Arahmaiani

Born in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1961 • 1983 Bandung Institute of Technology, Department of Arts • 1985-1986 Paddington Art School, Sydney, Australia • 1991-1992 Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Enschede, Holland • Selected performances since 1997 (excluding exhibitions): 1997 “Do Not Prevent the Fertility of Mind,” Concrete House, Bangkok; “Handle without Care IV,” Havana; “Handle without Care, Who Cares?,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo and Hiroshima; “Point Zero - My Mind Gets Stuck,” Marsi Gallery, Bangkok • 1998 “Point Zero - My Mind Gets Stuck”; - Nippon International Performance Art Festival '98; Festival of Winter Nights, The Hague, Holland; “Show Me Your Heart,” Nippon International Performance Art Festival; “Burning Bodies, Burning Country,” Musee de Castieva, Almaty, Kazakhstan; “Show Me Your Heart,” JAXPA 98: Festival of Asian Performance Art I, Bangkok; Cemara 6 Gallery, Jakarta; Jamzz, Jakarta; Semanggi • 1999 “Burning Bodies, Burning Countries I,” CCP Manila; “Show Me Your Heart,” “Und Ab Die Post,” Postfuhramt, Berlin; “Newspaper Man Kampung Tenda Semanggi,” Jakarta; “Dayang Sumbi Refuses Status Quo,” French Cultural Centre, Bandung; “Hell Comes To Paradise,” Vredeburg Fort, Yogyakarta