Grace Samboh

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia. Began interested to the arts during 2006 in ruangrupa, an artist collective based in Jakarta. Moved to Yogyakarta to gain her master in Visual Art Studies. Curated 21 Years Retrospective of Jogja Biennale under the commission of the Indonesian Visual Art Archive in 2009 as one of the archive-based exhibition for Jogja Biennale IX: Jogja Jamming. Served as Executive Director and curator of the Langgeng Art Foundation between 2010 and 2012 and did 15 shows including How They Did Art Then* a selection of Electronic Arts Intermix (USA) historical video art pieces as part of OK Video (Flesh) 2011 and REPOSITION: Art Merdeka! a retrospective show of S. Teddy D. that toured to ICA LaSalle, Singapore, 2012. In early 2011, co-founded Hyphen, a closed group discussion forum which seeks to piece together the fragmented histories of Indonesian art, which evolved into a group that produces research and curatorial projects. Furthermore, served as Program Manager for the Equator Symposium 2012-2022 (Yogyakarta Biennale Foundation). Lives and work between Jatiwangi, Yogyakarta and Medan, Indonesia.