About / Contact
based between Amsterdam & Jakarta
fransiscangela@gmail.com
Fransisca Angela is a photographer and visual artist from Jakarta. She works from within everyday lived experiences. Her work mainly touches upon human stories in relation to place, the in-between, and collective memory. In her practice, she utilizes various mediums, from image, text, film, and installation. Through personal narratives, she invites people to experience life's fragments, allowing them to reimagine a new reality that stands in for what has been lost amidst adversity. Central to her practice is creating space for collective consciousness through storytelling and conversation. Fransisca is currently a resident artist at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Besides her pursuit of the arts, she works professionally on editorial and commission projects with brands, publications, and organizations worldwide.
For inquiries / just want to say hi, please get in touch: fransiscangela@gmail.com
Residency, Grant, & Fellowship
Exhibition
2025 (until 26 July) Then, The Orchids Turned Grey, Woven Stories, Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam
2025 (forthcoming) Zomer in zwart-wit, Schietbaan, Marineterrein Amsterdam
2025 La Uma / Our Home, Heritage in Focus, Photoville, New York
2025 The Magnolia Grows at Night (installation), Rijksakademie Open Studios
2024 The Magnolia Grows at Night (live 16mm projections), SPECTRAL Showcase, Rotterdam
2024 La Uma / Our Home, Heritage in Focus, Paris Photo
2024 La Uma / Our Home (Video Installation), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam
2020 Words shattered, blabbered, 16th Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
2018 In Transit: 23, Indoestri, Jakarta
2017 Ambient Landscapes, Black Eye Gallery, Sydney
Reading Performance
2025 petals like skin, turning, Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam
2025 Reading Group Host, on Memory #3, De Appel, Amsterdam
2024 Under the Poetree, Read My World, Amsterdam
2024 350,000 Leaks by Aram Lee, Wereld Museum, Amsterdam
2024 and she couldn’t hide from the sun, Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam
2024 (Unseen) War & Conflict, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
2023 A Mic of One’s Own: My Oma, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
2023 9 Acts of Remembering, 17th Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
Text & Publication
2025 (forthcoming) The Magnolia Grows at Night, Terang Press
2025 Indies, Words: Artist Writing, Rijksakademie
2024 Indies, Gully Magazine issue 1
2024 suwun, edition of 50, risograph photo zine
2018 In Transit: 23, Collection of Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Talks & Lecture
2022 Speaker, Redefining History Through Photography, JIPFest
2021 Guest Lecture, Kapita Selekta, ISI Yogyakarta
2020 Speaker, Bincang Buku Foto, Gueari Galeri
2018 Speaker, Artist Talk, In Transit: 23, Indoestri
Mentor, Menulis Bersama, POST Bookshop
Select Client Airbnb / Airbnb.org / World Monuments Fund / Red Ventures / realme / Lonely Planet / Shell / Mercy Corps / British Embassy / VCCP / I Like Local / Herbana Editorial Monocle / National Geographic Traveler UK / Wall Street Journal / UNESCO Courier / Alphabet Family Journal / Design*Sponge / DestinAsian Indonesia / L'Officiel / ELLE Decoration
based between Amsterdam & Jakarta
fransiscangela@gmail.com
Fransisca Angela is a photographer and visual artist from Jakarta. She works from within everyday lived experiences. Her work mainly touches upon human stories in relation to place, the in-between, and collective memory. In her practice, she utilizes various mediums, from image, text, film, and installation. Through personal narratives, she invites people to experience life's fragments, allowing them to reimagine a new reality that stands in for what has been lost amidst adversity. Central to her practice is creating space for collective consciousness through storytelling and conversation. Fransisca is currently a resident artist at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Besides her pursuit of the arts, she works professionally on editorial and commission projects with brands, publications, and organizations worldwide.
For inquiries / just want to say hi, please get in touch: fransiscangela@gmail.com
Residency, Grant, & Fellowship
2023-25 Resident Artist, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2021 Magnum Foundation Photography & Social Justice Felllowship, New York
2019 Angkor Photo Workshop, Siem Reap
Screening
2025 (forthcoming) Have you called mom?, When My Mother Laughs, Mayday Rooms, London
2025 petals like skin, turning: magnolia, Six Minutes, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
2024 prosperity, luck, joy, Het Documentaire Paviljoen, Amsterdam
2024 La Uma / Our Home (Film), In The Field 2, London
2023 Heritage in Focus, World Monuments Fund & Magnum Foundation, New York
2022 Photobook As Object with Yumi Goto, Jakarta2021 Magnum Foundation Photography & Social Justice Felllowship, New York
2019 Angkor Photo Workshop, Siem Reap
Screening
2025 (forthcoming) Have you called mom?, When My Mother Laughs, Mayday Rooms, London
2025 petals like skin, turning: magnolia, Six Minutes, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
2024 prosperity, luck, joy, Het Documentaire Paviljoen, Amsterdam
2024 La Uma / Our Home (Film), In The Field 2, London
Exhibition
2025 (until 26 July) Then, The Orchids Turned Grey, Woven Stories, Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam
2025 (forthcoming) Zomer in zwart-wit, Schietbaan, Marineterrein Amsterdam
2025 La Uma / Our Home, Heritage in Focus, Photoville, New York
2025 The Magnolia Grows at Night (installation), Rijksakademie Open Studios
2024 The Magnolia Grows at Night (live 16mm projections), SPECTRAL Showcase, Rotterdam
2024 La Uma / Our Home, Heritage in Focus, Paris Photo
2024 La Uma / Our Home (Video Installation), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam
2020 Words shattered, blabbered, 16th Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
2018 In Transit: 23, Indoestri, Jakarta
2017 Ambient Landscapes, Black Eye Gallery, Sydney
Reading Performance
2025 petals like skin, turning, Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam
2025 Reading Group Host, on Memory #3, De Appel, Amsterdam
2024 Under the Poetree, Read My World, Amsterdam
2024 350,000 Leaks by Aram Lee, Wereld Museum, Amsterdam
2024 and she couldn’t hide from the sun, Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam
2024 (Unseen) War & Conflict, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
2023 A Mic of One’s Own: My Oma, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
2023 9 Acts of Remembering, 17th Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
Text & Publication
2025 (forthcoming) The Magnolia Grows at Night, Terang Press
2025 Indies, Words: Artist Writing, Rijksakademie
2024 Indies, Gully Magazine issue 1
2024 suwun, edition of 50, risograph photo zine
2018 In Transit: 23, Collection of Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Talks & Lecture
2022 Speaker, Redefining History Through Photography, JIPFest
2021 Guest Lecture, Kapita Selekta, ISI Yogyakarta
2020 Speaker, Bincang Buku Foto, Gueari Galeri
2018 Speaker, Artist Talk, In Transit: 23, Indoestri
Mentor, Menulis Bersama, POST Bookshop
Select Client Airbnb / Airbnb.org / World Monuments Fund / Red Ventures / realme / Lonely Planet / Shell / Mercy Corps / British Embassy / VCCP / I Like Local / Herbana Editorial Monocle / National Geographic Traveler UK / Wall Street Journal / UNESCO Courier / Alphabet Family Journal / Design*Sponge / DestinAsian Indonesia / L'Officiel / ELLE Decoration