Bandung, 1993
Widi Pangestu is a visual artist and papermaker whose practice is rooted in a deep engagement with traditional papermaking, both as a material and a process. Treating paper not just as a surface, but as a material in its own right, he pushes its formal boundaries and reimagines it as a medium capable of carrying memory, meaning, and cultural narratives.
Working primarily with plant-based fibers, Widi researches, harvests, and processes raw materials by hand, crafting sheets of paper that retain the marks of their origin. This tactile, process-led approach allows him to explore themes of materiality and sustainability, especially how our choices in working with natural materials reflect broader relationships between humans and the natural world.
His recent research focuses on traditional papermaking practices across Southeast Asia, mapping how knowledge, place, and material come together within local traditions. For Widi, each sheet of handmade paper becomes a vessel, a physical documentations between human and nature shaped by an anthropological conversation.
Through this artistic practice, paper becomes a bridge, connecting traditional knowledge with contemporary approach, and opening space for new dialogues between past, present, and future.
Educations
2011-2013 National Institute of Technology,Bandung, Indonesia
2013-2020 Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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RESIDENCIES
2025
Hampi Art Labs, Karnataka, India
Indigo Art Museum, Ahmedabad, India
2023
Years of Culture, Dialogue of Paper Programme, Doha, Qatar
Richard Koh Fine Art Gallery and Blue Art Centre Residency, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Natee Utarit Studio, Bangkok, Thailand
The Private Museum, Singapore
AWARDS
2025
Nominated for Young Artist Award, ARTJOG
2019
Nominated for Professional Category, UOB Painting of the Year
Solo Exhibitions
2024
“Natural Inclusion”, CG Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
2021
“Making Sense of Sense Making”, Ace House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017
“Everything in Between”, Indonesia Contemporary Art Network, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
“Sentul Biennale: To Our Friends”, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“Remnant at the Limen”, Ace House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Cellulose I: Paper”, Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
“Conjunction of Drones”, ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“25th”, Cans Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Terra Nexus”, Art & Bali, Nuanu, Bali, Indonesia
“Artjog: Amalan”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Art Jakarta Garden”, CG Artspace Booth, Jakarta, Indonesia
“To Read Between the Lines”, Ready Space Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“The Paper Menagerie”, ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2024
“Art Surabaya”, Pos Bloc, Surabaya, Indonesia
“Art Jakarta”, CG Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Lost in Translation”, Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
“Artjog: Ramalan”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Salon et Cetera”, Ace House Collective, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Art Jakarta Garden”, CG Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Art Jakarta Garden”, Semarang Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Abstraction/Distinction”, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
2023
“Dialogue of Papers”, Emiria Soenassa Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Art Jakarta”, Booth CG Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Feel–Good: Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design”, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Toreha”, Nonfrasa, Bali, Indonesia
“The Unbrittle”, Omah Budoyo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Broken White Project #17”, Ace House Collective, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Beneath the Layers”, Baik Art Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
2022
“Warta”, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Formless”, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
“Tropenwell”, Mizuma Gallery Singapore, Singapore
“Art Jakarta”, Booth Mizuma Gallery Singapore, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Beyond Painting”, Mizuma Gallery Singapore, Singapore
2021
“Ruci Art Wall × Broken White Project”, Ruci Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Infinity”, Media Art Globale and Ars Electronica, online exhibition
“Art Jakarta Virtual”, Booth Bale Project, online exhibition
“Bale Project: Warta”, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Darah Muda”, Kiniko Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Silir”, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ning Art Space
Kalangan, Bangunjiwo, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 55184
Phone Number: +628xxxxxxxx
E-mail: Contact@ningart.com
Ning Art Space
Kalangan, Bangunjiwo, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 55184
Phone Number: +628xxxxxxxx
E-mail: Contact@ningart.com
