Asmudjo Jono Irianto, a lecturer in the Fine Arts Department of Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), was executive director and curator of Gallery Soemarja at ITB from 1999 to 2001. An expert in the field of crafts, he was honored by the Asian Cultural Council and visited art museums and craft centers in the US in 2005. In addition to serving as an adviser to the Indonesian Pavilion, he has curated a number of exhibitions over the years; his own art has appeared in solo and group exhibitions.