ISA Art Gallery brings together eighteen artists from the region and beyond for Art Jakarta Gardens 2026, featuring works by A. Sebastianus, Allyson Jeong, Arahmaiani, Ardi Gunawan, Audya Amalia, Chintia Kirana, Dabi Arnasa, Dewi Fortuna Maharani, Galih Adika, Ida Lawrence, Ines Katamso, Jumaadi, Luh’De Gita, Marten Bayuaji, Sillyndris, Sinta Tantra, Yuki Nakayama, and Zikry Rediansyah.
For this edition, the gallery presents Methods of in/Tending. The title holds a double movement. To tend is to care for, to cultivate, to remain attentive to what grows over time, as one would in a garden. Within the context of Art Jakarta Gardens 2026, this suggests a mode of practice grounded in maintenance, patience, and responsiveness to environment and change.
At the same time, in/tending gestures toward intending. It reflects the multiplicity of artistic practices, each shaped by its own decisions, directions, and conceptual commitments. Intention here is not fixed but unfolds through process, material, and encounter. Held together, in/tending moves between care and conception, framing artistic practice as both an act of sustaining and an act of forming, where meaning emerges through the ongoing negotiation between attention and intention.