and Unreal:
Photographic practices in contemporary
Southeast Asian Art, Langgeng Art
Foundation, Yogyakarta.
2011
- Being On The Move: reflections on
migrations, Litmus International Network
Project, Seoul.
- Urban Research, open studio of Seoul Art
Space Geumcheon, Artist in Residency
Program, Seoul.
- Good Looking: ruangrupa X The Goods
Dept, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta. 
- Together with ruangrupa, Beastly, Cemeti Art
House, Yogyakarta. 
- Together with ruangrupa, Singapura Fiction,
commissioned by and for the Singapore
Biennale 2011.
2010
- Jakarta International Photo Summit 2011,
National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta.
- Hanya Memberi Tak Harap Kembali, at
Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, at Kedai Kebun
Forum, Yogyakarta & at Galeri Nasional
Indonesia, Jakarta.
- PoskartProjekt, RURU Gallery, ruangrupa,
Jakarta.
2009
- Mata Perempuan, Fluid Zone, Jakarta
Biennale 2009, Gallery Cipta III. Jakarta.
- Deer Andry, RURU Gallery, ruangrupa,
Jakarta.
- We Are All Millionaires, A.O.D Artspace,
Jakarta.
- Crash Project : Image Factory, SIGIarts
Gallery, Jakarta. 
2008
- Mapping Invisible Cities, Goethe Institute,
Jakarta. 
- Musafir, a project about human’s desire of
vehicle, art project, ruangrupa ARTLAB
division, Jakarta.
2007
- The Promise of The City, Goethe Institute,
Jakarta.
Curatorial Projects (with ruangrupa)
2012
- The Sweet and Sour Story of Sugar, Galeri
Seni Kunstring, Jakarta.
- Top Collection #3, RURU Gallery, ruangrupa,
Jakarta.
Other Activities
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2020
- "A place to meet, share and re-think knowledge" in collaboration with k.ö.k based in Tensta, Sweden.
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2018
- 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).
- Panelist for the 2nd International Symposium
for Media Art. Art & Technology: Creativity,
Education & Archive Environments, The
Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo.
- Migration in Asia, curators forum held in
Seoul and Berlin, organized by Goethe
Institut Korea.
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2017
- Program Coordinator, Gudang Sarinah
Ekosistem (link: gudangsarinah.com).
- Co-curator OK. Pangan: 8th OK. VIDEO
Indonesia Media Arts Festival 2017 (with
Renan-Laru-an from Philippines).
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2015
- Para Site Artist in Residency Program,
Hongkong.
- RRREC Fest in The Valley 2015 (link:
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2014
- S-AIR Sapporo Artist in Residency Program,
Sapporo, Japan.
- 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.
- Creative Director for Merentang Tubuh
(Reclining The Body), Exhibition
on the history of Indonesian Dance Festival,
Jakarta, Indonesia.
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2013
- Co-curator MUSLIHAT: 6th OK. VIDEO
Jakarta International Video Festival 2017
(with Irma Chantily & Rizki Lazuardi).
2011-2015
- Creative Director of RURU Corps: a visual
communication firm established by artist
groups in Jakarta (link: rurucorps.com).
2011
- Seoul Art Space Geumcheon Artist in -
Residency Program, Seoul, South Korea.
2008-2011
- ruangrupa manager, an artist running space
established in 2000 by Jakarta-based artists