Born 1976 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Jompet graduated from Gadjah Mada University in 1999 with a degree in Social and Politics Science. His multi-disciplinary practice involves installation, video, performance and music, delving into a wide range of subjects such as history and civilisation, the past and modernity, and technology and the spiritual realm. His work has been exhibited in many international exhibitions including Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale (2005), Fukuoka, Japan, Yokohama Triennale (2008), Yokohama, Japan, and Jakarta Biennale (2009), Jakarta, Indonesia. Most recently, he has participated in the 10th Lyon Biennale (2009), Lyon, France and Beyond the Dutch (2009), Centraal Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands.