Biography
I am an art historian, curator and educator seeking to situate colonial and postcolonial visual culture (with specific interest in photography) within inclusive global history of art, collective art activism practices, and interdisciplinary research in the wider field Southeast Asian Studies. I am the first generation member of Indonesian collective of art workers Taring Padi. I hold a BA in Social Philosophy from Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Jakarta, Indonesia (2001), an MA in Southeast Asian Study with an Art History specialisation from Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA (2010) and a PhD in Photography History from School of Art History, University of St Andrews, Scotland (2015). My training in Western Art and photography history and my curatorial practice in contemporary Southeast Asian art and photography have equipped me with the range of methodological tools and research skills necessary in linking Art History, Photography History and Critical Theory with art and photographic practice from the global South Perspective.