WHAT’S ON AT ISA ART GALLERY IN JULY, 2025
UPCOMING
Made Me Dirty
Ardi Gunawan – Solo Show
Curated by Hendro Wiyanto
ISA Art Gallery, Wisma 46
4th July – 12th September 2025
ISA Art Gallery is proud to present Made Me Dirty, a solo exhibition by Ardi Gunawan. The show reflects Gunawan’s use of painting as both a physical and political act. For the artist, painting is a physically immersive act — one that leaves his body marked with paint, splashes, and dirt. As an academic navigating the precarity of the systems, Gunawan finds in painting a form of resistance — a refusal to conform to the expectations of order, efficiency, and presentability that define white-collar environments.
In parallel to his artistic pursuits, Ardi contributes to the field of Visual Communication Design as an Assistant Professor at Pradita University. Notably, he served as a teaching associate at Monash University (Drawing) and RMIT University (Landscape Architecture) in Melbourne, Australia, from 2010 to 2011. His works have been hosted at prestigious venues such as the Gertrude Contemporary Australia (2008, 2009, 2025) ,National Gallery of Indonesia (2013), and Objectifs in Singapore (2017). His artistic endeavours have been prominently featured and acknowledged in various publications, ranging from the Jakarta Post to Art Monthly Australia.
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Opening Date: Friday, 4th July 2025
Gallery opens from 11 AM
Opening Event from 4 PM - 8 PM
Opening remarks at 5.30 PM
Location: ISA Art Gallery, Ground Floor, Wisma 46, Jakarta Pusat
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The Room is Bigger Than It Looks
Duo Show – Dabi Arnasa & Zikry Rediansyah
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The Paper Menagerie Group Show
Omah Budoyo, Yogyakarta
18th June – 16th August 2025
Artworks by: Dabi Arnasa, Zikry Rediansyah, Yunita Rebekah, Widi Pangestu and Sillyndris
The Room is Bigger Than It Looks, a duo show by Dabi Arnasa and Zikry Rediansyah, explores the complexities of the Anthropocene through introspective and absurdist lenses. Dabi, a Balinese artist based in Yogyakarta, brings a meditative sensitivity to the relationship between humans and the natural world. Meanwhile, Bandung-based artist Zikry captures the surreal humor and quiet unease of daily life through painting and performance.
The Paper Menagerie, 19 artists—from emerging to established—transform paper into vessels of memory, resistance, and identity. Inspired by Ken Liu’s short story, the exhibition reflects on cultural loss and inheritance through folded, sculpted, and layered paper works. First shown in Jakarta and now in Yogyakarta, the exhibition reveals the paradox of paper: ephemeral yet enduring, delicate yet defiant.
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Omah Budoyo Yogyakarta
10 AM – 6 PM | Tuesdays – Sundays
Jl. Karangkajen No.793, Brontokusuman, Kec. Mergangsan, Kota Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 5515
a fold in time
in collaboration with MONO8 Gallery & Richard Koh Fine Art
Curated by James Luigi Tana
Third stop:
Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
28th June – 19th July 2025
Artworks by: Luh’De Gita, Ines Katamso, Aimi Kaiya, Liu Hsin-Ying
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 in collaboration with Mono8 Gallery (Manila) and Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore). In its third iteration at Richard Koh Fine Art Singapore, 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 exhibition fatures 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; Aimi Kaiya, Liu Hsin-Ying, and Wah Nu from Richard Koh Fine Art.
Richard Koh Fine Art
11 AM – 7 PM | Tuesdays - Saturdays
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & Public Holidays
Blk 47 Malan Rd, #01-26 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 109444
ISA ARTISTS ON JOGJA ART WEEKS 2025
ARAHMAIANI
EDSU House
Drawing dan K3RTA5
Merayakan Kejujuran Garis
Opening 5th July 2025
Tuesdays – Sundays | 10 AM – 7 PM
Drawing dan K3RTA5: Celebrating the Honesty of the Line invites us to pause and return to the quiet sincerity of drawing. Featuring Arahmaiani’s pivotal work 1998, the show honors drawing as a spontaneous, inclusive medium—and a tribute to overlooked local voices and essential human expression.
