Born in 1974 in Malang, Indonesia

Works and Lives in Singapore

Education

LaSalle College of Fine Art/Open University, Singapore – M.A. Fine Arts

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA  -Fashion Design & Merchandising

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Memories@58, USK Singapore x URA, 12 Aug - 14 Oct 2023

2022 SG Sketchers Group Exhibition, 3-5 June 2022

A Garden of Heritage: Landscapes and Landmarks of the Singapore Botanic Gardens

2011 Brainwaves, Robots, and The Flying Bicycle, Group Exhibition, Instinc Art Space, Singapore

2010 3331 Presents Tokyo, Command N Regional Code Asia Project 3331 Art Chiyoda, Single Channel Screening, Tokyo

Seven Day Weekend- L’Ecole de Beaux Art, Paris, France

2009 Constellations Video Art Project – In Between Spaces Art Collective. Brisbane, Australia

A Group Exhibition, Post-Museum Singapore

MEME- Masters of Art Fine Arts Exhibition 2009, ICA Galleries, LaSalle, Singapore

Images of Indonesia- Indonesian Heritage Society, Jakarta, Indonesia

2007 1x1x1- FOST Annual Exhibition – Fost Gallery. Singapore

Emerging Talent: four for the future – Sunjin Galleries, Singapore

2005 Me – Group Exhibition, Block43 Studio Gallery, Singapore

Solo Exhibitions

2014 Priceless, Artistry, Singapore

2011 Never Odd or Even, Puri Art Gallery, Jakarta

2007 Primadonna - a semi-sculptural solo exhibition, Tavolo@ Boon Tat, Singapore

Zerolinguistic - a solo exhibition of concrete art, Instinc Studio Gallery, Singapore

2006 Undeclared Existence - Solo Exhibition, Pitch Black Gallery, Singapore

Awards & Scholarship

2009 Third prize and Merit Award, Art and Photography Exhibition, Indonesian Heritage Society, Jakarta

2008 LaSalle Scholarship by Merit for MA Fine Art Degree

International Residencies and Workshops

2023 Espacio Lavadero, Granada, Spain

2019 Campos De Gutierrez, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

2014    Centre de Recerca I Creatio Casamarles, Catalonia, Spain

2010   A Window until the Rains Come, ALBB Saigon Open Studio program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2008  Taipei Drift, International Art Workshop for Art Academia. Taipei, Taiwan

2008  Canserrat International Art Residency, El Bruc, Spain

Professional Experience

2020 - present University of the Arts |LaSalle College of the Arts, Short Courses

2006 - present Olij Studio – Founder & Educator, Singapore

2010-2019 LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore, Part-Time Lecturer – Fashion Design

Professional Development Lecturer – Fine Art, Drawing & Illustration

1997-2006 Halmode Apparel Inc, Head Designer – New York, USA & Singapore


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