Contact
Gallery
ShanghART Singapore
9 Lock Road #02-22 Gillman Barracks Singapore 108937
infosg@shanghartgallery.com
Education
Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) University of New South Wales, Australia
Solo shows
Immortal Words, Platform Project by ShanghART, ArtSG, Singapore
Immortal Words, 42 Waterloo Street, Singapore
Kang Ouw <侠客行>, Esplanade Tunnel, Singapore
Declaration of, Helwaser Gallery, New York City
Longings / 寄望 / Jiwa, 28 Temenggong Road, Singapore (two-person exhibition)
Rivers and lakes Tanah dan air, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
Imaginary homeland: kang ouw (一), I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Peninsula Shopping Centre, Singapore
Black—Hut, Singapore Biennale Affiliate Project, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts
Imaginary homeland: 我是不是該安靜地走開, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
Drawing cage, The U Factory, Singapore
Path. 6, Unpacking my Library。书城, Jendela (Visual Arts Space), Esplanade, Singapore
Path. 1, The white city, The Substation, Singapore
Sungai, sejarah, 河流, 历史, 源, Yellow River Arts Centre Singapore Base
Group shows (selected)
Indonesia Bertutur directed by Melati Suryodamo, Neka Art Museum, Bali
Lasting Impressions, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
Superimposed Cultures , ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
a lexicon of curated by Kamiliah Bahdar, de Suantio Gallery, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America, National Gallery Singapore
3rd Thailand Biennale: The Open World, Chiang Rai
Blindness, Objectifs, Singapore (two-person exhibition)
Days after days after days, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
Future Ages will Wonder curated by Annie J. Kwan, FACT, Liverpool
BIO:ART SEA:T curated by Tang Fu Kuen, Grassland, Taipei
Hermes Trismegistus Dreams of Futures within Futures curated by Damian Christinger, Die Diele, Zurich
Cladogram: 2nd KMA International Juried Biennial curated by Yasmeen Siddiqui, Katonah Art Museum, New York
A Life beyond Boundaries: Stories from Southeast Asia curated by Loredana Paracciani, JWD Art Space, Bangkok
Open to Interpretation, Asian Art Institutum, Singapore
contemporary, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
When the Globe is Home, Fondazione Imago Mundi, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
Our heartlands, #SGCultureAnywhere project
Streets of hope, Singapore Civic District
Every step in the right direction, Singapore Biennale 2019, National Gallery Singapore
Media Art Globale, Salihara Jakarta
9th Asia Pacific Triennial, QAGOMA, Brisbane
Unauthorised medium, Framer Framed, Amsterdam
Imago mundi - Art theorema #1, Salone degli incanti, Trieste, Italy
Imaginarium: Into the space of time, Singapore Art Museum
State of Motion 2018: Sejarah-ku, Sungei Serangoon, Singapore
Stone telling . 從土, 黑也, Jerusalem Biennale
Air mata air, Joined by the Crown, GeorgeTown Festival, Penang
Betwixt festival: Art & bytes, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
Derwent Art Prize 2016, Mall Galleries, London
For an image, faster than light, Yinchuan Biennale 2016, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, China
MOVE W I T H (OUT) - Krísis, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
From east to the Barbican, Barbican Centre, London
London calling, British High Commissioner's Residence, Eden Hall, Singapore
Infinity in flux: The unending loop that bonds the artist and the audience, ArtJog 8, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
53rd International show, San Diego Art Institute, CA, United States
Potong ice-cream $2, Latent Spaces booth, Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands
Sovereign Asian Art Prize finalists' exhibition, SOHO189 Art Lane, Hong Kong
DiverseCity, Singapore Art Museum
A drawing show, Yeo Workshop, Singapore
Print lab, Grey Projects, Singapore
Singapore, Inc., Unit 21, The Lorong 24A Shophouse Series, Singapore
SeptFest 2014, The Substation, Singapore
