Grace Samboh

Grace Samboh questions (a little bit) too many things all at the same time and believes that every person needs at least three copies of themselves. Her recent curatorial works are: Group show “FOMO/JOMO: Hacking modernism’s duality” at RUBANAH Underground Hub in conjunction with archive show “From, by and for whom? Visualization of the national history” at Gudskul (Jakarta, 2019); A duo show of Julia Sarisetiati and Vicky Do co-curated with Bill Nguyen “We’re in this together” in the Factory Contemporary Art Center (Ho Chi Minh City, 2018); A group show at Mizuma Gallery, Singapore, “Carte Blanche: Anxiety” (Singapore, 2017); A travelling museum that re-started a conversation on Indonesia’s recent democracy “Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa (The Unsung Museum)” (2016-2018); A multiple way of exchange(s) “Banyak-banyak” (Many-many) within a platform of Gertrude Contemporary Art Space (Melbourne, 2014-2015) called The Independence Project; A year of artistic research “Tahun Tanah 2015” (The Earth Year) with Jatiwangi art Factory (Majalengka, West Java). With Hyphen, her partners in curiosity, she is unraveling data, fact and stories about Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru Indonesia (Indonesia New Art Movement, 1975-1989); compiling behind the scene stories of the national museum dioramas made under the supervision of the eminent sculptor Edhi Sunarso (1932-2016); and connecting intertextualities amongst various forms of Danarto’s (1940-2018) lifetime works.
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