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Kenenza Michiko (b. 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia) is a BA (Hons) Fine Art, first-class honors graduate from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore – University of the Arts London programme. Currently she is pursuing her MA Fine Art at UAL Chelsea College of the Arts, London, UK. Her artworks explore the intersections of counter-mapping, cartographic practices, landscape, and socio-political themes of Southeast Asia particularly in the Chinese-Indonesian community.


Kenenza has exhibited in group shows at The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, The Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Selegie Arts Center, GMBB Kuala Lumpur and venues such Gillman Barracks in Singapore and The Morgue in London. She was also selected as a quarter-finalist for the Student World Impact Film Festival 2023 in the USA. She completed a curatorial and research internship with the National Gallery Singapore and has curated several exhibitions such as The Paper Menagerie Group Show & The Room is Bigger than It Looks: Duo Show of Dabi Arnasa & Zikry Rediansyah at Omah Budoyo, Yogyakarta,  Urban Pulse: Spectrum of Contemporary Art in Singapore – in collaboration with The Republic of Singapore Embassy in Indonesia at Orasis Art Space Surabaya,  the wounded land rumbles the same ballad at ArtOutreach Singapore, BORDERLESS with the Norwegian Cultural Center, and Terra Incognita: The Alt Show at Artspace @ Helutrans. Her works have also been publicized at JawaPos Newspaper Indonesia, Liputan6 Indonesia, NOW!Jakarta, Jom Media Singapore, and Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore. Kenenza has received several arts scholarships and awards, including Best Graduate Diploma in Fine Art 2022, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal 2022, the Lim Ai Fang ArtPrize 2022, and the Woon Tai Jee Art Prize 2024 by the Woon Brothers Foundation.

Based between London, Jakarta & Singapore

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Selected Group Exhibitions & Collaborations

2025

Annual Open 2025
Southwark Park Galleries - Lake Gallery
London, United Kingdom
8 November - 6 December 2025

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The Artist Village, Singapore
25a Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Johor, Malaysia
2 July - 31 July 2025

Flagship Genius featuring Văn Miếu-Quốc Tử Giám II
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore
17 January - 09 February 2025

2024

Immersio - Kuala Lumpur New Media Art Festival
GMBB, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November - December 2024 

Beras Basah - Wet Rice
September - October 2024 
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore 

the wounded land rumbles the same ballad
July 2024
ArtOutreach, Gillman Barracks, Singapore


Blooming Bubbles
March 2024
Bencoolen Glass Showcase, Singapore

downsizing: the universe on a string
February 2024
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore

SINGAPORE ART WEEK 2024: Collective Activations Waterloo Street

January 2024
NAFA Campus 2, Singapore

2023

WALK, STRIKE, ACTION! Post-UAL Exhibition 2023

5 August - 13 August 2023
Selegie Arts Center, Singapore

BigTiny at Lazarus Island
Mural Collaboration Project for BIGTINY
Lazarus Island, Singapore

FOAD Co:LAB 2023
7 July - 16 July 2023
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore

HOUSEWARMING! Vol. 1
19 April 2023
At a private residence in Singapore

2022

Stories of Care II
The Care Archive 
as The Archivers Collective 
December 2022 - January 2023
Assisi Hospice, Singapore 

Women Hold Up Half The Sky
Part of An Allegory of Fourths

as Crabs in Clams Collective
November 2022
Singapore Council of Women's Organisations, Singapore
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Tower Block Level 9, Singapore

TERRA INCOGNITA: THE ALT SHOW 2022
18 - 29 June 2022
Artspace @ Helutrans, Singapore

CATALYSIS, Process Accelerated
February 2022 – March 2022
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore

Flagship Genius featuring Ayutthaya III Exhibition

January 2022 – February 2022
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore

2021

NAFA x WHITE JACKET PROJECT
November 2021
In collaboration with White Jacket Singapore

ONE4 | SOAD Staff Show 2021, in collaboration with Noor Iskandar
A New Sacred Project, www.anewsacredproject.com
16 September – 31 October 2021
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore

CATALYST: Fostering Intersection of Disciplines
August 2021
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore

Imagining New Futures
14- 23 May 2021
Gillman Barracks, Singapore

A City Of Kamu: Archiving Imaginations, Imagining Archives
8 - 16 April 2021
Fine Art Showcase, NAFA Campus 1, Wing B, Level 4

Flagship Genius featuring Ayutthaya II Exhibition
January 2021 – February 2021
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore

2020

Share The Moments Marina Bay Sands Countdown 2021
December 2020
Animated Light Projection at The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore

Laskar Pelangi Group Exhibition
February 2020
NAFA Tower Block Gallery, Singapore

Artist Residency

Studio Plesungan
Artist in Residence
Solo, Indonesia
24 April - 15 May 2023

 

Collection

Woon Brothers Foundation (Singapore)

Assisi Hospice (Singapore)

 

Publications & Media Coverage
Curatorial Projects

2025

On Not Knowing 
Art Moments Jakarta 2025 
Assistant Curator & Writer
August 2025
Agora Exhibition Hall, Jakarta Indonesia

