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  • CITRA SASMITA | FIRST SOLO IN Kunsthall Stavanger, Who Stole The Sky

    Kunsthall Stavanger
    March 12, 2026
  • Thresholds | White Cube, HK

    Curated by Galuh Sukardi | 31 October 2025 – 10 January 2026
    October 31, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita Reimagines Balinese Myth in Debut Poetry Collection, Books of Fire

    27 September 2025
  • CITRA SASMITA I WHITE CUBE HONG KONG I THRESHOLDS EXHIBITION

    31 October 2025 – 10 January 2026
  • Citra Sasmita | Layers of Accumulated Time at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

    28 April 2025 - 28 September 2025
  • Citra Sasmita. Photo: Gus Agung Niskala Studio

    Asian Art Newspaper | Citra Sasmita Full Feature Summer 2025

    Oliver Sand, Asian Art, June 12, 2025
  • Photographs by Steven Molina Contreras

    The Art Newspaper | Following the thread at Frieze

    In Pictures Frieze New York
    Benjamin Sutton and Elena Goukassian, The Art Newspaper, May 11, 2025
  • Installation View, Yeo Workshop Frieze New York 2025. Image courtesy of Citra Sasmita.

    Yeo Workshop Presents | Citra Sasmita for Frieze New York

    uzomah ugwu, Arte Realizzata, May 9, 2025
  • Forbes | Citra Sasmita in Discover This Artist Leading Bali’s Feminist Visual Revolution

    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, April 19, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita in Conversations | Living traditions: remixing heritage to challenge old stories

    Art Basel
    April 14, 2025
  • ARTnews | Citra Sasmita Rewries Balinese Mythology Through a Feminist Lens

    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalleun , ARTnews, March 27, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita, Into Eternal Land, The Curve, Barbican, 30 January - 21 April 2025 © Citra Sasmita. Photo: Jo Underhill / Barbican

    ARTnews | Citra Sasmita in 'Frieze New York Names More Than 65 Galleries for 2025 Edition'

    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews, February 18, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita, Into Eternal Land, The Curve, Barbican, 30 January - 21 April 2025 © Citra Sasmita. Photo: Jo Underhill / Barbican

    Frieze | Citra Sasmita in ''The Best and Brightest’ – First Details of Frieze New York 2025'

    Frieze NY, February 18, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita, Into Eternal Land, Act Three, 2024, from Into Eternal Land, The Curve, Barbican, 2025. Courtesy Citra Sasmita

    Something Curated | 'The Sacred and the Feminist: In Conversation with Indonesian Artist Citra Sasmita'

    Keshav Anand, Something Curated, January 25, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita photographed for the FT © Toby Coulson

    Financial Times | Citra Sasmita on reclaiming Bali’s art from the tourists — and the patriarchy

    Charlotte Jansen, Financial Times, January 24, 2025
  • ART SG 2025, presented by Yeo Workshop, 17 – 19 January, Marina Bay Sands Expo and and Convention Centre. Image courtesy of Yeo Workshop. Photography by Nuhayd Naufal

    Art Asia Pacific | Citra Sasmita in 'Reframing the Region at Art SG 2025'

    Kamori Osthananda, Art Asia Pacific, January 22, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita, Into Eternal Land, The Curve, Barbican, 30 January - 21 April 2025 © Citra Sasmita. Photo: Jo Underhill / Barbican

    Barbican | Travel Into Eternal Land, Interview with Citra Sasmita

    Barbican, January 9, 2025
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur MerahProject IX: Beyond the Realm of Senses (Allegory of the Archipelago) (2023). Exhibition view: Choreographies of the Impossible, 35th São Paulo Biennale (6 September–10 December 2023). Photo: Levi Fanan/ Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

    Ocula | Balinese Artist Citra Sasmita to Show at London’s Barbican

    Elaine YJ Zheng, Ocula, November 6, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, (left to right) “Esoteric Dance 1,” “Esoteric Dance,” “Esoteric Dance 3” (all 2024), on view at 32 Lisgar as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art, 2024; commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art. Image courtesy of Hyperallergic.

    Hyperallergic | Citra Sasmita in 'Artists Wrestle With Global Turmoil at the Toronto Biennial'

    The third edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA) suggests that we can make a home through scarcity and find merriment and beauty amid instability.
    Eunice Bélidor, Hyperallergic, November 4, 2024
  • Installation view of ‘Mutation of Thought’ by Citra Sasmita at ICAD 14. Image courtesy of ICAD.

