TARA KASENDA
Tara Kasenda (b. 1990, Jakarta) is an Indonesian artist based in Paris. She works primarily with oil painting, alongside installation and new media. Her practice draws from the history of painting while examining how images shape memory and identity, both personal and collective.
Since relocating to Paris, the sky has become a recurring subject in her work — a way to reflect on continuity, distance, and belonging. Blur plays a central role in her visual language, embracing states of ambiguity and transition. Her work often reflects the tension between her Indonesian background and her current life in France, grounded in both art history and personal theoretical research.
Kasenda’s work has been exhibited in Southeast Asia and Europe, and is part of private and institutional collections. In 2019, she was featured in Forbes Indonesia’s “30 Under 30” in Art, Style & Entertainment. Solo exhibitions include TAKSA (Jakarta, 2013), Somatic Markers (Yogyakarta, 2014), Wheedled Beings (Taipei, 2015), Unshut Windows (Paris, 2021), Eternal Ephemeral (Paris, 2021), and Superlight (Paris, 2023).
She will present a solo show at ASIA NOW 2025 with Galerie Prima, Paris.
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It's not something we say, 2025 -
We never look enough, 2025
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Pax Vobiscum, 2023
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Fiat Lux, 2022
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Fiat Lux, 2022
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Ora Pro Nobis, 2022
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Rue Charlot, 2021
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Sentier, 2021
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Turbigo, 2021
TARA KASENDA
Born 1990, Jakarta — Lives and works in Paris
EDUCATION
2020 — Master of Arts in Transdisciplinary New Media, Paris College of Art, Paris, France
2013 — Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia
AWARDS
2019 — Forbes Indonesia “30 Under 30”, Art, Style, and Entertainment
2017 — Finalist, Bandung Contemporary Art Award #5, Indonesia
SOLO SHOWS
2025 — ASIA NOW, Solo Show with Galerie Prima, Paris, France
2023 — SUPERLIGHT, Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris, France
2021 — ETERNAL EPHEMERAL, Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris, France
2021 — UNSHUT WINDOWS, Galerie ADLA, Paris, France
2015 — WHEEDLED BEINGS, Art Taipei (Young Emerging Artist), Taipei, Taiwan
2014 — SOMATIC MARKERS, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2013 — TAKSA, Ark Galerie, Jakarta, Indonesia
SELECTED GROP SHOWS
2025 — KIASMOS/CHIASM, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2025 — THE APARTMENTS (duo show with Yuki Nakayama), ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2024 — ABSTRACTION/DISTINCTION, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
2024 — INFUSION, La Richardière, Lhomme, France
2023 — FUSION FLUX, ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2023 — WHERE IS THE LINE, ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2022 — ON REPRESENTATION (Menyoal yang Lirada), Galeri Ruang Dini, Bandung, Indonesia
2022 — FRAGMENTS, Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris, France
2022 — TITICARA, ISA Art & Design, Jakarta, Indonesia
2021 — INVISIBLE THREADS, Art Fair Philippines, Yavuz Gallery, Makati, Philippines
2020 — FIRST LIGHT, Yavuz Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2020 — SALON D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Maison Contemporain, Paris, France
2019 — INTO THE FUTURE, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta
2019 — SHIFT, Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
2017 — EQUIDISTANT NIGHT, Provenance Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2017 — SOCIAL TURBULENCE, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2016 — UNIVERSE BEHIND THE DOOR, ArTotel, Jakarta
2016 — A.S.A.P, G13 Gallery, Selangor, Malaysia
2015 — NEW FUTURE, Art1 Museum, Jakarta
2015 — HERE-THERE-EVERYWHERE, Galeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia
2014 — HOLE IN THE WALL, Ruci Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2012 — ARTJOG12 — LOOKING EAST, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
