CURRICULUM VITAE

Otty Widasari (Balikpapan, 1973) is an artist and one of the founders of Forum Lenteng, a collective
in Jakarta focusing on art, media, and sociocultural studies. Her solo artistic practice is nourished by
her engagement with media activism, journalistic experiences dealing with social and historical
actualities, and a lifelong study and connoisseurship of film. A continuous drawing practice gathers
all her activities into one place: her working diary.

Her works deal with everyday struggles related to the material conditions of life, and how to
strategize an alternative way in the massively mediated world and rethinking the established Grand
Narrative. Her solo exhibition project that started from Ones Who Looked at the Presence (Ark
Gallerie, Yogyakarta, 2015) to Ones Who Are Being Controlled (Dia.lo.gue, Jakarta, 2016), where
both deal with the social gesture disrupted by the coming of media technology in Indonesia,
concluded in PARTISAN (National Gallery of Indonesia, 2022) where Otty fuses her lifelong artistic
exploration and activism in media performativity, citizen narrative, alternative education, and
affective collaboration.

Exhibition

2022 Solo Exhibition “Partisan” (text, performance art and video), Galeri Nasional
Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
2021 Terracotta Triennale, Jatiwangi Art Factory, Majalengka, Indonesia
2019 9th Triennial of Contemporary Art U3 | Dead and Alive, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2018 Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design #9 – KISAH, grandkemang, Jakarta
2017 Jakarta Biennale 2017 – JIWA, Jakarta, for Ones Who Looked At The Presence
2016 Solo Exhibition “Ones Who Are Being Controlled” (painting and video), Dia.Lo.Gue
Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
2015 Solo Exhibition “Ones Who Looked At The Presence” (painting and video), Ark
Galerie, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2015 “Pursuing The Future”, exhibition and socialisation of Biennale Jogja XIII Equator
#3 2015, RUCI Art Space, Jakarta, for Santantango.
2014 SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014, for Jabal Hadroh, Jabal Al Jannah
ICAD 2014: 'AYATANA', Design and Art Beyond Senses, for Santantango
2013 Jakarta Biennale 2013 – SIASAT, Jakarta, for art project: akumassa ad Hoc.
Biennale Jogja XII Equator #2, 2013, Yogyakarta, for Jabal Hardroh, Jabal Al
Jannah.
2012 Pameran Besar Seni Rupa Indonesia: MANIFESTO #3, 2012, for Rumah.
2011 AKUMASSA IMAGES at the Images Festival, Toronto, Kanada.
2010 TRANSLATED SPACES, KUNSTRAUM BERLIN (ID Contemporary Art Exhibition),
Berlin, Jerman.
2009 Exhibition VIDEOBASE at the Bentara Budaya Jakarta.
Exhibition VIDEO:WRK – 1st Surabaya International Video Festival,
GlobalAppleWorks, Galeri Pemuda, Balai Pemuda, Surabaya, Indonesia
2008 Finalists in the Competition category at the 2008 Indonesian Art Award, National
Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, for video work Rumah
Group Exhibition MENILIK AKAR, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta (for video
work Andy Bertanya, Forum Lenteng)
2007 OK. Video Militia – 4th Jakarta International Video Festival 2007, Galeri Nasional
Indonesia, Jakarta
FESTIVAL TANDA KOTA, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta (KONTRAKAN KITA
PROJECT, Forum Lenteng).
OK. VIDEO COMEDY – 3rd Jakarta International Video Festival 2007, Galeri
Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta
2006 NEO BEGINNERS at the TENT. Center Rotterdam, Belanda, for video work BE
RTDM.
2005 Istanbul Biennale with Ruangrupa Jakarta (for video works)
2001 Whisfull Thinking, Public Art Project with Walter Van Broekhuizen, Dresden,
Jerman
2000 Solo Exhibition “KAMAR” (Painting and Drawing) at the 18B Lenteng Agung,
Jakarta, Indonesia

Performance
2022 “Partisan”, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta
2020 “Nandak Ganjen Jakarta Tenggara”, galerikertas, studiohanafi, Depok
2019 “The Partisan” (Otty Widasari & Theatre Group), GoetheHaus, Jakarta
“Exit Status 3:2 - Book Edition” (Otty Widasari & Theatre Group), GoetheHaus,
Jakarta, Indonesia
“Exit Status Ratio 3:2” (Otty Widasari & Theatre Group), GoetheHaus, Jakarta,
Indonesia
2018 “Oh Parmitu (The Supper)”, Perform Place, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, South
Korea
“Out Of In The Penal Colony – The Partisan Edition”, Jalan Tikus: Buka Studio 7
Hari 7 Malam, Teater Garasi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017 “Atlas”, Forum Sinema, Jakarta
“Ones Who Looked At The Presence – Performance Edition”, Gudang Sarinah
Ekosistem, Jakarta
“The Presence of Princess Van Kasiruta”, Jakarta Biennale 2017 – JIWA, Forum
Sinema, Jakarta
 “The Absence of Princess Van Kasiruta”, Jakarta Biennale 2017 – JIWA, Gudang
Sarinah Ekosistem, Jakarta
“Out Of In The Penal Colony”, S.M.A.K Museum, Ghent, Belgium; TranzitDisplay
Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; Embassy of Foreign Artists, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 “Simulasi Kecil di Ruang Besar”, Forum Sinema, Jakarta

