R.E. Hartanto
(b. 1973, Bandung)
R.E. Hartanto was born in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1973. He graduated from Fine Arts Department, FSRD – Bandung Institute of Technology in 1998. Hartanto worked as a lecturer’s assistant for two years before attending residency at Rijksakademie v.B.K., Amsterdam, The Netherlands for two years (2001-2002). Upon his return in 2003, he co-founded and organized the Bandung Center for New Media Arts & Common Room Networks Foundation with Gustaff H. Iskandar, Reina Wulansari, T. Ismail Reza & Tarlen Handayani. He resigned from both organizations early 2007 and worked full-time for his arts. Between the period of 1998-2011 Hartanto had received several grants for exhibitions and residencies in several parts of the world.
RE Hartanto is best known for his provocative portraitures that narrate stories of contemporary social political issues that are prevalent in our society.
Prilla Tania
(b. – , Bandung)
Prilla Tania was born, raised and is based in Bandung. It is also home to her alma mater Bandung Institute of Technology where she studied sculpture.
Despite the wide array of works she produces, Prilla carries through a consistent tendency to question everything in existence conceptually and materially. Her works often veer into feminist territory or sociological questioning. At times, she speaks of human emotions and consciousness, transcending any specific ideology or conceptual paradigm to simply play with materials, their possibilities and limitations.
Her works often push the boundaries between flexible and inflexible – cutting edge media art and the visuals of appliqué works — in order to strip away layers of artistic pretension in order to draw attention to contemporary human concerns of the lack of living and being space.
“Dead elephant leaves an ivory, a dead tiger leaves the stripes, a man dies leaving a name“. Her work for this exhibition departs from the question of human relations (consumer) with the media and connects with the lyrics of the song – about death and immortality. She will present a video performance installation with a chalk board, capturing the performance – frame by frame and later turning it into a video.
Henrycus Napitsunargo
(b. – , Indonesia)
Henrycus Napitsunargo is a photographer and a prolific darkroom printer based inBandung. He is renowned for photographing urban city scenes and private family moments. He has been in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 2007. In his works, Henrycus often juxtaposes different signs together, engaging the audience in a form of debate, questioning their beliefs with those regulated by society.
In his photographs, Henrycus often features the assimilation of the Chinese culture in Indonesia. He highlights how the Chinese culture tries to adapt and blend in a culturally-different environment without leaving out its unique identity. In Elevation of Negotiation 1 for example, Henrycus captures the surroundings of a mosque inIndonesia infused with Chinese-style architecture.
Dita Gambiro
(b. – , Indonesia)
Dita Gambiro’s works first caught the attention of the art public through her interesting use of human hair. In 2011, she was awarded the Bandung Contemporary Art Awards. Amongst many other exhibitions, Dita recently participated in Dysfashional #6 – an exhibition held by theFrenchCulturalCentre and Galeri Nasional Indonesia. Dita’s affinity for hair is embedded in the culture in which she grew up in and her role as a woman. For women, hair is often a symbol of beauty, like a sacred crown. Dita has made use of this unconventional medium in numerous ways to discuss issues that surround her as a young woman.
Bagus Pandega
(b. – , Indonesia)
Bagus A. Pandega graduated from the Institute of Technology from Bandung in fine arts but he is better known among his peers as an artist who incorporates sound or elements of noise in his works. With each sculptural creation he attempts to integrate light and kinetics. This exploration of the relationship between sound, light and movement sets him apart from his peers.
As part of his submission for the Indonesian Biennale, he produced a sculpture of a human body where the insides are visible. The lungs, made of leather, inflate and deflate mimicking the act of breathing by sending air to the rest of the sculpture. His objective was for the viewer to become conscious of their body and organs.
Andry Mochammad
(b. 1977 – 2008, Indonesia)
Andry was an artist who made an important mark in the development of contemporary art in Bandung in the late 1990′s. His contributions developed a unique character and distinctive style that is rich within the works of young artist from Bandung. He constantly explored and expanded the boundaries of medium with a varied use of video media, installations, objects, performance art, painting, sound art, site specific works of art. Andry Mochammad was also a collector of an assortment of peculiar objects and dreamt of owning a mammoth fossil to call his own.
His video works have been screened in OK Video,Jakartain 2003, 2005 and 2007. He has exhibited extensively inIndonesiaand was also an active member to VideoLab, an organisation that documents and screens video work in Bandung.
S. Nandagopal
(b. 1946,Bangalore)
Born in Bangalore in 1946, Nandagopal is today one of Asias foremost expressive sculptures. As the son of famed artist, K.C.S Paniker, Nandagopal was raised in an inspiring and creative atmosphere.
Nandagopal was educated at Madras Universitys Loyola College where he graduated with a degree in physics in 1966. Following that, Nandagopal began his training as an artist at the Madras Government College of Arts and Crafts. Working only with metals, mediums rarely utilized in fine art, Nandagopals education has enabled him to combine his artistic creativity with the technical complexity required to create his sculptures.
