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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.YearTitlePublisher
12015Harjono Sigit (exhibition catalogue)kwangsan kunstkring
22016Homo Sapirin (exhibition catalogue)kwangsan kunstkring
32016Juragan Style: Madura (exhibition catalogue)Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia
42017Almost There (exhibition catalogue)Vargas Museum
52017Surabaya: City Within Kampung UniverseEuropalia Indonesia
62018Fabricating Heritage (exhibition catalogue)Japan Foundation Asia Center
72019Segar Bugar (exhibition catalogue)Pusat Dokumentasi Arsitektur
82019Némor / Southeast Monsoon (exhibition catalogue)Cemeti
92019In the Land of Poppies (exhibition catalogue)kwangsan kunstkring