Nessa Theo adalah seorang seniman, peneliti, dan penulis. Menempuh studi Sejarah di Universitas Gadjah Mada, praktik interdisiplinernya mencakup riset sejarah, antropologi, dan seni. Proyeknya sering kali berfokus pada sejarah perasaan-pemikiran, gender dan seksualitas, identitas rasial, kepemilikan (belonging), dan komunitas Tionghoa. Ia tengah mengerjakan proyek riset mengenai romansa dan rumah tangga dalam komunitas Tionghoa pada 1930an-1940an, memposisikan cinta dan gagasan membangun rumah tangga sebagai situs di mana kecemasan kebangsaan dan patriarki termanifestasikan. Ia juga tengah mengerjakan proyek seni “Survival Guide for Chinese Indonesians” dan “History from The Margin”.

Nessa Theo is an artist, researcher, and writer. Studying History at Universitas Gadjah Mada, her interdisciplinary practice encompasses historical, anthropological, and art research. Her projects often focus on the history of feelings-intellectual history, gender and sexuality, racial identity, belonging, and Chinese-Indonesian communities. She is currently working on a research project on romance and household in the Chinese community in the 1930s-1940s, positioning love and the idea of household as sites where national and patriarchal anxieties are manifested. She is also working on the art projects “Survival Guide for Chinese Indonesians” and “History from The Margin”.