    Art & Market | ICAD 14: Unexpected

    An immersive interdisciplinary collaboration
    Sharrona Valezka, Art & Market, November 4, 2024
  • Image courtesy of Kunsthalle Bega Timisoara

    e-flux | Citra Sasmita in 'Land of Fire'

    Kunsthalle Bega
    e-flux, October 17, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Various works. Installation view, Toronto Biennial of Art, Canada.

    TORONTO BIENNIAL OF ART | Citra Sasmita in 'Precarious Joys'

    21 September – 1 December 2024
    Toronto Biennial of Art, September 21, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, “Esoteric Dance 2” (2024), acrylic on Kamasan canvas, 45 1/3 x 31 1/2 (115 x 80 cm), at 32 Lisgar as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art (photo by Toni Hafkenscheid, courtesy the Toronto Biennial of Art)

    Hyperallergic | Toronto Biennial of Art Promises Joy Amid Precarity

    Priya D’Souza McDonough, Hyperallergic, September 19, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Ode to The Sun, 2020, Acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, Dimensions variable. Installation view, Arts Maebashi, Japan, 2024.

    Arts Maebashi | Citra Sasmita in 'Liquidscape: Southeast Asia Today'

    Sep 21 ― Dec 24, 2024
    Arts Maebashi, August 29, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project I: Embrace of My Motherland, 2019, commission artwork of Biennale Jogja, ‘Do we live in the same playground?’. Courtesy of the artist and Biennale Jogja 2019.

    Art Basel | Citra Sasmita in 'Bali’s ancient scrolls get a feminist makeover'

    Carlos Quijon Jr, Art Basel, August 22, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Fragments from Book of Fire 1, 2024. Acrylic painting on Kamasan traditional canvas, 45.5 x 31.5 cm. Courtesy : the artist and Yeo Workshop

    Frieze | Seven Asian Women Artists Not to Miss at Frieze Seoul 2024

    Coinciding with ‘Talking Bodies’ at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Frieze Seoul sees stand-out presentations by Asian women artists
    Frieze, July 27, 2024
  • SILVERLENS | Soft Fantasy/Hard Reality

    Silverlens, New York, June 20, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Into Eternal Land, The Curve, Barbican, 30 January - 21 April 2025 © Citra Sasmita. Photo: Jo Underhill / Barbican

    Barbican | Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

    Barbican, May 14, 2024
  • Installation view, Ten Thousand Suns, 24th Biennale of Sydney 2024, Chau Chak Wing Museum. Photo: David James.

    ARTLINK | Indonesia in Ten Thousand Suns: 24th Biennale of Sydney

    Jennifer Yang, Artlink, May 12, 2024
  • Exhibition view of work by Citra Sasmita during the traveling exhibition of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible at Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia. Image by Leo Monteiro / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

    35TH BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO | Traveling Exhibition: Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador

    Curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes and Manuel Borja-Villel, 35TH BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO, May 2, 2024
  • KADIST | A Woman You Thought You Knew

    Kadist, April 10, 2024
  • Image Courtesy the Artist and Gus Agung, Niskala Studio

    Biennial Foundation | Artist List for Hawai’i Triennial 2025

    March 29, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Prophecy of Eternal Ray, 2022, 75 x 140 cm

    Baro Galeria | Disobedient Bodies: Without Gods, Patrons or Mysteries

    Baro Galeria, March 23, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project X: Theater in The Land of God and Beasts (detail), 2023, mixed media, dimensions variable.

    Artforum | Still Waters Run Deep

    Artforum , March 14, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, installation view of Timur Merah Project XII: Rivers With No End, 2023, in “After Rain” at the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, 2024. Photo by Marco Cappelletti. Courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation

    Artsy | 6 Standout Works at the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale

    Reena Devi , Artsy, March 14, 2024
  • Timur Merah Project XII: Rivers with No End

    The Frontier Post | Highlights from this year's Diriyah Biennale

    Rawaa Talass, The Frontier Post, March 10, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project X: Bedtime Story, 2023, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, oak dowels. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous support from the Australia-Indonesia Institute. Timur Merah Project IV: Tales of Nowhere, 2020, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, oak dowels. Commissioned by UOB for Children Art Space MACAN Museum Jakarta, Indonesia 2020. Courtesy the artist and Yeo Workshop, Singapore. Photo by David James.