TARA KASENDA
Langgeng Art Foundation
Kiasmos
21st June – 25th July 2025
Mondays – Sundays | 10 AM – 10 PM
Curated by Agung Hujatnikajennong, Tara Kasendaexplores abstract visual languages to question the boundaries between bodies and materials—between the gaze and what gazes back. Kiasmos becomes a site of encounters and entanglements. Kasenda’s work Vincit is on view at Langgeng Art Foundation, Level 2.
ARDI GUNAWAN
Ace House Collective
Salon Et Cetera
13th June – 25th July 2025
Mondays – Sundays | 10 AM – 10 PM
Salon Et Cetera returns to Ace House Collective, featuring Ardi Gunawan’s the meaning is confused by the startup. This program brings together artists from diverse backgrounds in a salon-style exhibition, where works mingle, complement each other, and stand on equal ground.
DABI ARNASA
Sanggar Dewata Indonesia - Kiniko Art
JENGAH!
15th June – 27th July 2025
Mondays – Sundays | 12 PM – 7 PM
Rooted in the Balinese spirit of resilience and dignity, Jengah! reflects both a drive to pursue dreams and a refusal to fall into disgrace. Presented by Sanggar Dewata Indonesia (SDI), a collective of Balinese artists founded at STSRI "ASRI" Yogyakarta, the exhibition traces SDI’s journey from spiritualist roots to socially engaged practices shaped by political change. Dabi Arnasa’s work Collective Memory is on view in the exhibition.
ISA ARTIST ON THE MOVE
IDA LAWRENCE
GESPRÄCHE MIT MONSTERN
Conversations with Monsters
Duo Show with Eva Pedroza
Galerie Bernau, Bernau bei Berlin, Germany
7th June — 26th July 2025
What does it mean to speak with monsters? Conversations with Monsters ask the audiences into a metaphorical labyrinth—where strange creatures crawl, smiling beasts linger, and unexpected encounters await. In this duo exhibition, artists Ida Lawrence and Eva Pedroza explore how monsters can be more than terrifying figures. They can also be mirrors, reflecting the parts of ourselves we fear, suppress, or don’t fully understand.
From mythological hybrids to the villains of fairy tales and true crime stories, the concept of the monster has long served as a projection of cultural anxiety. Today, these figures are increasingly shown as broken, misunderstood, or even sympathetic—revealing the complexities of trauma, identity, and otherness. Through painting, text, and installation, Lawrence and Pedroza delve into these ambiguities, questioning who—or what—the real monsters are.
Galerie Bernau
10 AM – 6 PM | Wednesdays – Fridays
10 AM – 4 PM | Saturdays
Closed on Sundays
Bürgermeisterstr. 4, 16321 Bernau bei Berlin
ARTIST HIGHLIGHT
INES KATAMSO
Bali-based artist Ines Katamso weaves together scientific inquiry and spiritual reflection through an organic visual language. Her practice draws from the worlds of microbiology, bacterial morphogenesis, and more recently, fossil studies—translated into artworks that incorporate natural materials and ancestral craft techniques. This coming September, she will present a mini solo exhibition The Single Piece in Sydney, showcasing a new body of work that continues her exploration of life’s unseen structures.
Katamso’s dual heritage—Indonesian and French—deeply informs her perspective, allowing her to question dominant cultural narratives and unpack inherited notions of identity. Her upcoming participation in White Cube, a group show in Hong Kong this October, situates her work within a broader dialogue of global contemporary art, while maintaining an intimate, contemplative tone.
In November, her work will be featured at the Musée national de l’immigration in Paris, marking a significant moment in her ongoing exploration of displacement, hybridity, and belonging. Across these international presentations, Katamso asks us to reflect on the interconnectedness of biology, cosmology, and the human condition—encouraging us to look closer, and deeper, into the fabric of existence.