Closure, Free of Charge Art (FOCA), #1-52, Block 8 Teban Gardens Rd, Singapore
Displacements, 13 Wilkie Tce, Singapore
Masterpieces, National Museum of Singapore
Passports: Through the red dot into other worlds, Unit 11, The Lorong 24A Shophouse Series, Singapore
Celeste Prize 2012, Centrale Montemartini, Rome
DiverseCity 2012, Singapore Art Museum at 8Q
31st UOB painting of the year, Singapore Art Museum
INSITU.ASIA, Beautiful/Banal, National Geographic Store, Regent Street, London
INSITU Fort Canning Hill, Beautiful/Banal, Salon Space@Festival Village, Singapore
Centre to periphery, Japan Creative Centre, Singapore
2010 TITAN illustration in design, ESAD College of Art and Design, Matosinhos Municipal Gallery, Portugal
Space, Flat, Night and Day Gallery, Singapore
Fascination, Singapore Art Museum
Harbour/Metropolis, Museum of Sydney
Live Art and Screenings
Sleepless Video Art Night, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice
Path. 13, Quaver Cipher, Helwaser Gallery, New York City
10th International Video Poetry Festival, Athens
Rencontres International Video Library, Paris/Berlin
ULTRACINEMA 2021, Morelos, Mexico
On Art International Film Festival, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej w Toruniu, Poland
Path. 10, 梧桐语 . 菩提径 (A tree talks, a tree walks), 28 Temenggong Road, Singapore
Threshold (with Jee Leong Koh), Helwaser Gallery, NYC
Rivers and lakes Tanah dan air, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
Path. 9, ))) ) ) )) (with Tong Weijie, Wei Xuan and Jeremy Sim), State of Motion 2018: Sejarah-ku, Singapore
Path. 8, Invisible cities 。云海游, Diaspora Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Imaginary homeland: 谢谢你的爱, Nottingham
Path. 7, New ground, The Barbican, London
Cradle song (with Dawn Fung and Naomi Huang), Jendela Visual Arts Space, Esplanade, Singapore
My drawing is better than your drawing (with Wong Lip Chin), Yeo Workshop, Singapore
One and a half, Wilkie Terrace, Singapore
Path. 3, The lode in my heart, Teban Gardens Road, Singapore
Palimpsest (with David Letellier), Enghien-les-bains, France
Path. 2, Travelling Body (with Pranoto), YRAC S-base
INSITU Fort Canning Hill: Earth moves (with David Letellier), Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore
Awards and Residencies
Creation Grant, National Arts Council (“NAC”), Singapore
First Place - Michaela and Skip Beitzel Award, Cladogram: 2nd KMA International Juried Biennial curated by Yasmeen Siddiqui, Katonah Art Museum, New York
Finalist, Allegro Prize
Market and Audience Development Grant, National Arts Council (“NAC”), Singapore
Commission, A tree rings, a tree sings 树龄°述铃 for Open to Interpretation, Asian Art Institutum
Creation Grant, NAC, Singapore
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore Residency Programme 7th cycle, Singapore
Exactly Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Singapore
2019 Temenggong Artist-in-Residence, Singapore
Facebook AIR commission, Facebook Singapore office
Co-commission by Singapore Art Museum and QAGOMA
Top 10 Winner, FID Prize
Finalist, Derwent Art Prize
Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize
Artist-in-residence, DRAWinternational, Caylus, France (1-31 May)
First Prize, Bains Numeriques #7 (sound art; with David Letellier), Enghien-les-bains, France
First Prize, Land Transport Authority Downtown Line Art - Beauty World Station
Commission, Open Call//Visual Art 2012, The Substation, Singapore
Highly Commended, 31st UOB Painting of the Year, Singapore
Finalist, Celeste Prize 2012
The Castle Mountain Prize in the Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Sydney
Selected Media
Sara Steigerwald, Artist Interview: Boedi Widjaja, Muographix , The University of Tokyo, Jul 2024.
Chonnicha Thaphumin, Recorded patterns, painted stories of the Mekong River at the Thailand Biennale in Chiang Rai, The101.world, Apr 22 2024. Web.
Rini Kustiasih, Poetic memories from Asia-Africa, Kompas, Feb 1 2024. Print.
Miriam Feiler, Deep Explorations of Memory and Culture Marked This Year’s Impressive Singapore Art Week, Decential Media, Jan 31 2024. Web.
