ARCOLABS is a Jakarta-based art initiative dedicated to curating and promoting new media and contemporary art. We connect artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts to foster a vibrant community and encourage the exploration of innovative artistic expressions. Our curated exhibitions and programs aim to inspire dialogue and ignite creativity, making art accessible to everyone.
Jeong Ok Jeon, Director
Jeong Ok Jeon (b. 1975) is a Jakarta-based Korean curator, educator, and researcher specialized in new media art, curatorial studies, and art education. Her recent curatorial projects include “Media X Space: Beyond Illumination” (2025), an international tech art exhibition in Jakarta; “Imposter” (2025), a browser-based exhibition; “Terra Dialectic” (2023), a national Media Art Community Festival in Lombok; “Cosmos Chronology” (2023),a Space Art Exhibition in Yogyakarta. As an educator, she initiated XPLORE: New Media Art Incubation, a program to enhance the competencies of emerging artists and curators in art and technology. She has shared her research and experiences at various academic and professional conferences, SATA – Society Art Technology Asia (2025) in Hong Kong; Immersio: New Media Art Exhibition (2024) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; RE:SOURCE – The 10th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science, and Technology (2023) in Venice, Italy; and Hello from the Global Creative Laboratories! (2023) in Tokyo, Japan. In 2026 she serves as a curator-in-residence at Ars Electronica, sponsored by Arts Council Korea and also the Artistic Director for Art Moments, a premium art fair in Jakarta. Jeon holds a PhD in Arts Education at the Education University of Indonesia.
Evelyn Huang, Curator
Evelyn Huang (b.1984) graduated with a Master of Arts from the Jakarta Institute of the Arts after obtaining a Master of Humanities in Cultural Studies from the Universitas Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, Evelyn began her curatorial career after attending a curatorial workshop organized by the Japan Foundation in 2014. In the same year, she became a founding member of ARCOLABS, a Jakarta-based curatorial initiative, where she has since been actively involved in media art exhibitions and international exchange programs. From 2015 to 2018, she also served as a curator for the Jakarta-based young artist incubation program “Exi(s)t”, initiated by Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace and mentored by FX Harsono. Some of her curatorial projects include ASEAN – Korea Media and Installation Art Exhibition (2014-2015); KACES – ODA Made in Cirebon (2020-2021); “Mediascape: Materials, Senses and Beyond”, Galeri Salihara (2021); “Media Arts Community Festival”, Bengkulu (2022) and Lombok (2023); “Jakarta Provoke” (2024-2025).
Patricia Penina Adele, Curator
Patricia Penina Adele (b. 1982) is a design practitioner, researcher, and lecturer at Binus University. She began her curatorial work as a curatorial assistant for the Center for Arts and Design at Surya University in 2013. She is also a founding member of ARCOLABS (est. 2014), where she contributes to curatorial projects and design. Currently, she serves as the Gallery and Exhibition Coordinator at the School of Design where she curates programs and facilitates creative processes. Her professional interests include branding, digital media, and environmental design, with research focused on critical thinking, sustainability, and cultural conservation. She applies various analytical methods and has experience with multimedia platforms like UX/UI design, animation, and motion graphics. In 2012, she exhibited her media art in the “Show Yourself: ASEAN Self-Portrait, Korean Self Portrait Exhibition” at the Seoul Museum of History, Korea, an event initiated by the ASEAN-Korea Centre.
Dayna Fitria Ananda, Assistant Curator
Dayna Fitria Ananda (b. 1997) is a Jakarta-based art practitioner with a concentration on art management and art education. In the fields of research and writing, Dayna has a keen interest in the history of art and art exhibitions. Dayna earned her bachelor’s degree in Visual Art Education from Jakarta State University. Her curatorial projects include “Media Arts Community Festival” in Bengkulu (2022) and in Lombok (2023), “Ring-Around” (2022 – 2023), “Lecture Series #2: Korea – Indonesia Contemporary Art” (2022 and 2024), “ANTARA: EXTENDED Media Art Exhibition” (2022), “Interconnected: Waves of Rivers, Roots, and Humans Exhibition” (2025) in Banten. In 2023 she took part in a curatorial program “Asana Bina Seni” organized by Jogja Bienale. Since 2022, Dayna serves as a curatorial assistant at ARCOLABS while also working as an art educator, providing private art courses independently.
