Wok The Rock

Indonesian producer, journalist and owner of Yes No Wave Music from Jogjakarta. Wok The Rock is an artist and curator that is active across the fields of contemporary art, design and music, Wok The Rock is a member of artist collective Ruang MES 56 in Yogyakarta, runs the music label Yes No Wave Music, curates a monthly experimental music concert series named Yes No Klub, and has initiated the Indonesia Netaudio Forum, among other. Wok has co-produced local bands such Senyawa, and art-music collective Punkasila and Dialita, an all women choir of political survivors. He has participated in the Jakarta Biennale 2013, Tokyo Performance Art Meeting, Delfina Foundation artist residency, Casco Art Institute, 4A Center for Contemporary Asian Art, and Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam. He was the curator of the Biennale Jogja XIII in 2015, working in collaborating with Indonesian and Nigerian artists. e: woktherock at gmail dot com EXHIBITION (selected) SOLO 2011 “Burn Your Idol Versus FFR”, Fight For Rice Store, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2003 “For Me and You”, Ruang MES 56 Yogyakarta, Indonesia GROUP 2011 “OK Video: Flesh – International Video Art Festival”, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia “Beyond Photography”, Ciputra Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia “Moving Images From Indonesia”, ZKM, Germany “ArtJog 11: Yogyakarta Art Fair”, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2010 “On Camera”, Biasa Artspace, Bali, Indonesia “Codex Code”, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2009 “Common Sense”, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia “Secured Area”, National Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia “The Diamond Dogs”, BrunswickArts Space, Melbourne, Australia “City One Minutes”, Ruang MES 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2008 “Reading Driyarkara: Art Educating”, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia “Hello Print”, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia “Utopia Negativa”, Photography, Langgeng Art Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia “Here Comes The Lomoheads”, Photography, Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia “Manifesto: Pameran Besar Seni Rupa Indonesia”, Video Art, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia 2007 “Let Arts Move You Art Project”, Photography, KTM Komuter Trains, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia “Asia-Europe Forum For Young Photographer”, Photography, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland and Intitute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland “Ini Apa Ini”, group exhibition, visual art, at Lembaga Indonesia-Prancis, Yogya, Indonesia 2006 “Top Collection 2”, Ruangrupa, Jakarta, Indonesia “Alterorgasm”, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia “Beauty Contest”, Insomnium, Malang, Indonesia 2005 “Where Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops”, Academie Voor Schone Kunsten Hogeschool, Antwerpen, Belgium “Ruang Per Ruang Project #3”, Third Eye Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia 2004 “Idealism is Kinky”, 6th International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium, Havana, Cuba