Screening
2019 Ones Who Looked at The Presence, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, India
2018 The Harbor, Public Program, Viva Excon Capiz 2018, Ang Panublion Museum,
Roxas City, The Philippines
2015 Gerimis Sepanjang Tahun (Years of Drizzling Land), ruangrupa, Jakarta.
Gerimis Sepanjang Tahun (Years of Drizzling Land), Images Festival, Toronto,
Kanada.
Jabal Hardroh, Jabal Al Jannah, Early Monthly Segments, Gladstone Art Bar,
Toronto, Kanada.
2014 Jabal Hardroh, Jabal Al Jannah, Panorama Screening: Civilized Space, Impakt
Festival, Utrecht, Belanda.
Ones Who Looked at the Presence, in Special Presentation titled Reframing the
Off Narratives: Media Art in Indonesia, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Belanda.
2012 Naga Yang Berjalan Di Atas Air, DMZ 4th Korean International Documentary Film
Festival 2012, Asian Perspective Program, South Korea
2009 5th Short Singapore Film Festival 2009, Singapore
11th Barcelona Asian Film Festival 2009, Barcelona, Spain
38th Rotterdam International Film Festival 2009, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Konferensi Warisan Otoritarianisme 2008, Universitas Indonesia
37th Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Netherlands
Southeast Asian Video Screening, Bombay Sapphire Art Projects, 2008
9808 Screening at the Annexe Gallery, Malaysia
Busan International Film Festival 2008, South Korea
2006 Gang Festival 2006, Melbourne, Australia (MASSROOM PROJECT, Forum Lenteng)
The 4th International Festival for Experimental Film India 2006, New Delhi, India
(MASSROOM PROJECT, forum lenteng)
Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2006, Yogyakarta
URBANSURF – Urban Expresso Bar Rotterdam, Belanda
2005 51th Oberhausen Film Festival 2005, Jerman (MASSROOM PROJECT, Forum
Lenteng)
 KO Durban Video Festival 2005, South Africa
2004 International Under Construction 2004, Witte de With Center, Rotterdam,
Belanda (MASSROOM PROJECT, Forum Lenteng)
Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival 2004, Brazil (MASSROOM PROJECT,
Forum Lenteng)
Bilbao International Documentary Film Festival 2004, Spain (MASSROOM
PROJECT, Forum Lenteng)
Indonesia Video Film Night Berlin 2004, Jerman (MASSROOM PROJECT, Forum
Lenteng)
SEA EYES Rotterdam Film Festival, Belanda, (MASSROOM PROJECT, Forum
Lenteng)

Project
2017 – present Collaboration project “Out Of In The Penal Colony”, 69 Performance Club
2014 – present Ones Who Looked at the Presence
2013 Pemantauan Media Berbasis Komunitas, Rekam Media, akumassa, Forum
Lenteng
akumassa ad Hoc, for Jakarta Biennale 2013 - SIASAT
2008 – present Researcher of VIDEOBASE, history of video development and distribution in
Indonesia
2008 9808 Proyek Payung, 10 videos on 10 years of Indonesia Reformasi,
http://9808films.wordpress.com/
2006 BE RTDM Video Project about Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005 Video Project “FRAGMEN”, Ruangrupa Film Project
Film Satu Menit Project, ruangrupa, Jakarta
2004 Participant VIDEOPOEM Project, Forum Lenteng
2003 Participant MASSROOM Project, 9 documentary videos about Jakarta, Forum
Lenteng
2002 MuVi Party, video project, ruangrupa, Jakarta

Residency
2019 TranZit, Biennal Art Matters, Prague (2019)
2014 Impakt Works Program, Impakt Foundation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Seminar
2019 Keynote Speaker in the Forum Festival, ARKIPEL Bromocorah – 7 th Jakarta
International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival
2018 Speaker in the Conference Program “Self Organization and Sustainable
Ecologies”, Viva Excon Capiz 2018, The Philippines
2017 Speaker in the Forum Festival, ARKIPEL Homoludens – 6 th Jakarta International
Documentary and Experimental Film Festival
2016 Speaker in the Forum Festival, ARKIPEL Social/Kapital – 4 th Jakarta International
Documentary and Experimental Film Festival
2015 Speaker in Artist Talk Program at the Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
2012 Speaker in discussion “Citizen Journalism Festival” at the National Museum of
Indonesia, held by Tempo Institute
2010 Guest speaker at the Artsonje Center, South Korea
2009 Speaker in the Discussion of Melawan Lupa ‐ Prints Exhibition Melawan Lupa,
Galeri Cipta III ‐ Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia
2007 Speaker in the Artist Talk program, OK. Video Militia – 3rd Jakarta International
Video Festival 2007, National Gallery of Indonesia

Videography/Filmography
2022 Alkisah Timur
2016 Fiksi
2015 Gerimis Sepanjang Tahun
2013 Jabal Hadroh, Jabal Al Jannah
2012 Naga Yang Berjalan Di Atas Air
2008 Interior Kaca
KEMARIN (9808 Compilation, Payung Project)
2007 Rumah
Rumah 2
2006 BE RTDM (Neo‐Beginners Project, Rotterdam, Belanda).
2005 Dokumenter Siaga Bencana Paska Tsunami di Nangroe Aceh Darussalam
(Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia‐LIPI).
Dokumenter mengenang 1 tahun tsunami (Lembaga Ilmu Pengentahuan
Indonesia‐LIPI).
2004 Punk 1 Menit
Horor 1 Menit
Video Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga (Komnas Perempuan), director.
2002 Dokumenter Duta Karang Indonesia (LIPI), director.
2001 TV feature Terumbu Karang (MILES Production), researcher, scriptwriter.