VisitSingapore [People Feature] Facebook Post, Singapore Tourism Board, Jan 31 2024. Web.
Tae Artman, ART SG 2024 Review: Fighting against the rope, Jan 25 2024. Web.
Olivia Ferrucci, Singapore Art Week Hosts Vibrant 12th Edition, Whitewall, Jan 22 2024. Web.
Ng Siang Ping, 第二届ART SG艺博会 39家新画廊首次参展, Lianhe Zaobao, Jan 19 2024. Print.
Helmi Yusof, Why Singapore Art Week 2024 is a watershed, The Business Times, Jan 18 2024. Print.
Hazeeq Sukri, In pictures: Singapore Art Week 2024's Light To Night festival, art exhibits and more, CNA Lifestyle, Jan 18 2024. Web.
Our Top 6 Events at Singapore Art Week 2024, Plural Art Mag, Jan 17 2024. Web.
Singapore Art Week 2024, A&M, Jan 16 2024. Web.
Art takes over at Singapore Art Week 2024, Happening, Jan 16 2024. Web.
Andrina Loo, Art SG returns with an exciting curation of art, talks, film and more, AsiaOne, Jan 16 2024. Web.
Ronald Goh, Singapore Art Week 2024: free stuff to enjoy among 150 events and exhibitions from 400-odd regional artists, Yahoo, Jan 12 2024. Web.
Genesis Miranda, Five Noteworthy Events to Visit During Singapore Art Week 2024 Outside the Main Shows, Classicalite, Jan 10 2024. Web.
Clement Yong, Singapore Art Week: Five Other Events to Catch,Straits Times, Jan 10 2024. Print.
Ng Siang Ping, 当代艺术家黄晨晗 游走于不同地方与文化之间, Lianhe Zaobao Fukan, Jan 10 2024. Print: 3
Eli Anapur, Singapore Art Week Opens with Over 150 Art Events and Exhibitions, Widewalls, Jan 10 2024.
Gabrielle Chua and Harin Hashirin Nurin Hashimi, Singapore Art Week 2024: Art fairs and standout museum exhibitions to visit this edition, Tatler Asia, Jan 5 2024. Web.
Jasmine Alimin, Experience a visual odyssey as the island blossoms with creativity and innovation at Singapore Art Week, The Edge, Jan 3 2024. Web.
Art Attacks!, Fah Thai Magazine, Issue: Jan 2024. Print: 26
Returning to the Singapore Art Week 2024, Art Review, Dec 19 2023. Web.
Adeline Chia, In Singapore, South-South discourse is having a moment, Art Basel, Dec 18 2023. Web.
Cover image: "A Tree+++ 记因 。基忆“ (2021). FACT Journal #1 - Radical Ancestry. Nov 2023.
Nicola Triscott, Introduction: Unravelling Identity and Belonging, FACT Journal #1 - Radical Ancestry. Nov 23 2023. Web: 8
Lizzie Wee, Following Instructions: Roving Singapore in the name of Art. Plural Art Mag, Jan 21 2023. Web.
Daryl Lim Weijie, Accompanying artwork: “A Tree Rings, A Tree Sings 树龄°述铃” (2020). Lighting Candles for a Local Osiris. SUSPECT, Singapore Unbound journal. Nov 4 2022. Web.
Jee Leong Koh. Cover image: “A Tree Rings, A Tree Sings 树龄°述铃” (2020). Inspector, Inspector. Carcanet Press. Jun 2022. Print.
Lynda Tay,INSIGHTS: Boedi Widjaja, Encoding the cultural experiences of a diaspora, Esplanade Offstage, 7 Mar 2022. Web.
Ng Siang Ping, New exhibitions in Esplanade Arts Centre: Walking into a forest, wuxia and toyland, Lianhe Zaobao zbnow, 26 Feb 2022. Print: 3.
Bethany Holmes, “A provocation and a lens.” Future Ages Will Wonder – Reviewed, The Double Negative, 4 Feb 2022. Web.
Patrick Kirk-Smith, Review: Future Ages Will Wonder, ArtinLiverpool.com, 11 Nov 2021. Web.
