Art, space & the work between
Fine art, exhibition-making, artistic direction and cultural project development.
Nizar Mohamad is an artistic director and exhibition designer based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who works within the context of contemporary art and Indonesian culture. Through artistic curation and exhibition design, he promotes concepts and narratives of everyday education through a visual arts approach, particularly in exhibition design.
Nizar Mohamad collaborates with various cross-disciplinary communities, artists and festival organisers in Yogyakarta. His long-term projects focus on educating the general public in the artistic curation of exhibitions. In 2022, he initiated the ‘Artwedding’ concept by connecting bridal couples with artists to design more inclusive wedding art installations. The aim is to cultivate and educate bridal couples and their families as collective collectors. From 2025, he was part of the exhibition team at one of Southeast Asia’s largest visual arts festivals, ARTJOG. His role at ARTJOG encompasses both the managerial and technical-artistic aspects of the exhibition.
Most recently, Nizar Mohamad has been involved as an exhibition designer for Inovokasia (GIK, Yogyakarta, 2025), as an Art Handler for the Mampir Gelanggang exhibition (GIK, Yogyakarta, 2025), ARTJOG 2026 (Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, 2026), and as Creative Art Lead at the Inacraft Festival (Jogja Expo Centre, Yogyakarta, 2026).