WHAT’S ON AT ISA ART GALLERY IN MAY, 2025
a fold in time
in collaboration with MONO8 Gallery & Richard Koh Fine Art
Curated by James Luigi Tana
Second stop:
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta Indonesia
15th April – 20th June 2025
ISA Art Gallery (Jakarta) is delighted to present its 2025 annual exhibition celebrating women artists from Southeast Asia and beyond. Curated by James Luigi Tana, this collaborative effort with MONO8 Gallery (Manila) and Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore) showcases the power, creativity, and diversity of women in contemporary art, offering them a platform to share their perspectives. The exhibition features diverse artists from each gallery, including Sinta Tantra, Ines Katamso, Luh'De Gita, and Rose Cameron from ISA Art Gallery; Eunice Sanchez, Goldie Poblador, Issay Rodriguez, Jill Paz, and Kelli Maeshiro from MONO8 Gallery; Ami Kaiya, Liu Hsin-Ying, and Wah Nu from Richard Koh Fine Art.
In its second iteration at ISA Art Gallery Jakarta, diverse artistic practices are set to dialogue with one another and along the intersection of concerns (and contradictions) that the participating artists confront in their works. The idiomatic expression "a fold in time" may be understood as an essential moment that operates within the premise of locating different and significant junctures that meet and manifest.
ISA Art Gallery
11 AM - 6 PM | Tuesdays - Saturdays
Closed on Mondays & Public Holidays
Wisma 46 – Ground Floor
Jl. Jend. Sudirman No.Kav 1, Jakarta
Art at WTC
MULA PALA-PALA MULA
In collaboration with Yayasan Sekolah Seni Tulang Bawang Barat
World Trade Centre 3, Jakarta
3rd March – 30th May 2025
To tend with patience, to shape with care, to bring forth without force but with quiet persistence. It is the faith of the gardener watering unseen roots, the reverence of the craftsman refining a single line. This philosophy guides Art at WTC, Jakarta Land, where exhibitions serve as spaces of connection, bridging art and community in an era of growing individualism. In this iteration, ISA Art Gallery and Art at WTC, Jakarta Land extends this commitment to Yayasan Sekolah Seni Tubaba, an institution located in Tulang Bawang Barat Regency in Lampung since 2016. The school is dedicated to integrating artistic education with local traditions, framing faith not as ritual alone but as a continuous process of learning, exchange, and creative growth.
This ethos is also embodied in the exhibition title MULA PALA-PALA MULA, drawn from Old Sanskrit, Mūla Pāla (The Roots as Guardians) suggests that strengthened foundations become enduring guides, while Pāla Mūla (Guardian of the Roots) speaks to the act of nurturing, ensuring wisdom’s vitality across generations. Yayasan Sekolah Seni Tubaba (Tubaba Art School) was established—not just as an institution, but as a philosophy. Art became a medium of empathy, a tool to in still the fundamental belief that all human beings stand equal.
World Trade Centre 3
9 AM - 6 PM | Daily
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 29-31, Jakarta Selatan 12920
ISA ARTIST ON THE MOVE
DABI ARNASA
Unveiling Southeast Asia – Harmony in Diversity
L+ / Lucie Chang Fine Arts
Hong Kong
25th April – 21st June 2025
ISA Art Gallery is pleased to announce that Dabi Arnasa’s works are currently on view at L+ / Lucie Chang Fine Arts in Hong Kong. The exhibition brings together four distinguished artists from Southeast Asia—Erthh, Dabi Arnasa, Gabriel Cheah, and Meliantha Muliawan—whose practices engage with themes of personal memory and the poetics of everyday life.
Arnasa’s paintings offer an introspective exploration of dream imagery, drawing from both personal and collective experiences. Deeply informed by Balinese philosophical traditions, his practice emphasizes the unity found within opposing forces. Through a surrealist visual language, Arnasa reconstructs dreams as vivid, fragmented realities, evoking a sense of the uncanny that is at once intimate and universal.
Lucie Chang Fine Arts
Gee Chang Hong Centre, 65 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang Southern Hong Kong
Tuesdays – Saturdays | 10 AM – 6 PM
Closed on Mondays and Sundays
ARAHMAIANI
TRANSFER Exhibition
University of Sunshine Coast Gallery, Queensland, Australia
Opening on 17th May 2025
ISA Art Gallery is excited to share that our represented artist Arahmaiani will present her Flag Project (Pattani Version) at the newly reopened University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery in Queensland this May 2025. Her work is featured in Transfer, an exhibition curated by Rachael Vance that brings together contemporary visual artists with connections to Southeast Asia who use textiles to reframe cultural heritage through a contemporary lens.
Spanning embroidery, sculpture, performance, participatory works, and more, Transfer explores the intersections of art, life, and material practice. Arahmaiani’s participatory flag project continues her long-standing commitment to social and spiritual dialogue across regions.
Located at UniSC’s Sunshine Coast campus in Queensland, the Art Gallery has become a leading cultural venue in the region since its redevelopment in 2020, offering a platform for research-led exhibitions that foster engagement between art, ideas, and community.
The opening program will feature a Welcome to Country and a curator’s floor talk.
Please register here for the opening
ALEXANDER SEBASTIANUS
Slovenia Textile Art Biennale 2025
Kranj, Slovenia
31st May – 14th August 2025
ISA Art Gallery is delighted to announce the participation of our artist representative A. Sebastianus at the 2025 Kranj Slovenia Textile Biennale. Textile Art Biennial BIEN 2025 will take place between May 31 and August 14, 2025 in Slovenian cities Kranj, Nova Gorica, Jesenice, Idrija, and Škofja Loka. BIEN shapes new contemporary expressions and encourages interdisciplinary artistic collaboration through projects and residencies. The exhibitions feature works by international and Slovenian artists, with a special emphasis on the best current domestic and international student productions. The biennial program focuses on various audiences and explores the effects of textile creation with them.
BIEN is an initiative of the Carnica Institute from Kranj, which organizes the biennale in collaboration with the Aktivat Association, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, the Faculty of Design, an independent higher education institution, and numerous other partners. The project is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the public institute GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica, and the City Municipality of Kranj.
Opening date: Saturday, May 31, 16:00-20:00 (with activities throughout the day).
The ETA Award will also be announced on this day.
Layer House, Tomšičeva 32, Kranj
Opening week program: Events will take place from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 1, and throughout the first week of June.
If you’re interested in textile crafting, be sure to check out the reTHREAD program: https://layer.si/bien/en/kr/rethread/
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
ARDI GUNAWAN
ISA Art Gallery is proud to unveil the forthcoming solo exhibition of Ardi Gunawan, a transdisciplinary artist whose practice traverses the fields of art, design, and architecture. Gunawan’s diverse body of work encompasses painting, sculpture, architectural-scale installations, video, and stage design, reflecting his sustained engagement with the philosophy of process, physics, and natural history.
Gunawan’s artistic inquiry critically examines the role of beauty, humor, and aesthetics within everyday life, offering nuanced reflections on how these elements shape human experience. In addition to his artistic practice, he is actively involved in academia, serving as an Assistant Professor in Visual Communication Design at Pradita University. From 2010 to 2011, he held teaching associate positions at Monash University (Drawing) and RMIT University (Landscape Architecture) in Melbourne, Australia.
Gunawan’s works have been exhibited widely, both in Indonesia and internationally, at esteemed institutions including the National Gallery of Indonesia, Objectifs in Singapore, and Gertrude Contemporary in Australia. His practice has been featured in prominent publications such as The Jakarta Post and Art Monthly Australia, underscoring his growing influence within contemporary art discourse.
