Shaista Sosrowardoyo (b. 1999) is a Malaysian-Indonesian, Dublin-based aspiring creative practitioner, programmer, curator, and producer.
Currently, they are co-producing an upcoming exhibition with artists Daire O'Shea and Sophie Gough and curated by Sara Muthi at the Complex, Dublin for 2022. They have previously held the position of research intern and student forum member at the Douglas Hyde Gallery for Contemporary Art, Dublin. Their work sayang (2021) was exhibited at the Douglas Hyde Gallery for Culture Night 2021.
They have recently completed an M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage at Trinity College, Dublin. My postgraduate thesis focuses on the relationship between contemporary art and the archive. They also hold a first-class degree in BA (Hons) Anthropology at the University of Bristol. Their main research interests include the power of contemporary art to inform public historical understanding, the queering of visual culture, archiving, and curatorial practice, the decolonisation of art spaces, and the uses of non-conventional creative and interdisciplinary methods to en
Projects
Work history
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Exhibition Co-ProducerThe Complex Dublin
Dublin, IrelandFreelance
- Working in Research, Funding, and Communications for upcoming show at the Complex with Irish artists Daire O'Shea and Sophie Gough, curated by Sara Muthi
- Writing funding applications, studio visits, communications work, research and pedagogy for artists
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Research InternThe Douglas Hyde Gallery
- Dublin, IrelandInternship
- Taking Part Project: Exploring participation, accessibility and exclusion
- Researched non-visitors of museums, galleries and heritage sites
- Producing literature review and questionnaire to carry out report identifying barriers preventing people from engaging with cultural events and contemporary art
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Skills
- Artist Liaison
- Social Media Management
- Research Projects
- Analytical Writing
- Interviewing
- Creative Programming
- Charity Fundraising
- Event Organisation
- Curating
- Producing
Education
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Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- Dublin, Ireland
- Thesis: "Creative Interventions: Reimagining the Archive and Public History-Making in Contemporary Archival Art", supervised by Brian Hanley
- Produced critical papers on a variety of subjects:
o Ghosts in the Present: An Investigation of Historical Re-enactment with The Act of Killing (2012) dir. Joshua Oppenheimer (1st Class / 77%)
o Returning the Gaze: Postcolonial Photographic Potentialities of Yee I-Lann and Ingrid Pollard (1st Class / 76%)
o Transgender and Non-Binary Visions: The Trapdoor of Photographic Visibility (1st Class / 75%)
o The White Cube: A Model for Elitist and Exclusionary Arts Institutions (Pass)
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Bristol University
- Senate House, Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK
- Graduated with First Class Honours
- Won top dissertation prize of the cohort, scoring a First Class (82%).
- Dissertation title “Crisis, Flux & Stress”: An Investigation of Adolescent Identity and Sexuality in Young Women using Ethnographic Film-Elicitation.” Incorporated film studies, gender theory, spectatorship theory and social anthropology to investigate role of film in identity-formation
- Relevant modules: “Visions: Experiments in Creative Anthropology” (1:1), “Gender, Sexuality and the Body” (1:1), “Lives on the Move: Migration and Mobility from a Global Perspective” (1:1), “Contemporary British Cinema” (2:1)
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Awards
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Disseration PrizeUniversity of Bristol
I was awarded the Dissertation Prize for the top dissertation in my year group. My Dissertation was titled: “Crisis, Flux & Stress”: An Investigation of Adolescent Identity and Sexuality in Young Women using Ethnographic Film-Elicitation. I was graded a 1:1 (82%).