    Concrete Playground | Ten Thousand Suns: 24th Biennale of Sydney

    Sarah Ward , Concrete Playground , March 8, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita’s Timur Merah Project X: Bedtime Story hangs in the Chau Chak Wing Museum. Photograph: David Young

    The Guardian | Sydney Biennale 2024: Armageddon is met with joy and subversion in epic art feast

    Kelly Burke , The Guardian , March 8, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project XI: Bedtime Story, 2023 - 2024 Acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, oak dowel 2 pieces, each 800 x 150cm (detail)

    24th Biennale of Sydney | Chau Chak Wing Museum announces Biennale of Sydney artists

    University of Sydney , March 4, 2024
  • Maryanto, Dredge up fate (sand excavation site Kaliworo), 2024, Acrylic on linen canvas, 150 x 200 cm

    Arab News | Indonesian artists seek to amplify Southeast Asian aesthetics at Art Dubai

    Sheany Yasuko Lai , Arab News, February 29, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project X: Bedtime Story, 2023, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, oak dowels, Dimensions variable. Image courtesy David Young.

    OCULA | 8 Artists to See at Biennale of Sydney 2024

    Phoebe Bradford , Ocula , February 28, 2024
  • Installation View of Yeo Workshop. Image Courtesy: Yeo Workshop

    The National News | First look: What's there and who's at the Art Dubai 2024 contemporary section

    Razmig Bedirian, The National News , February 28, 2024
  • STIRpad | Art Dubai 2024 focuses on diverse galleries and artists from the Global South

    Manu Sharma, STIRpad, February 26, 2024
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project XII: Rivers With No End, 2023 Wooden Pillars, fabric Size variable

    Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale | After Rain - Citra Sasmita

    Diriyah Biennale Foundation, February 20, 2024
  • FRAMER FRAMED | The One-Straw Revolution

    FRAMER FRAMED, February 11, 2024
  • Installation view of Citra Sasmita's works during the traveling exhibition of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Image by Fabio Souza / MAM Rio

    35TH BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO | Traveling Exhibition for Museum of Modern Art Rio de Janeiro

    Curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes, and Manuel Borja-Villel, 35th Bienal de São Paulo, January 27, 2024
  • 35th Bienal de São Paulo | choreographies of the impossible

    January 27, 2024
  • Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai 2023 | The Open World

    December 9, 2023
  • Citra Sasmita, Peculiar Garden, 2022 (detail), ink and acrylic on Kamasan canvas, 135 × 150 cm. Courtesy Yeo Workshop, Singapore

    ArtReview | Citra Sasmita: Season of the Snake

    Adeline Chia , November 9, 2023
  • Toronto 2024 Biennial | First Announcements

    Biennale of Toronto, November 7, 2023
  • e-flux | Artists, title and curatorial framework for 2024 edition, Diriyah Biennale Foundation

    e-flux, October 25, 2023
  • MARIE CLAIRE BRAZIL | Citra Sasmita

    Marie Claire , October 1, 2023
  • Installation view, works by Citra Sasmita at the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

    Wallpaper | São Paulo Biennial 2023: activism, repressed cultures and South America's art history under the lens

    Amah-Rose Abrams, Wallpaper*, September 23, 2023
  • Installation view, works by Citra Sasmita at the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

    Artsy | The 35th São Paulo Bienal Revives Forgotten Memories

    Ayanna Dozier , Artsy , September 23, 2023
  • Installation view, works by Citra Sasmita at the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

    ArtThrob | Return to the body : 35th São Paulo Bienal – choreographies of the impossible

    Keeely Shinners, ArtThrob , September 15, 2023
  • Installation view, works by Citra Sasmita at the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

    FRIEZE | 'Various Earths': On the 35th Bienal de São Paulo

    Marko Gluhaich, FRIEZE, September 15, 2023
  • Casa Vogue Brasil | Ode à Complexidade

    Giuliana Capello, Casa Vogue Brasil, September 1, 2023
  • Citra Sasmita, ‘The Green Paradise’, 2023, antique wood carving hanger, fabric, acrylic on traditional Kamasan canvas, 165.5 x 117cm. Image courtesy of Yeo Workshop.

