Ratu R. Saraswati
EDUCATION
2008 – 2013 Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, Faculty of Art and Design, Fine Arts
Department, Cum Laude
AWARDS
2017 Finalist of Bandung Contemporary Art Awards #5
2015 Finalist of Gudang Garam Indonesia Art Award 2015
2013 Finalist of Indonesia Art Award 2013
2011 Outstanding student of the year, Department of Fine Arts, Institut Teknologi Bandung
RESIDENCIES
2022 Framer Framed Werkplaats Molenwijk, a three-month residency, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2020 – 2022 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2015 Sàn Art Laboratory Session 7, a six-month residency, Sàn Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIP
2023 Artist publication grant, Stichting Stokroos, the Netherlands
2022 Artist publication grant, Stichting Hinderrust Fonds, The Netherlands
British Council Unlimited Micro Awards, the United Kingdom
2021 Artist publication grant, Stichting Hinderrust Fonds, The Netherlands
2020 Travel grant, Sidharta Aboejono Martoredjo (SAM) Fund for Art and Ecology
2019 Research grant, ‘Religions, Beliefs and Personal Values’, Manila, the Philippines, Yogyakarta Biennale Foundation
2011 Bidikmisi scholarship, Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of National
Education Republic of Indonesia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 A rising flower makes a garden, Framer Framed Werkplaats Molenwijk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019 Optik-Optik Kecil, Rumah Tangga, Depok, Indonesia
2013 Laif, Griya Gerilya, Bandung, Indonesia
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2023 Refresh Amsterdam #2 War and Conflict, Amsterdam Museum (NL) – Upcoming October
Global Dialogues, Bradwolff Projects (NL)
Present to Precence: Performance Art Lab, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, (UK)
2022 Between Four Walls, PrintRoom, Rotterdam (NL)
Re-Vision Performing Arts Festival, Belfast (UK)
there, there, Greylight Project, Heerlen (NL)
Indonesia Bertutur, Performance Art Gathering, Makassar (ID)
Rijksakademie Open Studios 2022, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
2021 Layangan Jatuh, Langit Terbang: Folk in the Present, Rumah Tangga, Depok (ID)
KAUM: Indonesian Alternative Performance and Film Festival, Volkspark Hasenheide and
Treptower Park, Berlin (DE)
Rijksakademie Open Studios 2021, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 Biennale Jogja XV EQUATOR #5, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta (ID)
2018 Sirkuit Seni Performans, Gudskul, Jakarta (ID)
Baligh, Rewind Art #17, Universitas Negeri Jakarta - Jalan Pemuda, Jakarta (ID)
We Are What We Eat, Undisclosed Territory #11, Studio Plesungan, Solo (ID)
Yang Tersingkap, Proyek Seni Perupa Perempuan Dewan Kesenian Jakarta, Galeri Cipta II, Jakarta (ID)
House of the Unsilenced, Galeri Cemara 6, Jakarta (ID)
Medium at Play, Gajah Gallery, Yogyakarta (ID)
Integrasi: Hybrid Teknologi-Sains-Seni, The Energy Building, Jakarta (ID)
2017 Exi(s)t 2017: Tomorrow as We Know It, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta (ID)
Integrasi: Teknologi – Sains – Seni , The Energy Building, Jakarta (ID)
Bandung Contemporary Art Awards #5, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung (ID)
JIWA: Jakarta Biennale 2017, Museum Sejarah Jakarta, Jakarta (ID)
2016 Ring Road Project: Interkonektivitas, Galeri Serrum, Jakarta (ID)
Art with Purpose, Museum Nasional, Jakarta (ID)
Undisclosed Territory #10, Studio Plesungan, Solo (ID)
2015 Seks Vol.4: Sex Education, Waga Gallery, Jakarta (ID)
Bahan, Suar Artspace, Jakarta (ID)
No Worries: Halal Indonesian Art, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris (FR)
Respublica, Gudang Garam Indonesia Art Award, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta (ID)
Tracing, Saigon Domaine, Ho Chi Minh City (VN)
Router Art Project, Rumah Seni Cemeti, Yogyakarta (ID)
2014 It Is Not a Trap, Asbestos Art Space, Bandung (ID)
ARTE Indonesia Arts Festival, Assembly Hall Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta (ID)
MANIFESTO No. 4: Keseharian, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta (ID)
LOOP Festival, La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona (ES)
When in Bali Do Like the Balinese Do, Kendra Artspace, Bali (ID)
PADJAK #3, Manggarai Watergate, Jakarta (ID)
PADJAK #4, Pasar Rebo Flyover, Jakarta (ID)
PADJAK #6, Jakarta Old Town, Jakarta (ID)
2013 Bandung Contemporary: Disposition, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung (ID)
Post Medium, Indonesia Art Award, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta (ID)
SPOT ART, Southeast Asia's Only International, Juried Arts Festival Of Artists Under 30 Years
Old, Singapore ARTrium, Singapore (SG)
Exi(s)t #2: Instruksi”, Dia.Lo.Gue. Artspace, Jakarta (ID)
Performance Art 101, Taste Market, Paris Van Java, Bandung (ID)
PUBLICATION AS AUTHOR
2022 On Burying, Notes of Hapticity (contributor)
Route of Flowers: A Collection of Parables, editor: Hannah Dawn Henderson, Ivan Mous
2021 Tales of Two Flowers Photos, editor: Taylor Le Melle, We Had Plans, 150th year of the
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Publication
2019 Heavenly Garden: Creating Intimacy, Developing Empathy, editor: Urmila Mohan, The Jugaad Project, Digital Journal
BOOK
2021 Mengolah Temuan: Seni Berbasis Arsip, Spektrum 2021: Enam Perspektif Seni Rupa
Kontemporer Indonesia, writer: Sally Texania, Dewan Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Arts Council)
in collaboration with Jakarta Biennale
PRESS
2023 The Garden as Material, Map, Metaphor, State of Mind, Megan Hoetger, feature, Framer
Framed website
14/07/2021 Jejaring Dalam dan Luar Negeri #1, interview, rururadio
20/12/2020 ‘Art has the ability to repair damaged social bonds between humans’ – taking a hike with artist Ratu Saraswati, features, Metropolis M website
11/11/2019 Centering the Equator in Global Conversations About Art, Hyperallergic
20/10/2018 Menyingkap Jilbab, Koran Tempo
21/11/2017 Systems, Agency and Other Guises: JIWA Jakarta Biennale 2017, The Artling
13/11/2017 17th Jakarta Biennale, “Jiwa”, Art Agenda
22/09/2015 Inspirasi Karya IAA 2015: dari Media Sosial hingga Kiamat, CNN Indonesia
27/09/2015 Seni yang Berakar di Ladang Publik, Koran Harian Kompas
11/11/2013 New Generation of Contemporary Bandung, Sarasvati Magazine
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2023 Workshop, Writing, Belonging, Daily Writing, intercurricular programme, Gerrit Rietveld
Academie (NL)
2016 – 2018 Art teacher, Elementary Program, Sekolah Highscope Indonesia TB. Simatupang,
Jakarta (ID)
2013 – 2015 Drawing teacher, Pre-University of Art, Design, and Architecture, Villa Merah Jakarta (ID)
2011 – 2012 Lecturer assistant, Basic Drawing, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ID)