Mr Tony Sugiarta
Speaker
Cultural Practices and Sustainability (East and Southeast Asia)
📅 8 November 2025 (Saturday)
🕛 1130 - 1300
Mr Tony Sugiarta is the Director and Curator of aNERD, Singapore-based textile art gallery dedicated to re-examining Nusantara textile heritage as contemporary piece of art invoking living, evolving narratives. He curates and produces heritage-based and contemporary textile art exhibitions that ignite discussions on contemporary issues such as cultural appreciation and sustainability in textile production.
Organisation Description
Founded in 2017 by Tony Sugiarta, aNERD embodies its ethos "Woven Stories, Culture Forward" by connecting people to batik and tenun — spotlighting their artists, contexts, and values. The gallery builds close relationships with artists and textile researchers from Indonesia and abroad, fostering creative innovation and deeper inquiry into arts and heritage. Through exhibitions, talks, and cultural journeys, aNERD challenges assumptions, celebrates overlooked traditions, and makes textile heritage relevant today – inspiring curiosity, dialogue, and shared discovery.
Learn More:
