Manuela Wijayanti (Jakarta, 8 Mei1990) mulai mengenal seni sejak tahun 1993 dan aktif memamerkan karyanya sejak tahun 2005. Ella pertama kali meninggalkan Indonesia setelah mendapat beasiswa dari Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) di Singapura, di mana ia mulai mengasah kemampuan keseniannya. Sejak itu, Ella memfokuskan perhatiannya pada seni lukis dan pindah ke Amerika Serikat untuk belajar di School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), di mana ia dianugerahi Distinguished Merit scholarship. Melalui berkarya dengan para penasihatnya di Advanced Painting Studios, Ella memperluas kekaryaannya untuk mencakup berbagai macam media, konsep, dan intensi. Ia lulus dari SAIC pada tahun 2015 dengan the Edward L Ryerson Fellowship Award dan terus berkarya di Chicago sampai kembali ke Jakarta di tahun 2017.
Karier
SOLO EXHIBITION and PERFORMANCE
2016 MUM (Performance), Kedai Kebun Art Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2009 Strawberry Little Show, FoTA, Chicago, IL, USA
2008 Chasing After The Wind, National Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
2007 It’s Just Been Started, National Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
GROUP EXHIBITION and PERFORMANCE
2021 -Message In a Bottle: A Three-Part Opera for the Foliage of Rumah Tangga (with Judith
Brotman and Kurt Peterson), 2021 Terrain Biennial, Chicago, USA
-Inside Out / Outside In, Art Agenda, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Art Moments 2021, ISA Art & Design, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Group Show (online), Shrine Gallery, New York City, USA
-Humdrum Hum (Art Jakarta Virtual), ISA Art & Design, Jakarta, Indonesia
2020 -Doorways of Mercy, duo with Kurt Peterson, Rumah Tangga, Depok, Indonesia
-30 under 30, ISA Art & Design, Jakarta, Indonesia
-I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)...*, Rubanah Underground Hub, Jakarta, Indonesia
2019 -The Salon, Telok Ayer Arts Club, Singapore
-Art Jakarta 2019, ISA Art & Design, JCC Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
-2D|3D : Interaction|Intersection, RUCI Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Art Moments 2019, Project Mei, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Reinventing Eve, ISA Art Advisory, Jakarta, Indonesia
2018 -exi(s)t #7: From Another Time, dia.lo.gue Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Ruci Art Wall: RAW Vol.1, RUCI Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Expedition Camp 2018 (performance festival), Semanggi Foundation, Tangerang, Indonesia
-Art Jakarta 2018, with RUCI Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Festival Seni Performa Kaliwungu 2018, Kendal, Central Java, Indonesia
-Soft Language with BraveBread (duo performance), Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore
-Alma Mater, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
-Grass is Ordinary (duo performance), Lemari Buku-Buku Festival, National Library, Jakarta, Indonesia
2017 -Art Market Jakarta Vol. 8, Kuningan City, Jakarta, Indonesia
-Art-Tivities Now, ArtSerpong Gallery, Tangerang, Indonesia
2016 -Remarkable Indonesia, Consulate General Republic of Indonesia, Chicago, IL
2015 -Open Colon, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
-Advanced Pain, Cry Baby Gallery, Chicago, IL
-BFA Spring 2015, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 -The Breakup Art Show, W 21st Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 -Groupie Materials: 4 Levels of Excitement, Rogers Park, Chicago, IL
-Artbash 2013, SUGs Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 -Pasir, University of Indonesia Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
-On The Dot, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore
-Seed, Social Creative Museum, Singapore
-Collective Individuality, Goodman Arts Center, Singapore
-From Here to Where, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011 -EVROPA, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore
-ARTJOG 2011, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2010 -Waiting Room, Moof Roof, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2008 -Thousands of Islands’ Flavor, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
