Ari Bayuaji Indonesian, b. 1975

Ari Bayuaji was born in Indonesia in 1975. He graduated as a civil engineer and worked in Indonesia before deciding to settle permanently in Canada in 2005. Once in Montreal, he studied fine arts at Concordia University from 2005 to 2010 and now divides his time between Montreal and Bali. The artist is primarily known for his art installations, which incorporate the use of found and ready-made objects he collects from various parts of the world, exposing himself to different cultural traditions.

Ari Bayuaji is an expert in conveying aspects of everyday life within a culture, as his works often expose the overlooked artistic value of everyday life expressed through objects and places as well as their roles within a society. The found or ready-made objects that make up his creative material may be “old,” but he injects his work with emotion influenced by the contemporary issues he seeks to address to create “content” just as his works to create something “new.”