Meet The Curators

Bandana Tewari is a culture journalist and sustainability advocate whose work explores compassionate fashion and conscious consumption. A TEDx speaker and writer, she has delivered keynote addresses worldwide on sustainability, spirituality, and the application of Gandhi’s philosophy in fashion, championing sartorial integrity. Her engagements span Berlin, Sydney, Muscat, Kolkata, Lagos, and Jakarta, amongst others.

For 13 years, she served as Editor-at-Large at Vogue India, shaping influential fashion narratives with both immediacy and historical depth. A member of the prestigious BoF 500, she has written extensively for global publications on the contemporary fashion industry, indigenous craft economies and cultural sustainability.

Brina Paska is the founder of Galeri Wastraku, a platform dedicated to Indonesian textiles and craft. With a background in fashion studies in Europe, her practice connects material knowledge, cultural heritage and contemporary expression. She later co-founded Cakravala, an online platform supporting emerging Indonesian artists, and has also worked as a curator at SUN.CONTEMPORARY art gallery in Bali.

Across more than 15 projects in Bali and Jakarta, Brina has worked closely with artists and artisans, bringing traditional craftsmanship into dialogue with contemporary perspectives while foregrounding the stories and knowledge embedded in each practice.