Farhanaz Rupaidha (b. 1990, Bekasi, Indonesia) is a contemporary artist whose work intersects technology, history, ecology and the human condition. Currently based in Frankfurt, Germany, Rupaidha explores themes of digital identity, environmental transformation, and cultural memory through video installations, algorithmic art, and interactive media.

A graduate of Universitas Negeri Jakarta who is currently undertaking her studies at the Städelschule, Rupaidha has consistently pushed the boundaries of how digital tools and conceptual art can converge. Her practice incorporates multi-channel video, installation, generative visuals, and interactive elements, often challenging viewers in how they experience presence, history, and truth in a hyperconnected world.

Beyond visual art, Rupaidha is also an experimental musician. Her sonic explorations, serve as ambient extensions of her visual installations, blending field recordings, abstract noise, and digital manipulations.

Through her multidisciplinary approach, Farhanaz Rupaidha continues to redefine the role of contemporary media in addressing collective memory, ecological urgency, and digital futures.

EDUCATION

[2024 - ] Fine Arts, Prof. Haegue Yang - Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule, Frankfurt - Germany

[2008 - 2014] Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) - Visual Art Education Department - Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jakarta - Indonesia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS/PERFORMANCES

[2025]

1. TEAROOM RELAY — COLLOQUIAL 2025, Vietnam Art Collective, Hanoi - Vietnam
2. Rundgang 2025, Städelschule, Frankfurt - Germany

[2024]

1. MIVA Festival: XVIII Expanded Narratives Edition, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión, Quito - Ecuador
2. Jelajah Jala, Festival Komunitas Seni Media 2024, initiated by The Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Benteng Rotterdam, Kota Makassar - Indonesia

[2021]

1. Universal Iteration, Online Exhibition - initiated by Komunitas Salihara, Jakarta - Indonesia
2. International Video Poetry Festival VideoBardo 25 years, International Videopoetry Festival Videobardo, Buenos Aires - Argentina
3. Post Reality, Lahore Digital Arts Festival 2021, Lahore – Pakistan
4. Working Memory - Unesa International Visual Art Exhibition, Online Exhibition - initiated by Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya - Indonesia

[2020]

1. Manifesto VII Pandemi, Online Exhibition - initiated by the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta - Indonesia
2. Pameran Daring Solidaritas Perupa Indonesia Lawan Corona 2020, Online Exhibition initiated by The Ministry of Culture and Education of Indonesia, Jakarta - Indonesia

[2019]

1. INSTRUMENTA #2: MACHINE/MAGIC, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta -Indonesia
2. Wave of Tomorrow 2019, Jakarta - Indonesia
3. 32nd Festival Les Instants Vidéo, The Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques, Ecole Supérieure d’Art (Aix-en-Provence) Aix-en-Provence - France
4. ART_UNLTD booth by Bekraf, Art Jakarta 2019, JCC Senayan, Jakarta - Indonesia
5. Consciousness of Changing Climate - Discussion and Film Screening, Studio Khaled, Artists Without A Cause, Berlin - Germany
6. Trans Human Code, Media Art Globale 2019, Komunitas Salihara, Jakarta - Indonesia

 [2018]

1. Pameran Besar Seni Rupa 2018, Panji : Penguat Karakter Bangsa, Balai Kota Among Tani, Malang – Indonesia

[2017]

1. Jatim Biennale 2017, Taman Budaya Jawa Timur, Surabaya – Indonesia
2. Nimman Film Festival 2017 (KLEX Overseas Program), Chiang Mai Art Conversation -Chiang Mai University Arts Center, Chiang Mai – Thailand

[2015]

1. AMNUA International Video Art Forum and Special Screening - The Vision of Asia (KLEX Overseas Program), AMNUA (Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Art), Nanjing - China
2. KLEX 6th (Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video and Music Festival) Pulse, Findars, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
3. Digital Solution for Smart Cities, Screening, The Waterstone - Pavilion Intesa Sanpaolo, Expo 2015, Milan - Italy
4. Incubarte 7 International Art Festival, MuVIM (Museu Valencia de la Il-lustracio I la Modernitat), Valencia – Spain
5. Pameran Nusantara 2015 Art-Chipelago, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta - Indonesia
6. S[old] OUT, A Group Exhibition, Art:1, Art:1 Artspace by Mon Décor, Jakarta – Indonesia

[2014]

1. Toride International Video Projection 2014 (Toride City Urban Development Through Walls), Public Art, JR Toride Train Station, Prefecture Ibaraki – Japan

[2012]

1. Stockholm Fringe Festival (STOFF) 2012, Kulturhuset, Stockholm – Sweden

[2011]

1. Creative’s Creative’s Crative’s (3C’S) 2011, Korean Culture Center, Jakarta – Indonesia

AWARDS

1. 3rd Place Best Students’ Artwork Production in Final Degree Project Fine Art Category of 2015 Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jakarta - Indonesia

COMMISSION PROJECTS

1. Tapak Puya, Jelajah Jala, Festival Komunitas Seni Media 2024, commissioned by The Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Benteng Rotterdam, Kota Makassar - Indonesia
2. Re-imagining Tribhuwana, Wave of Tomorrow 2019

OTHER PROJECTS

1. [2022 - presents] Biodiversity archivist and documentation, lake Setu Patok Cirebon conservation - Studiofru | Green Project https://www.studiofrugreenproject.com
2. [2022] Data Analyst Consultant for Yayasan Wangsakerta, ISBS & Pemerintah Desa Kedungrejo, Banyuwangi - Jawa Timur
3.  [2021 - presents] Web design and development for Yayasan Wangsakerta https://www.yayasanwangsakerta.org