Born in 1975, Indonesia
Currently lives and works in Indonesia and Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2026
‘Weaving the Ocean’, Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul QC, Canada 2025
‘Ari Bayuaji- An Act of Meditation’, Prince Takamado Gallery, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
‘Sounds of the Ocean’, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘The Old Soul | The New Universe’, Mizuma Art Gallery, Singapore
‘Weaving the Ocean: In the Studio of Ari Bayuaji’, Espace Pour la Vie, Biosphère, Montréal QC, Canada
2023
‘L’océan chez soi / The Ocean Called Home’, Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal QC, Canada
‘Weaving the Ocean’, Centre Space / Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain, Toronto ON, Canada
‘The Body|The Water|The Spirit’, Mizuma Art Gallery, Singapore
2022
‘Weaving the Ocean’, Redbase Gallery, Sydney Australia
‘Weaving the Ocean’, Center for Marine Conservation, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
‘Weaving the Ocean’, ART JOG 2022, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
‘Weaving the Ocean’, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
‘Weaving the Ocean’, Projet Casa, Montreal, QC, Canada
‘Weaving the Ocean’, Warin Lab Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2021
‘Weaving the Ocean’, NUNU Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
‘Golden’, Linked to an artist-in-residence at Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Dusseldorf, Germany
‘Self-Portrait’, Installation of 3D works commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
2018
‘Silence’, Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
‘Island of Paradise’, An exhibition linked to an artist-in-residency at NUNU Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
‘Un Cabinet de Curiosites’, the Maison du Conseil des Arts de Montreal, Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
2017
‘Le Village Un Village’, Fondation Agnes B. Paris and Yves de la Tour d’Auvergne, Sainte-Alvère, France
‘No Place Like Home’, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2016
‘Cen Sor’, Redbase Foundation, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2015
‘Ari Bayuaji’, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, QC, Canada
2014
‘Silence’, 3D Installation commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2025
‘All Sea-8 Oceanic Artistic Practices From Southeast Asia and Hong Kong’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
‘Krise. Kunst. Kirche. Kontinente – Visionen von Laudatosi’ , DiözesanMuseum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
‘The Attributes of Kogei: How Can We Reframe Craft?’, GO FOR KOGEI 2025, Kanazawa / Toyama, Japan
Roppongi Art Night 2025, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
‘Reintegrating Wisdom’, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, Hong Kong, China
‘Dear Plastic’ , Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
‘SOS: A Story of Survival, Part III – The Planet’, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON Canada
‘Nurture Gaia’, 4th Bangkok Art Biennale:, Bangkok, Thailand
2024
‘Codes in Parallel’, 2024 Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, Perth, Australia
‘l’expo deux cinq zéro’, Musée Marguerite-Bougeoys, Montreal, QC, Canada
‘Crossing Ecotones-Thousands of Threads’, Museum of Fiber Arts, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
‘Afro-Asian Poetics’, Singapore Art Week: Translations, Singapore
‘The Great Indonesia Exhibition’, De Nieuwe kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023
‘Flickering Shores: Sea Imaginaries’, Busan Sea Art Festival, Busan, South Korea
‘The Geography of the Objects – Living in the Net of Biophilia’, Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea
‘Weaving the Ocean’, RiverRun Festival / John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, Washington DC, USA
2022
‘EU-ASEAN Youth Summit’, Advancing the EU’s role in Multilateral Flora in Asia, Brussels, Belgium
‘Beyond Painting’, Mizuma Art Gallery, Singapore
‘Good News from Bali’, Mizuma Art Gallery, Singapore
2021
‘The Window’, Promenades: Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada
2015
‘125,660 Specimens of Art History’, Komunitas Salihara,, Jakarta, Indonesia
2014
‘Promises’, Art Jogja 2014, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Awards
2025
Programme de bourses aux artistes professionnels, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2024
Arts Abroad, Canada Council for the Arts
2023-2022
Vivacité, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2021
Explore and Create / Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts
2019-2017
Programme de bourses aux artistes professionnels, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Artist Residency
2024
Museum of Fiber Arts, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
2023
Busan Sea Art Festival, Busan, South Korea
2018
International Contemporary Art Symposium, Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, Canada
2017
La Residence d’Artiste La Fondation Agnes B. Paris, ‘Yves de la Tour d’Auvergne’ Sainte-Alvere
Sainte-Alvère, France
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
2016
REDBASE Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2015
United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA), Singapore
Collections
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, QC, Canada
Musée Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal, QC, Canada
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Musée National du Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
Publications
2024
KOMPAS (Jakarta, Indonesia) Ari Bayuaji: ‘Weaving Art, Understanding Collaboration’
PLURAL (Singapore): ‘A Dance of Diasporic Cultures: The Visual Poetry of Translations’
2023
CBC ARTS: ‘This Artist Discovered a Way to Turn Ocean Trash into Treasure’
ARTANDMARKET.NET: ‘Weaving the Ocean with Ari Bayuaji’
Nikkei Asia: ‘Indonesian Artist Transforms Marine Trash Into Art’
2022
NOW BALI: Life on the Island
The Bangkok Post
2019
The Bangkok Post
2017
The Jakarta Post
