Ruangrupa is an artists' initiative established in 2000 by a group of artists in Jakarta. It is a not-for-profit organization that strives to support the progress of art ideas within the urban context and the larger scope of the culture, by means of exhibitions, festivals, art labs, workshops, research, and journal publication.

The ArtLab program, which is designed to conduct series of research and artistic collaborations on the urban and media issues. ArtLab serves as a collaborative space for individual artists as well as interdisciplinary groups from Indonesia and abroad. The collaboration is very open for various approaches of presentation and action that refers to the involvement of social and public space.