Abhijan Toto, A Life Beyond Boundaries (The Geography of Belonging), Artforum, Nov. Print.
Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, A Life Beyond Boundaries (The Geography of Belonging), ArtAsiaPacific, Oct 2021. Web.
Ku Kuangyi, BioArt’s Possible Shift into Cultural Diversity from the Perspective of Genetic Poeticness, ArtTOUCH, 31 Aug 2021. Web.
Rémy Jarry, Blurring the Borders of Southeast Asian Art in Bangkok, Ocula Magazine, 11 Aug 2021. Web.
Christina Chua, Displaced Trees: A Conversation with Boedi Widjaja, so-far focus, 6 Aug 2021. Web.
Pojai Akratanakul, Harmony in Precarity? Southeast Asian Art Show Questions What A Nation Means, Cobosocial, 30 Jul 2021. Web.
Art exhibition questions the concept of identity and nationhood, Bangkok Post, 31 May 2021. Print: 2 (Life Section).
Michelle Lim, Behind the Business of Being Boedi Widjaja, PluralArt Mag, 8 May 2021. Web.
Joella Kiu,Boedi Widjaja on Place Imaginaries, Orbiting around a Clear Opening and Approaching DNA as a System of Language, ObjectLessonsSpace, Apr 2021. Web.
Patrick Flores, Every step in the right direction, PASS, International Biennial Association, 3 Dec 2020. Web.
Pristine L De Leon, Moving with salt, wings, bombs, The Philippine Star, 9 Mar 2020. Web.
Louis Ho, Singapore Biennale 2019: Every Step in the Right Direction, ArtAsiaPacific Issue 117 Mar/Apr 2020. Print: 82-83
Richard Horstman, Boedi Widjaja's subterranean sonic temple a highlight of 2019 Singapore Biennale,, Jplus by The Jakarta Post, 22 Jan 2020, Web.
Ester Christine Natalia, Art feast, Forbes Indonesia. Jan 2020 Issue. Print:70-73.
Carla Bianpoen, Singapore Biennale takes every step in the right direction, Jakarta Post, 27 Dec 2019, Print: 16.
Tim Schneider, Editors’ Picks: 17 things not to miss in New York’s art world this week, artnet, 4 Nov 2019. Web.
Sylvia Tsai, Tracing the void, Vulture Magazine. Issue Sep 2019. Print:66-71.
Bansie Vasvani, Boedi Widjaja: Grappling with the notion of home, CoboSocial, 30 Sep 2019. Web.
Ian Tee, Boedi Widjaja’s ‘Declaration of’ at Helwaser Gallery, Art and market, 25 Sep 2019. Web.
Natasha Gural,Witness Cold War tensions and tumult through Boedi Widjaja’s imagination and keen eye for design and detail, Forbes, 20 Sep 2019. Web.
Reena Devi, Boedi Widjaja’s debut New York show tackles contemporary global themes, Singapore Unbound, 9 Sep 2019. Web.
Katherine Keener,‘Declaration of’: exhibition of works by Boedi Widjaja explores notions of memory through a stunning body of work, Art Critique, 29 Aug 2019. Web.
Toh Wen Li, Singapore Biennale to make a hopeful case for change in the face of pressing challenges, The Straits Times, 30 Jul 2019. Print.
Alessandra Cianetti, Boedi Widjaja | May 2019, performingborders - conversations on live art | borders | crossings, 14 May 2019. Web.
Diana d’Arenberg, S.E.A. Focus and Singapore Art Week 2019, Ocula, 1 Feb 2019. Web.
Tessa Moldan, Singapore Art Week: Exhibitions to see, Ocula, 18 Jan 2019. Web.
Andrew Stephens, Taking APT9’s pulse, Art monthly, Art monthly Australasia. Issue 313 Summer 2018-19. Print:10.
Zara Stanhope, Curating APT9 Staying with the questions, Art monthly, Art monthly Australasia. Issue 313 Summer 2018-19. Print:36.
Reuben Keehan, Black—Hut, Black—Hut, Artlines, Queensland Art Gallery, Dec-Feb 2018 issue. Print:36-39.
