Boedi Widjaja
Black—Hut (2017)
Art is only a continuation of war by other means (2013)
Art is only a continuation of war by other means (2013)
Art is only a continuation of war by other means (2013)
Art is only a continuation of war by other means (2013)
Art is only a continuation of war by other means (2013)

HOUSE

HOME

HOMELAND

Boedi Widjaja (b. 1975, Indonesia; based in Singapore) explores migration through the conceptual frames of house, home and homeland, engaging deeply with space and semiotics. He generates a plural visual language by working concurrently across multiple series and media, from bio art and live art to experimental photography and architectural installations. Boedi was trained in architecture and design.

He was an Artist-in-Residence at the Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science and NTU CCA Singapore.

New & RECENT PROJECTS

ENTANGLED UNCERTAINTIES, TALK MODERATED bY ONG KIAN PENG, NTU CCA, SINGAPORE, 12 FEB 2025
EVERYTHING IN ITS TIME, S.E.A. FOCUS FRINGE FILM FESTIVAL CURATED BY JOHN TUNG, THE PROJECTOR CINELEISURE, 25 JAN 2025
PATH. 15, COSMIC STRANGERS, ORCHARD STATION EXIT 10, SINGAPORE ART WEEK, 14 JAN - 16 FEB 2025
OUT OF SILENCE: A YUZ FOUNDATION COLLECTION CURATED BY WEN SHI, YUZ MUSEUM, SHANGHAI, 2 DEC 2024 - 5 JAN 2025
FLOWING TRACES CURATED BY WEN SHI, PRESENTED BY YUZ MUSEUM, SILKWORM HOUSE, ART FIELD NANHAI, 16 NOV 2024 - 12 FEB 2025
ALL THE IMAGES WILL DISAPPEAR CURATED BY PHILIPPE PIROTTE, SHANGHART WB CENTRAL, SHANGHAI, 11 NOV 2024 - 5 JAN 2025 
BLACK—HUT, ENCODED MOTHERLAND, INDONESIA BERTUTUR CURATED BY MELATI SURYODARMO, UBUD, 7 - 18 AUG 2024
CIFRA & SLEEPLESS ART NIGHT IN VENICE, CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE, 23 JUNE 2024
LASTING IMPRESSIONS, SHANGHART SINGAPORE, 24 MAR - 10 APR 2024
SUPERIMPOSED CULTURES, SHANGHART SINGAPORE, 24 FEB - 9 MAR 2024
A LEXICON OF CURATED BY KAMILIAH BAHDAR, DE SUANTIO GALLERY, SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY, 1 - 25 FEB 2024
IMMORTAL WORDS, PLATFORM PROJECT BY SHANGHART, ARTSG, SINGAPORE, 19 - 21 JAN 2024
IMMORTAL WORDS, CURATORIAL ESSAY BY LOREDANA pAZZINI-pARACCIANI, 42 WATERLOO STREET, SINGAPORE ART WEEK, JAN 19 - 20 FEB 2024
INAUGURAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT tHE INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL MOLECULAR ANALYTICS & SCIENCE, SINGAPORE, JAN - DEC 2024
PATH. 14, THE RIVER FLOWS TWO WAYS, THAILAND BIENNALE: THE OPEN WORLD, CHIANG RAI, DEC 9 2023 - 30 APR 2024
TROPICAL: STORIES FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA, NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE, NOV 18 2023 - 24 MAR 2024


