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Alia Swastika
Alia Swastika was born in Yogyakarta, 1980. She works as Program Director for Ark Galerie, in Yogyakarta (2008 –now) and actively involved in some international exhibitions, as project managers, writers, or curatorial projects. She had been the curator of the upcoming Jogja Biennale XI in November 2011, titled “Shadow Lines: Indonesia Meets India” with Suman Gopinath and become one of the co-artistic directors for Gwangju Biennale IX in South Korea, November 2012. She curated special exhibition of Indonesian artists in Art Dubai, 2012.
She has been curating exhibitions of many important artists in Indonesia such as Eko Nugroho, Tintin Wulia, Wimo Ambala Bayang, and Jompet Kuswidananto and others, and also to bring international artists to exhibit in Indonesia through different platforms.
As the director of Jogja Biennale 2015, she is also member of the International Biennale Association Board. Recently, she founded Study on Art Practices, a platform for research on Indonesian contemporary art.
Biography
Alia Swastika was born in Yogyakarta, 1980. She works as Program Director for Ark Galerie, in Yogyakarta (2008 –now) and actively involved in some international exhibitions, as project managers, writers, or curatorial projects. She had been the curator of the upcoming Jogja Biennale XI in November 2011, titled “Shadow Lines: Indonesia Meets India” with Suman Gopinath and become one of the co-artistic directors for Gwangju Biennale IX in South Korea, November 2012. She curated special exhibition of Indonesian artists in Art Dubai, 2012.
She has been curating exhibitions of many important artists in Indonesia such as Eko Nugroho, Tintin Wulia, Wimo Ambala Bayang, and Jompet Kuswidananto and others, and also to bring international artists to exhibit in Indonesia through different platforms.
As the director of Jogja Biennale 2015, she is also member of the International Biennale Association Board. Recently, she founded Study on Art Practices, a platform for research on Indonesian contemporary art.
