Ayos PURWOAJI

Profile

Born in 1987 in Jember (Indonesia). Lives and works in Jember. Graduated with a BA in Industrial Product Design from Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology in 2013.
Ayos Purwoaji is a curator working at the intersection of history, architecture and fine art. Since 2015, he has worked on a number of curatorial projects, part of them represents his interest in the practice of vernacular archiving and collective memory. He co-founded the Surabaya Contemporary Heritage Council (SCHC), a study group that explores critical discourses on cultural heritage.

Recent curations and activities
2022, “Jakarta International Photography Festival (JIPFest)”, Blok M, Jakarta 
2022, “Djinn Diplomacy”, Kyushu Geibunkan, Fukuoka
2021, “Biennale Jogja XVI”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
2020, “Flux de Mémoire”, 6 museums in 6 cities in Indonesia 
2019, “Segar Bugar”, Bank Indonesia Museum, Jakarta

About curatorial activities

Purwoaji positions himself as a bricoleur who loves to connect various points of view in an interdisciplinary way to talk about a subject. He believes contemporary curatorial practice not only arranges the positions of objects, but also composes social choreography in a broad sense.