CURRICULUM VITAE
AYOS PURWOAJI
FORMAL EDUCATION
Product Design Department, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology,
Surabaya.
WORKSHOPS
2015 – 2017 Curatorial Workshop by Japan Foundation
2015 Photobook Workshop by Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara
2014 Curatorial Workshop by Jakarta Art Council – ruangrupa
2013 Visual Literacy Workshop by Panna Foto Institute
2011 Photo Workshop by Zhuang Wubin
2009 Tempo Institute Writing Camp
CONFERENCES
2019 ACC Artspace Network Forum, Gwangju
2019 Indonesia Now, Amsterdam
2018 The 6th mASEANa International Conference, Bangkok
2018 Curators’ Forum “Imagining New Ecologies”, Tokyo
2018 The 4th mASEANa International Conference, Jakarta
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2019
Curator of “SEGAR BUGAR” Art & Archive Exhibition at Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta. Working with Pusat Dokumentasi Arsitektur (PDA) and DutchCulture.
Co-curator of METAPOLA at Skale Space. Working with Bintang Putra.
Co-curator of “Némor / Southeast Monsoon” at Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta. Working with Shohifur Ridho’i.
Co-curator of “In the Land of Poppies”; The Photography Archives of Kim Gooi at Galeri Kelas Pagi Yogya (KPY). Working with Mulia Idznillah, Rafli Zulfikar, & Maulina Ulfa.
Curator of “Only the Ports Are Loyal To Us”; a solo exhibition of Yunjoo Kwak at c2o Library & Collabtive.
Co-Artistic Manager of 8th East Java Biennale (Biennale Jatim). Working with Dwiki Nugroho Mukti.
2018
Curator of “POISONOUS NUT”; a solo exhibition of Shinya Akutagawa at c2o Library & Collabtive
Curator of “ANGST”; a solo exhibition of Dwi Januartanto at c2o Library &
Collabtive
Curator of “De Grote Postweg” Art & Archive Exhibition at c2o Library &
Collabtive
Co-curator of “KWALITEIT ISTIMEWA” Archive Exhibition at c2o Library &
Collabtive. Working with Anitha Silvia and Andreas Adiel
Co-curator of “Kumpul Kolong Kuy” at Kampung Kolong Tol Penjaringan.
Working with Kelompok Kurator Kampung (KKK); M. Sigit Budi S., Rifandi
Septiawan Nugroho
Curator of “SEDOSO” Archive Exhibition at c2o Library & Collabtive
2017
Co-curator of 7th East Java Biennale (Biennale Jatim) “The World is a Hoax”. Working with Asy Syams EA.
Asisstant curator for Lecture on Cities at Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels. As a part of Europalia Arts Festival
Program manager of FABRICATING HERITAGE art project
Curator of ADU DORO exhibition at c2o Library & Collabtive
Assistant curator of “Pameran Memorabilia”; 50th Anniversary Institut Français d’Indonésie Surabaya. Working with Benny Wicaksono.
Co-curator of ALMOST THERE exhibition at Vargas Museum, University of Philippines. Working with Patrick D. Flores, Che Kyongfa, and Lisa Ito-Tapang
Curator of SEE THE UNSEEN; a solo exhibition by Deasy Esterina at Uwit Art Space, Salatiga
2016
Curator of HOMO SAPIRIN; a solo exhibition by Suvi Wahyudianto at c2o Library & Collabtive
Curator of INTIMACY; ARA Studio architectural exhibition
Curator of JURAGAN STYLE; architectural archive exhibition
Program manager of JENGKI MADURA Research & Residency Program
Co-curator of BONGKAR MUAT Art Exhibition at ruangrupa
2015
Curator of Harjono Sigit Architectural Archive Exhibition at Wisma Jerman Surabaya. In collaboration with Kami Arsitek Jengki (KAJ)
Publication and database manager of 6th East Java Biennale (Biennale Jatim)
May 2014 – December 2014
Editor-in-chief Rooang.com, Surabaya based architecture and interior design website
September 2013 – January 2014
Fellow reasearcher of photographic history and practice in Indonesia, commisioned by Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy
2013 – now
Text editor of Ayorek.org
2012
Co-manager of Traveler In Residence, residency and exhibition for traveler-artist: Herajeng Gustiayu & Redi Murti. Initiated by Hifatlobrain Travel Institute and c2o Library & Collabtive. The exhibition, “Surabaya Illustrated Travel Guide” was held in Centre Culturel et de Coopération Linguistique (CCCL) Surabaya.
2010 – now
Freelance journalist and writer
2007 – 2008
Research assistant for Zhuang Wubin documentary photography project’s Chinese Moslem in Indonesia
CATALOGUES & BOOK
| No. | Year | Title | Publisher |
| 1 | 2015 | Harjono Sigit (exhibition catalogue) | kwangsan kunstkring |
| 2 | 2016 | Homo Sapirin (exhibition catalogue) | kwangsan kunstkring |
| 3 | 2016 | Juragan Style: Madura (exhibition catalogue) | Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia |
| 4 | 2017 | Almost There (exhibition catalogue) | Vargas Museum |
| 5 | 2017 | Surabaya: City Within Kampung Universe | Europalia Indonesia |
| 6 | 2018 | Fabricating Heritage (exhibition catalogue) | Japan Foundation Asia Center |
| 7 | 2019 | Segar Bugar (exhibition catalogue) | Pusat Dokumentasi Arsitektur |
| 8 | 2019 | Némor / Southeast Monsoon (exhibition catalogue) | Cemeti |
| 9 | 2019 | In the Land of Poppies (exhibition catalogue) | kwangsan kunstkring |
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