Helmi Yusof, Hit list 2018 Feature, The Business Times. 21 Dec 2018. Print.
Naima Morelli, The Singapore Series - Motherland/Cityport, The Singapore Series. 19 Nov 2018. Web.
Sharmila Wood, Singapore interview: Boedi Widjaja, art blog, 10 Oct 2018. Web.
Kathleen Ditzig. Singapore Art Week. art agenda. 23 Feb 2018. Web.
Reut Barnea. חוכמת האדמה על פי בואדי וידג’אג’ה. Calcalist. 22 Oct 2017. Web.
Huang Xiang Jing. Photographic stories of two cities. Lianhe Zaobao, 16 Aug 2017. Print.
Ed. Tani Barlow. Cover image: “Path. 1, The White City” (2012). positions: asia critique. Duke University Press Journals. Vol 25 No. 3 Aug 2017. Print.
Carla Bianpoen. Art Jakarta 2017: The rise of youthful voices, The Jakarta Post. 9 Aug 2017. Web.
Carla Bianpoen. Art Jakarta 2017 reports successful beginning, Art Republik. 8 Aug 2017. Web.
Yunyi Lau. Art Jakarta 2017 Highlights, The Artling. 31 Jul 2017. Web.
Helmi Yusof. Arts patronage now, The Business Times. 28 Jul 2017. Print.
Helmi Yusof. Two cities, countless shared tales, The Business Times. 28 Jul 2017. Print.
Chloe. Art Jakarta 2017, Intersection. 26 Jul 2017. Web.
Junni Chen. Preview: 5 gallery highlights from Bazaar Art Jakarta, Art Radar. 25 Jul 2017. Web.
Reena Devi. Singapore pavilion opens at Venice Biennale. Today, 11 May 2017. Print: 25.
Louis Ho. 10 Asian artists who will shape the future. Credit Suisse Bulletin, 1/2017. Print: 52-53.
Priyanka Ghosh. A Guide to Singapore Art Week. Culturetrip, 23 Jan 2017. Web.
Helmi Yusof. Scene still sizzles after art stage. The Business Times, 20 Jan 2017: 24. Print: 24.
Bruce Quek. Boedi Widjaja: Black Hut. LEAP, Issue 42, 10 Jan 2017. Web.
Susie Wong. The Black Hut. d+a, Issue 95 2016/2017: 116-119. Print.
Naima Morelli. Three Indonesian Artists between National History and Personal Memories. Cobo Social. 9 Aug 2016. Web.
Dawn Fung. Interview with Boedi Widjaja. Harvest & Wine, 3 May 2016. Web.
Bruce Quek. Beyond the accessibility of the Betwixt Festival. Today, 26 Feb 2016. Print.
The Artling. Art of the week: 'Imaginary Homeland' by Boedi Widjaja. Coconuts Singapore. Web.
Mayo Martin. Singapore Art Week 2016: From solo shows to tours. Today, 12 Jan 2016. Print.
Zhou Yian Ping. Between the positive and negative are connections of the personal and history. Lianhe Zaobao Now, 9 Jan 2016: 4. Print.
National Arts Council. Singapore’s Visual Artists. 2016. Print.
Cheah Ui-Hoon. Positively engaging art of negatives. The Business Times 18 Dec 2015: 24. Print.
Helmi Yusof. Gifts of art. The Business Times 13 Nov 2015. Print.
Chitra Santhinathan. Art Ascension. AirAsia Travel3sixty Dec issue: 108-117. Print.
Rebecca Vickers. Interview feature: Boedi Widjaja. art4d. 3 Jul 2015. Web.
Carla Bianpoen. ArtJog Cements Its Place as Leading Display of Indonesian Contemporary Art. Jakarta Globe. 17 Jun 2015. Web.
Yulisari Perdani. ArtJog: Into the Infinite Universe of New Media Art. The Jakarta Post. 8 Jun 2015. Web.
Serenella Ciclitira. Singapore Eye: Contemporary Singapore Art, Milan: Skira, 2015. Print.
Louis Ho. Almanac 2015: Singapore, ArtAsiaPacific Vol X: 178. Print.