Path. 15, Cosmic Strangers
2025. Public art. Supported by the National Arts Council for SAW 2025. Venue support by the Land Transport Authority and SMRT. Additional support by Asiaray and CREDO (Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory).
Path. 15, Cosmic Strangers
2025. Public art. Supported by the National Arts Council for SAW 2025. Venue support by the Land Transport Authority and SMRT. Additional support by Asiaray and CREDO (Cosmic Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory).
Path. 14, The River Flows Two Ways
2023. Three-channel film; outdoor installation of signal flags; DNA-infused ink frottages on silk; DNA-infused sound sculpture. Commissioned by the Thailand Biennale. Supported by the National Arts Council and ShanghART.
Immortal Words
2024. Synthetic DNA in micro vials, gachapon machines, videos on monitor screens, vial trays, lab reports, acrylic sheets, jerry cans and steel racks. Variable dimensions. Supported by National Arts Council, the Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science, ShanghART and Startbahn.
A tree rings, a tree sings 树龄°述铃
2021. DNA generative sound video commissioned by The Institutum for Open to Interpretation conceived by Boon Hui Tan, co-presented with Gasworks, London, supported by the National Arts Council Singapore and the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore Residencies program.
A Tree+++ 记因・基亿
2021-22. Trilogy that began with a synthetic hybrid DNA premiered at Future Ages Will Wonder curated by Annie Jael Kwan for FACT Liverpool.
Kang Ouw《侠客行》
2022. Solo exhibition at the Esplanade Tunnel, Singapore, curated by Lynda Tay. In-kind support by ShanghART Singapore. Singapore Art Week program.
Path. 14, The River Flows Two Ways
2023. Three-channel film; outdoor installation of signal flags; DNA-infused ink frottages on silk; DNA-infused sound sculpture. Commissioned by the Thailand Biennale. Supported by the National Arts Council and ShanghART.
house home homeland
Online presentation
Kang Ouw《侠客行》
Curatorial esssay
Artist interview
muographix - International Muography Research Organisation
Artist interview
Displaced Trees: A conversation with Boedi Widjaja
Artist interview
Presented by the Global (De)Centre and moderated by Dr. Peggy Levitt, Widjaja speaks on house home homeland through the lens of his practice.
Read curator Lynda Tay's essay and her interview with the artist in the relaunched Esplanade Visual Arts Exhibitions guide.
Physicist Sara Steigerwald from the University of Tokyo explores the "conversations" that Boedi holds with muons and muography.
Chief Editor Christina J. Chua of so-far speaks to the artist on dislocation, memory, and the persistence of history.
To Mark. To Ground. The Shadows of Place
Podcast
Gaining Ground: Yarli Allison & Boedi Widjaja
Podcast
DNA and Ancestral Memories 记因・基亿
Online presentation
Place Imaginaries, Orbiting around a Clear Opening and Approaching DNA as a System of Language
Artist interview
Architect-academic-artist Nina Freedman hosts WHEREING, a channel that explores the psychological impact of space and place. In S2 Ep.4, Freedman speaks with the artist on his practice that explores themes of diaspora, memory, cultural hybridity, identity and space.
Curator-in-residence Annie J. Kwan chats with Yarli Allison and Boedi, "What does the concept of memory mean when making artwork? What are the challenges artists face when systems and technology are used to tell personal stories? And if reconstructing history is important, why?"
Moderated by BIO:ART SEA:T (Southeast Asia Taiwan) curator Tang Fu Kuen, the artist and geneticist Assoc Prof Eric Yap speak on their art-science collaboration.
In ObjectLessonsSpace Psychogeographies issue, Joella Kiu began with a question on the artist's four-line, bilingual poem: Rivers and lakes/ Tanah dan air/ Land and water/ Sungai sejarah.
Inspector, Inspector
Book cover
Cladogram: 2ND KMA International Juried Biennial
First Prize
Lighting Candles for a Local Osiris
Online journal
Walking with Ghosts: Six Conversations about Painting
Artist interview
Singapore Unbound founder Jee Leong Koh's latest poetry publication with Carcanet Press features a still from Boedi's DNA generative video A tree rings, a tree sings 树龄°述铃. Inspector Inspector struggles with the legacies of fathers, personal, poetic and political.
Juried by independent curator-academic-writer Yasmeen Siddiqui, the artist was awarded First Prize for A tree rings, a tree sings 树龄°述铃
. A cladogram is a branching diagram that shows relationships among different species and their history of evolution.
A tree rings, a tree sings 树龄°述铃 video stills accompany Darryl Lim Weijie's meditation on the work of the late Wong Phui Nam, n Singapore Unbound's journal SUSPECT.
In ObjectLessonsSpace Psychogeographies issue, Joella Kiu began with a question on the artist's four-line, bilingual poem: Rivers and lakes/ Tanah dan air/ Land and water/ Sungai sejarah.
Black—Hut (2017)
Art is only a continuation of war by other means (2013)
Black—Hut, Black—Hut(2018-19)
Art is only a continuation of war by other means (2013)