About / Contact
based between Amsterdam & Jakarta
fransiscangela@gmail.com
Fransisca Angela is a documentary photographer from Jakarta. She works from within everyday lived experiences. Her work mainly touches upon human stories in relation to place, the in-between, and memory. In her practice, she utilizes various mediums, from image, text, audio, and video installation. Through personal narratives, she invites people to experience life fragments that allow them to reimagine a new reality, standing in for what has been lost amidst adversity. Fransisca is currently a resident artist at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Besides her pursuit in the arts, she works professionally on editorial and commission projects with brands, publications, and organizations worldwide.
For inquiries / assignment / just want to say hi, please get in touch : fransiscangela@gmail.com
Residency, Grant, Fellowship
Select Clients Airbnb / Airbnb.org / World Monuments Fund / Red Ventures / realme / Lonely Planet / Shell / Mercy Corps / British Embassy / VCCP / I Like Local / Herbana Editorial Monocle / UNESCO Courier / Alphabet Family Journal / Design*Sponge / DestinAsian Indonesia / L'Officiel / ELLE Decoration
Exhibition & Reading Performance
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, Sieam Reap
2020 Words shattered, blabbered, 16th Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
2018 In Transit: 23, Indoestri, Jakarta
2017 Ambient Landscapes, Black Eye Gallery, Sydney
Publication
2018 In Transit: 23, Collection of Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Teaching & Speaking Engagement
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
based between Amsterdam & Jakarta
fransiscangela@gmail.com
Fransisca Angela is a documentary photographer from Jakarta. She works from within everyday lived experiences. Her work mainly touches upon human stories in relation to place, the in-between, and memory. In her practice, she utilizes various mediums, from image, text, audio, and video installation. Through personal narratives, she invites people to experience life fragments that allow them to reimagine a new reality, standing in for what has been lost amidst adversity. Fransisca is currently a resident artist at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Besides her pursuit in the arts, she works professionally on editorial and commission projects with brands, publications, and organizations worldwide.
For inquiries / assignment / just want to say hi, please get in touch : fransiscangela@gmail.com
Residency, Grant, Fellowship
2023-24 Resident Artist, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2022 Photobook As Object with Yumi Goto, Jakarta
2021 Magnum Foundation PSJ Felllowship, New York
2019 Angkor Photo Workshop, Siem Reap
2022 Photobook As Object with Yumi Goto, Jakarta
2021 Magnum Foundation PSJ Felllowship, New York
2019 Angkor Photo Workshop, Siem Reap
Select Clients Airbnb / Airbnb.org / World Monuments Fund / Red Ventures / realme / Lonely Planet / Shell / Mercy Corps / British Embassy / VCCP / I Like Local / Herbana Editorial Monocle / UNESCO Courier / Alphabet Family Journal / Design*Sponge / DestinAsian Indonesia / L'Officiel / ELLE Decoration
Exhibition & Reading Performance
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, Sieam Reap
2020 Words shattered, blabbered, 16th Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
2018 In Transit: 23, Indoestri, Jakarta
2017 Ambient Landscapes, Black Eye Gallery, Sydney
Publication
2018 In Transit: 23, Collection of Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Teaching & Speaking Engagement
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