Akmalia Rizqita “Chita”

AKMALIA RIZQITA (b. 1996, Jakarta) or better known as ‘Chita’, treats her everyday work in organizing, writing, interpreting, and interlocuting in the arts as a conscious stance, while working toward better rights and working conditions for herself and her peers. She was gallery manager at RUBANAH Underground Hub (2018–2023), a member of the curatorial team of “Jakarta Biennale 2021: ESOK”, and currently pursues her curiosity with the research group Hyphen—.

Among her ongoing research projects with Hyphen— are “Proses adalah ketika kita” (Process is when we.), towards Danarto’s biographical publication with Danarto dkk and Hyphen—, which one of its iteration was exhibited in the 17th Istanbul Biennale, and “As if there is no sun”, towards a biography and retrospective of Kustiyah alongside Sriyani, Kartika, and Siti Ruliyati, which was presented at the 58th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

In a different vein, she draws comics under the pen name chitarum, a practice that complements her day to day life as an art worker through personal reflection and visual storytelling.