Jee Leong Koh. Cover image: “Sungai, Sejarah” (2012). Steep tea. Carcanet Press. Jun 2015. Print.
Singapore International Foundation. Richard Hartung, ed. Insights from the Inside: Vol II. 2015. Print.
Trent Davis. Chat: Boedi Widjaja. juice magazine. 28 Nov 2014. Web.
Mark Leong. Retracing Paths. catalog magazine. 26 Nov 2014. Web.
Think Big Case Study - Bridging Distance Bridging Generations. Canon. 24 Nov 2014. Web.
Pooja Makhijani. Path. 6, Unpacking my Library . 书城 by Boedi Widjaja. notabilia. 7 Nov 2014. Web.
Louis Ho. FutureGreats Asia 2014, ArtReview Asia Autumn/Winter Issue: 85. Print.
Audrey Yeo and Louis Ho. A Drawing Show. Yeo Workshop, 2014. Print.
Bruce Quek. Review: A Drawing Show at Yeo Workshop. The Artling. 22 Aug 2014. Web.
Huang Lijie. Pillars of expression. The Straits Times 12 Aug 2014: C4. Print.
Helmi Yusof. Drawing asserts its place in art. The Business Times 8 Aug 2014: 36. Print.
Amelia Tan. Hopeful Wanderer. Nylon Singapore Feb/Mar 2014: 134-135. Print.
Anton Javier. Meet the Artist: Boedi Widjaja on time and John Cage. Catalog March 2014: 74-75. Print.
Luo Jingmei. Art and Craft. Cubes March: 156. Print.
Karen Mitchell. Boedi Widjaja: Drawing Cage. Artitute. 21 Jan 2014. Web.
Iona Whittaker. Art Stage Singapore: “An Evening at Gillman Barracks” exhibition previews. randian. 17 Jan 2014. Web.
Khairul Amri. Interview: Boedi Widjaja of Drawing Cage. IS. 13 Jan 2014. Web.
Huang Lijie. Singapore Art Week: Locals go solo. The Straits Times 7 Jan 2014: C8-9. Print.
Cheah Ui-Hoon. In time and in tune with art. The Business Times 3 Jan 2014: 27. Print.
Jee Leong Koh. Featured Image: "Sungai, Sejarah" (2012). Singapore Poetry. 29 Oct 2013. Web.
Rebecca Vickers. Interview feature: Boedi Widjaja. art4d. 15 Oct 2013. Web.
Masterpieces: Digital Art in Singapore. Ocula. Oct 2013. Web.
Kellynn Wee. ‘Masterpieces’: A Digital Art Gallery. Poached Mag. 29 June 2013. Web.
Karen Mitchell. Displacements - Goodbye Forever. Artitute. 5 Jun 2013. Web.
Bruce Quek. Art Review: Displacements. TODAY. 5 Jun 2013. Web.
Cheryl Sim. Taking the gallery system out | Free of Charge artshow. Singapore Architect Issue 274. Mar 2013: 36-37.
Sali Sasaki. Bridging Cultures through Comic Books. culture360. 11 Mar 2013. Web.
Luana Silighini. Alla centrale Montemartini IV edizione del Celeste Prize. ANSA. 12 Apr 2012. Web.
Justin Long, Yoichi Nakamuta and Stephanie Peh. Creative Cultures: The Singapore Showcase, Underscore, 2012. Print.
Yen Phang. The Present Body: A conversation with local artist Boedi Widjaja. Artitute. 16 Oct 2012. Web.
Zhou Yian Ping. Yellow River Arts Centre Singapore base - Boedi Widjaja’s journey of new paths. Lianhe Zaobao, Oct 2012. Print.
Zehra Jumabhoy. War and Peace. artforum. 24 Sep 2012. Web.
Goh KK. Review of Path. 1. Lianhe Zaobao. Sep 2012. Print.
Michele Adriaens. Exhibition: Path. 1 by Boedi Widjaja. culturepush. 14 Sep 2012. Web.
Adeline Chia. Watch out for vacuum cleaners, squash balls. The Straits Times. 30 Aug 2012. Print.
Elle people | The Art Crew. Elle Singapore. Aug 2012: 97. Print.
Gretchen Miller. The politics of art: Singapore style. ABC Radio National 360documentaries. 19 Nov 2011. Radio.
Daniel Tham. INSITU Fort Canning - Reflections. I'm waking up to… 11 Jun 2011. Web.
Kelly Tay and Cheah Ui-Hoon. Map of Poetic Spaces. The Business Times. 29 Apr 2011. Print.
Selected Presentations and Workshops
Speaker, "Visaraloka - Artist Talk #4" moderated by Alia Swastika on the occasion of Indonesia Bertutur, Neka Art Musem, Bali
Speaker, "house home homeland", CushCush Gallery, Bali
Speaker, "house home homeland" moderated by Tan Zi Hao, Malaysia Design Archive, Kuala Lumpur
Artist Tour, “Tropical”, conducted together with curator Teo Hui Min, National Gallery Singapore
Speaker, "Stories artists tell us", artist talk moderated by Shabbir Hussain Mustafa on the occasion of Tropical, National Gallery Singapore
Speaker, "Southeast Asia Artist Talk Series", SMFA Tufts, Boston
Speaker, "Cosmic Longing", Muographers General Assembly 2022, online
Speaker, "house home homeland", artist talk moderated by Peggy Levitt, presented by The Global (De)Centre
Speaker, "Path. 11, Blindness", presentation hosted by Exactly Foundation, Objectifs - Centre for Photography & Film, Singapore
Speaker, “To mark. To ground. The shadows of place.”, podcast conversation with Nina Freedman of Whereing: A Podcast about Belonging and Design
Speaker, “Jianghu + Wuxia” by Dr Stephen Teo, online talk on the occasion of Kang Ouw 侠客行 moderated by Lynda Tay, Esplanade Singapore
Speaker, “Gaining Ground: Yarli Allison & Boedi Widjaja” podcast conversation moderated by Annie J Kwan, curator of Future Ages Will Wonder, FACT Liverpool
Panel speaker, “Glances at Unstable Connections”, online talk moderated by Pablo Martínez Zárate, ULTRAcinema, Mexico
Panel speaker, “Cladogram Artist Panel”, moderated by Yasmeen Siddiqui, Katonah Museum of Art
Panel speaker, “From the book to the exhibition”, moderated by Loredana Paracciani, JWD Art Space, Bangkok
Speaker, “DNA and Ancestral Memories 記因・基憶” with geneticist Assoc Prof Eric Yap, moderated by Tang Fu Kuen, BIO:ART SEA:T, Taipei Arts Festival
Panel speaker, “Introductory Course in Medical Humanities”, moderated by Dr Tess Teo, Duke NUS Medicine in collaboration with Yale NUS College
Speaker, “An Artist’s Visit and Homeland in Transit”, webinar conversation with Angelika Li, facilitated by Dr Zhou Ying, Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker, “Sunshine + Home” Shenzhen Metro Line 16 Creative Conference, Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen
Speaker, Artist Conversation with Alessandra Cianetti for Bagri Foundation’s “Open Up”
Speaker, Artist Conversation with Rami Ozeri for The Jerusalem Biennale’s “2020 Online”
Speaker, “Artist talk - Declaration of” facilitated by Tan Boon Hui, Helwaser Gallery, NYC
Panel speaker, “Ideas of Home”, Asia Pacific Triennial 9, Brisbane
Speaker, Artist Conversation with Joshua Comaroff at “Boedi Widjaja: Black—Hut”, ICAS, Singapore
Panel speaker, "What will you do with the gift of the rest of your left life?", Between the Mountain and the River, Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China
Workshop facilitator, “Experimental Drawing”, Singapore Teachers Academy for the Arts (STAR), Singapore
Panel speaker, "5 Stars Roundtable at SAM - Peace", Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Speaker, "Artist Talk - Imaginary Homeland: 我是不是該安靜地走開" together with poet Tse Hao Guang, facilitated by Annie Jael Kwan, Objectifs, Singapore
Artist-Consultant, “Contemporary Art Practices in School: Drawing”, STAR, Singapore
Speaker, Artist Conversation on “Path. 7, New Ground”, Idea Store Whitechapel, London
Workshop facilitator, “Drawing”, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore Workshop facilitator, “Drawing in the expanded field”, STAR, Singapore
