Multidisciplinary artist Metta Setiandi captures themes of social anthropology and ancestral identity through a range of art and design mediums. Her work reflects a deep engagement with human connection, cultural exchange, and lived experience. With each project, she invites others to explore the nuances of heritage and belonging—offering a practice that is both intimate and expansive, grounded in storytelling and the spirit of shared understanding.
In 2024, she opened MET Glodok, a space dedicated to fostering cultural exchange and artistic expression at the heart of Jakarta's Chinatown, where she continues her family's heritage by preserving, practicing, and sharing her ancestors' traditions and history through a range of curated experiences in culture, culinary, and the visual arts.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 | KAUM Restaurant, Jakarta. Indonesia
2022 | Art Moments, Jakarta. Indonesia
Collective Legacy
2022 | Escalier, Potato Head Bali. Indonesia
2023 | Gift of Time, Jakarta. Indonesia
2024 | ESA Restaurant, Jakarta. Indonesia
Moments
2025 | JIA Curated 2025, Bali. Indonesia
Fragments of Hope
TALKS
2025 | TEDx Jakarta, Indonesia
2025 | Cush Cush Gallery: Discover #26. Bali, Indonesia
Speaker | On Preserving & Practicing Heritage
2025 | Jakarta Future Festival. Indonesia
Panelist | Reviving the Soul of City: Crafting Jakarta’s Identity in Place
2025 | Ideafest. Jakarta, Indonesia
Panelist | Building Community ≠ Building Space
2025 | Ara Contemporary, Jakarta. Indonesia
Panelist | Artist in Conversation: Echoes of a Day with Dita Gambiro and Irfan Hendrian
2025 | Objectifs Centre of Photography, Singapore
Panelist | A Kind of Magic Exhibition by Juliana Tan. Published by Jordan, jordan Édition
2024 | Department of Tourism and Creative Economy of Jakarta
Panelist | The Power of Community in Shaping an Indentity for a District
FEATURES
2019 - 2025 | Manual Jakarta
2024 | Artshelp
2025 | Monocle
Print | Jakarta rising: Inside the creative renaissance of a city on the brink
Online | The best neighbourhoods in Jakarta
2025 | Hypebeast
2025 | Tatler Indonesia November Issue 2025
2026 | Destroom Media. Netherlands
Featured Interviewee | National Television Broadcast. Q2, 2026
LECTURES & HOSTS
2025 | Singapore Management University: Postgraduate Immersion Program
Glodok Heritage Walking Tour
2025 | ACICIS Australia: Creative Arts and Design Professional Practicum Program
Heritage, Community & Artistic Practice: MET Glodok & Studio Metta Setiandi
2025 | Lasalle College of Arts Jakarta: Placemaking Program
MET Glodok and Studio Metta Setiandi presentation
2025 | Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur: Placemaking Exchange