(b) Jakarta, Indonesia, 1971
Lives and works in Vancouver, BC
Teaches at the Emily Carr University

Diyan Achjadi received a BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art, New York (1993) and an MFA in Print Media from Concordia University, Montreal (2002). Her installation and print works have been exhibited across the US and Canada, in solo shows at galleries such as The Richmond Art Gallery (Richmond), Alternator Gallery (Kelowna) and Access Artist Run Centre (Vancouver), Open Studio (Toronto), articule (Montreal), and AIR Gallery (New York); and in group exhibitions at the American University in Cairo, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery (Vancouver), Romo Gallery (Atlanta), The Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York), . Her short animated videos are distributed by Groupe Intervention Video (Montreal) and have been screened across North America and Europe, including at the International Festival of Films on Art (Montreal, 2005) and Les Instants Videos des Manosque (France, 2003). Achjadi's current work uses print and digital media to explore representations of militarism and violence in pop culture and children’s media.