Adjunct lecturer, “Marathon Selfies”, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Adjunct lecturer, “INSITU X Setouchi, Japan”, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Panel speaker, “Masterpieces” media launch, commissioned by Samsung, curated by Iola Lenzi
Panel speaker, “INSITU.ASIA”, Singapore Writers Festival (Brand New Books), SingaporeAdjunct lecturer, “INSITU X Setouchi, Japan”, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Panel speaker, “ASEF Culture 360: Lingua Comica”, Singapore Writers Festival, Singapore
Panel speaker, “Trans-nationaI Community Art”, YRAC S-base, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Speaker (with Zehra Jumabhoy), “The story of an I”, YRAC S-base, Gillman Barracks, SingaporeAdjunct lecturer, “Places as interiors”, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Speaker, “INSITU.ASIA”, FiveFootWay: This is what the future looks like, Night & Day Bar, Singapore
2010 Speaker, “INSITU.ASIA”, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Speaker, “INSITU.ASIA”, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Boedi Widjaja's (b. 1975, Indonesia/Singapore) practice contemplates the ideas of house, home and homeland; engaging with the space and politics of belonging through agencies of the body, memory and language. He develops a plural visual language by working on long-running series in parallel across media, from bio art and live art to experimental photography and architectural installations, with an emphasis on process and poetics. Boedi was trained in architecture and design.
Boedi received the inaugural QAGOMA and Singapore Art Museum co-commission for his Black–Hut series, presented at the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial (2018-19) and the 6th Singapore Biennale (2019-20). His projects have been included in Indonesia Bertutur (2024), Thailand Biennale (2023-24), Tropical (2023-24) National Gallery Singapore, Future ages will wonder (2021-22) FACT Liverpool, Cladogram (2021) Katonah Museum of Art, New York, and Map 1: Waterways (2017) Diaspora Pavilion (Live Art program) 57th Venice Biennale. Recent solo exhibitions include Immortal Words (2024) Platform Project ArtSG, Kang Ouw 《侠客行》(2022), Esplanade Tunnel, Singapore; Declaration of (2019), Helwaser Gallery, New York, Rivers and lakes Tanah dan air (2018), ShanghART Singapore, and Black—Hut (2016), ICA Singapore. He was an Artist-in-Residence at the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Temenggong Singapore and DRAWinternational France.
基于过往于移民和散居者背景，黄晨晗（印尼/新加坡）的艺术实践表达了对移民、记忆、空间关系和跨文化混合的微妙反思。同时，建筑师与平面设计的的训练背景——其技术、材料和工具——已成为 晨晗艺术实践的决定性元素，运用多样的媒体，如摄影、新媒体到建筑装置和现地艺术，并强调过程和身体参与。 晨晗获得了首届新加坡艺术博物馆和 QAGOMA 联合委员会的 Black-Hut, Black-Hut (2018-19)、第九届亚太三年展和第六届新加坡双年展。
Artist statement
My art is deeply tied to diasporic notions of culture, identity and belonging. It draws on my ancestral beginnings—their move from China to Nanyang, my childhood migration from Indonesia to Singapore, and the socio-political forces that displaced and rooted us in new lands. At the core of my practice is a contemplation on the manifold yet elusive meanings of house, home and homeland.
Guided by the idea of a subject who is “born translated”—who moves, converts, transmits and transforms across different forms and contexts—I make art across media, from experimental photography, film and architectural installations, to bioart and live art. Emphasising process and bodily engagement, I engage with otherness—of people and places, stories and objects—that I come across.
In multicultural Singapore, amidst Southeast Asia’s diversity of peoples and languages, I feel drawn to the blurring of signs and symbols, where the border between words and images dissolves to birth new hybrid experiences.
The intersection of art and science is a crossroad of knowledge where interdisciplinary reflexivity happens; it sparks new categories of understanding. Through art-science projects, I learn to figure the world differently and translate the newfound perspectives into material poetics.