Made Me Dirty: Ardi Gunawan Solo Show 
Curated by Hendro Wiyanto
Prologue Writer 
July - September 2025
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta

The Paper Menagerie Group Show
Co-Curator & Writer
February & June 2025
Omah Budoyo, Yogyakarta | Jogja Art Weeks 2025
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta

The Room is Bigger than It Looks: Duo Show Dabi Arnasa & Zikry Rediansyah
Co-Curator & Writer
June 2025
Omah Budoyo, Yogyakarta
Jogja Art Weeks 2025

The Apartments: Duo Show Tara Kasenda x Yuki Nakayama
Art Jakarta Gardens 2025
April 2025
Co-Curator & Writer

Hutan Kota by Plataran

Mula Pala-Pala Mula
Sekolah Seni Tubaba Group Exhibition
Writer
March 2025 
World Trade Centre 3, Jakarta

Gallery Collection: Where the Sidewalks End
Assistant Curator & Writer 
February 2025 
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta

Re-generation of Balinese Women Artists

IGAK Murniasih & Sinta Tantra Duo Presentation
Assistant Curator & Writer
January 2025
SEA Focus 2025, Singapore

2024
 
Urban Pulse: Spectrum of Contemporary Art Singapore 
In partnership with ISA Art and Design, Embassy of Singapore Jakarta, Singapore Tourism Board and Jakarta Land 
Curator & Writer
Orasis Art Space, Surabaya
World Trade Centre 2, Jakarta
October 2024 - January 2025

Whispers of Sisyphus @ ArtJakarta 2024 
Assistant Curator & Writer
October 2024 
ISA Art Gallery Booth, JIEXPO, Kemayoran, Jakarta

Inventions of a Present @ ArtMoments 2024
Assistant Curator & Writer
August 2024 
ISA Art Gallery Booth, Sheraton Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia

Arahmaiani Solo Retrospective Exhibition: The Wrath of Earth
Assistant Curator & Writer
August 2024 
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Lost in Whimsy Wisdom: Interplay of Realities
Assistant Curator & Writer
July 2024
Omah Budoyo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

the wounded land rumbles the same ballad

Curator & Writer
July 2024
ArtOutreach, Gillman Barracks, Singapore

THEM
Assistant Curator & Writer
June 2024
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

downsizing: the universe on a string
Curatorial Lead

February 2024
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
 

2023

WALK, STRIKE, ACTION! Post-UAL Exhibition 2023
Curatorial Lead 
5 August - 13 August 2023
Selegie Arts Center, Singapore

H
OUSEWARMING! Vol.1 
Intimate Screening & Experimental Exhibition

Curator

19 April 2023
in a private residence in Singapore

 

2022

TERRA INCOGNITA: THE ALT SHOW
Curatorial Lead 
18 - 29 June 2022
Artspace@ Helutrans, Singapore

BORDERLESS
Curatorial & Multimedia Creative
6 - 9 August 2022

Verse Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Sine Pop! Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

 

2021

LASKAR PELANGI: Senandika 2021 Online Exhibition
Student-lead Project by LASKAR NAFA, Indonesian Student Association
January 2021 - April 2021
Curatorial team lead

A City of Kamu: Archiving Imaginations, Imagining Archive
8 - 16 April 2021
Fine Art Showcase, NAFA Campus 1, Singapore
Curatorial / Production Lead, advised by Noor Iskandar




 

Achievements

UAL International Postgraduate Scholarships 
2025-2026

Curatorial Lab Open Call 2025
Shortlist - in collaboration with Alya Rahmat & Akai Chew
Objectifs Singapore


Woon Tai Jee Art Prize 2024 (First Prize)

Woon Tai Jee Art Prize is an art prize given out by the Woon Brothers Foundation for the best NAFA Fine Art Undergraduate Final Year Project.

Quarter-Finalist for Bawang Merah & Bawang Merah 
2023
Student World Impact Film Festival, USA

Nominee - Arts Future Asia, Hong Kong
2023

Shortlisted - Global Design Graduate Show in Collaboration with GUCCI

Arts Thread
Shortlisted for Global Design Graduate Show 2022 in Fine Art Category.

Best Graduate Award
June 2022
NAFA Fine Art Graduating Award

Best Studentship Prize
June 2022
NAFA Fine Art Graduating Award

Lim Ai Fang Art Prize 2022 (Second Prize)
Lim Ai Fang Art Prize is an art prize given out by the Woon Brothers Foundation for the best NAFA Fine Art Diploma Final Year Project.

The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal
June 2022
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal is the most prestigious award given out to NAFA Diploma Graduates.

NAFA Talent Development Programme

Recipient of NAFA Talent Development Programme
batch 2020

Dean's List Awards
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Year 1 Semester 2 (2020)
Year 2 Semester 1 (2020)
Year 2 Semester 2 (2021)

Year 3 Semester 1 (2021)
Year 3 Semester 2 (2022)

NAFA Scholarships Diploma Awards
Academic Year 2021/2022

Tan Ean Kiam Arts Scholarship (Diploma)
Academic Year 2020/2021
 

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