KSGoW is thrilled to announce Jumaadi (b. 1973) has been selected for ARTSPACE’s 2025 Studio Program.
From 178 applications, Jumaadi alongside nine (9) other artists ‘represent the breadth of artistic practice across generations, career stages and art forms’.
Jumaadi will move into one of ARTSPACE’s dedicated, rent-free studio spaces at The Gunnery to begin their residencies in early June.
🔗 Read the full announcement on ARTSPACE’s website
THANK YOU to the following:
The Studio Program is generously supported by our visionary community of benefactors:Â David Cleary, FDC Construction & Fitout, Amanda & Andrew Love, Susan Manford Studio, Ursula Sullivan & Joanna Strumpf, Alenka Tindale and the Turnbull Foundation.
Photo: Jumaadi, 2025. Photo: Raka Prameswara.
Jumaadi (born 1973) moved from East Java, Indonesia to Sydney in 1997 to study at the National Art School. He graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Art, and in 2008 he received his Masters in Fine Art. In 1994 to 1995, Jumaadi was an Art Educator at the PPLH Environmental Education Centre in Seloliman, East Java (Indonesia).
With more than 40 solo exhibitions since 1999 he has gained an admirable reputation as a multi-disciplinary artist. His survey exhibit Staging Love at Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG) was on display from December 2018 to March 2019. Jumaadi’s second major solo exhibition MY LOVE IS AN ISLAND FAR AWAY opened in December 2019 and features a number of commissioned artworks of varying mediums. Manly Regional Art Gallery & Museum hosted a solo show for Jumaadi, ‘At the End (My Love) Nature Wins’, in September 2023. Jumaadi’s work was featured in ‘Voice Against Reason’, a major group exhibition of international artists at Museum Macan, Jakarta from 18 November, 2023 to 14 April, 2024.Â
Jumaadi’s work was displayed at Bundanon Art Museum’s opening season group exhibition ‘Tales of Land and Sea’ with his show ‘ayang ayang’ from March to June 2024. ‘Jumaadi: the unaccounted sea’, a solo exhibition at Deakin University in Melbourne featured Jumaadi’s recent works and performances which have addressed passages of water and those whose journeys depend on it, from April to June 2024.Â
His work is featured in numerous public collections both across Australia and internationally, namely the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery, Halsey Institute South Carolina, USA, Macquarie Bank, National Art School, Sydney, National Gallery of Australia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Jumaadi’s ‘most typical subject matter’, is love (either romantic or familial) portrayed in varied forms. More often than not his work revolves around demons, spirits, and fanciful creatures; John McDonald notes ‘story-telling’ as intrinsic to Jumaadi’s ‘personal history and psyche’ (Catalogue Essay, An arm and a leg, 2018). Jumaadi currently lives and works between Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Mosman, Sydney.