    Art & Market | August Round Up

    Vivyan Yeo, Art & Market, August 2, 2023
  • Biennale of Sydney | First Announcements

    Biennale of Sydney, July 25, 2023
  • Citra Sasmita amidst her works at at ArtSG 2023. Image courtesy of Yeo Workshop

    ArtForum | BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

    ArtForum, ArtForum, June 29, 2023
  • The Oracle Of The Land And Sea by Citra Sasmita. (Photos curtesy of 333 Gallery)

    Bangkok Post | Embark on a journey of body and identity

    Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post, June 14, 2023
  • 'Body, Community, and Society: She is House' at 333 Gallery, installation view. Image courtesy of Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani.

    Art & Market | June Round-Up

    Vivyan Yeo, Art & Market, June 1, 2023
  • Portrait of CITRA SASMITA. Photo by Gus Agung/Niskala Studio. All images courtesy the artist.

    ArtAsiaPacific | Citra Sasmita: Imagined Cosmologies

    Kerstin Winking, ArtAsiaPacific, May 1, 2023
  • Imelda Cajipe Endaya, The Wife is a DH, 1995. Multimedia installation, 176 × 116 × 65.5 cm. Courtesy the artist and Visual Arts and Museum Division, Cultural Center of the Philippines. Photo: Erik Liongoren.

    e-flux | ArtAsiaPacific May/June 2023

    ArtAsiaPacific, May 1, 2023
  • ArtReview | Thailand Biennale announces theme and artists for 2023 edition

    ArtReview, ArtReview, March 30, 2023
  • Installation view of From The Land of Gold Below the Winds in the South Seas, Yeo Workshop at Art SG. PHOTO: NG WUGANG

    Galerie | How This New Art Fair Is Making Singapore a Major Art Destination

    Paul Laster, Galerie, January 13, 2023
  • Citra Sasmita: NTU CCA SEA AiR

    December 7, 2022
  • Citra Sasmita, Prophet and Spirits of the Forest, 2020

    Portfolio | Rise of Asia

    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Portfolio, November 1, 2022
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project III, Prophet and Spirits of the Forest, 2020, acrylic on Kamasan canvas, 300 x 90 cm. Photo courtesy of Yeo Workshop.P

    Forbes | Asia Now Fair Director Alexandra Fain On Bringing Asian Contemporary Art To Europe

    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, October 25, 2022
  • Citra Sasmita, "Luminous Opera" (2022). Installation of the Yeo Workshop Contemporary Art stand at the Monnaie de Paris for the Asia Now fair.

    Numéro | Asia Now 2022: between glitched ceramics and committed hangings, 5 works not to be missed

    Camille Bois-Martin, Numéro, October 21, 2022
  • SAVVY - CONTEMPORARY | GARDEN OF TEN SEASONS, 11.06.–10.07

    SAVVY Contemporary, June 11, 2022
  • JAKARTA POST | Artist Citra Sasmita “hacks” patriarchal Balinese traditions

    Titah AW, THE JAKARTA POST, March 8, 2022
  • FORBES | Singapore-Based Gallerist Audrey Yeo On The State Of Southeast Asian Contemporary Art

    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, January 13, 2022
  • PLURAL ART MAG | Flipping the Script: Balinese Artist Citra Sasmita Reframes Traditional Epics

    NAIMA, PLURAL, August 10, 2021
  • ART ASIA PACIFIC ALMANAC 2021 | Exhibitions of 2020: Citra Sasmita ‘Ode to the Sun’

    Chloe Chu, Ophelia Lai, HG Masters, Art Asia Pacific, January 1, 2021
  • Citra Sasmita, Timur Merah Project: The Embrace of My Motherland, 2019, acrylic on Kamasan canvas with turmeric and spices, 90 × 400 cm. Courtesy Biennale Jogja XV, Yogyakarta]

    Art Review | Biennale Jogja XV Equator: ‘Do we live in the same playground?’

    Kathleen Ditzig, ArtReview, April 1, 2020
  • Citra Sasmita. Image courtesy of Yeo Workshop

    ART AND MARKET | Conversation with Balinese Artist Citra Sasmita

    Ho See Wah, Art and Market, March 9, 2020
  • Citra Sasmita, Song of Fire Blossom (2019). Acrylic on Traditional Kamasan canvas. 70 x 50 cm. Courtesy the artist and Yeo Workshop.

    OCULA | Singapore Lowdown: Shows to See

    Tessa Moldan, Ocula, January 10, 2020
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