The artists exceptional skill and the mastery of his choice of material are evidenced by his numerous awards. His accolades include the 1968 and 1978 Award of the Madras State Lalit Kala Akademi and the 1978 Gold Medal at the IVth Triennale International in New Delhi. Nandagopal was also awarded the Homi Bhabha Fellowship by the Government of India in 1980.
Since the 1970s, Nandagopal has exhibited extensively around the world. From Antwerp to Teheran, Nandagopals works have found their way into museums and private collections both in Indian and internationally. 2006 sees Nandagopal exhibiting the largest collection of his works at the Singapore Art Museum.
S.Nandagopal
Graduated with a degree in Physics fromLoyolaCollege, Chennai in 1966. Obtained a first class diploma in Fine Arts from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai in 1971. In 1965 he becomes a life member of Cholamandal Artists’ Village, Chennai.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
Solo Exhibition, ‘Narrative Sculptures’,Singapore Art Museum,Singapore
2001
Solo Exhibition, Art World Gallery, Chennai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2002
Group Exhibition, ‘Chennai Fest’, Chennai
1991
Group Exhibition, ‘The Madras Metaphor’ exhibition, Art Heritage Gallery,New Delhi
1980
Group Exhibition, Traveling exhibition of the National Gallery of Modern Art inTehran,Moscowand East European countries
Group Exhibition, Indian Art atFukuoaka Museum,Japan
1976
Group Exhibition, ‘13th Middleheim Open-air Sculpture exhibition’, Antwerp, Belgium
1975
Group Exhibition, ‘PUGWASH’, Taj Coromandel Hotel, Chennai
Awards & Accolades
2002
Jindal Stainless Steel Award
2000
Nominated by the Government of India to serve as advisor to the National Gallery of Modern Art,New Delhi.
1999
Commissioned by Transport Corporation ofIndiato execute a 15ft sculpture in stainless steel for their corporate headquarters in Gurgaon.
1994
Commissioned by the National Centre for the performing Arts, Mumbai to execute a 20 foot high sculpture in stainless steel forPriyadarshiniPark, Mumbai
1992
Nominated by the Government of India to serve on the purchase committee of the National Gallery of Modern Art,New Delhi
1990
Senior Fellowship conferred for two years by the Government of India
1989
Serves on the Henry Moore Foundation Fellowship Committee
1980
Homi Bhabha Fellowship, British Council Travel Grant
1978
Gold Medal at the IVth International Triennale,New Delhi
National Award of Lalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi.
Award of theMadrasStateLalit Kala Akademi
1976
Award of the Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi
1974
Award ofAcademyofFine Arts, Kolkata
1972
Award ofAcademyofFine Arts, Kolkata
1970
National Award of the Lalit Kala Akademi,New Delhi
1968
MadrasStateLalit Kala Akademi Award
Rathin Kanji
(b. 1970, India)
Recognised by both art critics and collectors as a serious artist to follow up on, Rathin Kanji makes a startling departure from the mainstream of Indian painting. The colours in his paintings express his philosophy of life- white represents birth, black represents death and red is the symbol of energy, power and human rituals.
Full of energy and possibilities, his works represent a juxtaposition of ancient and modern inspirations, life and death, reality and imagination, unusual textures and colours. His works have been hailed as wise and sombre.
He has garnered several awards such from the Indian Society of Oriental Art (1996), Reflection of Another Day (1996), Bulbarga Tamil Sangam (1995).
Rathin Kanji
Rathin Kanji completed his art training in B.F.A.-Painting at M.M.K College of Visual Art, Gulbarga University, Karnataka, India. In 1996 he was invited to be a life member at the BombayArt Society, Mumbai and a Member (Jt. Secretary) at RAD Calcutta. Just a year before that, in 1995 he was also a founding member at Figment, Calcutta.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
‘Unfold the Truth’, Solo Exhibition, Aicon Gallery, New York
2006
Solo Exhibition at Gallery Sumukha,Bangalore
2005
Solo Exhibition at ArtsIndiaWest,California
Solo Exhibition at Holiday Inn, Bangkok
Solo Exhibition at Gallery Artworld, Chennai
2004
Solo Exhibition at Warren Robbins Gallery, andVSC Gallery,USA
2003
Solo Exhibition at Aurohan Gallery, Pondichery
2001
Solo Exhibition at Crimson Gallery,Bangalore
1998
Solo Exhibition atAlliance Francaise,Hyderabad
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
‘Unfold the Truth’, Solo Exhibition, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008
‘Confronting Globalization’, monArt Gallerie, Kolkata
2007
‘Pastiche’, Red Earth Gallery, Vadodara
‘Eastern Edge – Works by 10CalcuttaArtists’,Aicon Gallery, New York
2000
AsiaContemporaryArtGallery,London
NokiaArtGallery,Hong Kong
1999
Gajah Gallery,Singapore
1998
‘Mixed Bag Show‘ atBirlaAcademy,Calcutta
‘Art Access Week‘ atBirlaAcademy, Mumbai. ’97
‘Green Blob‘, Oberoi Grand org by RAD & Rotary Club,Calcutta
‘Painter of Bengal‘, Tolly Club org by Gallery La Mere,Calcutta. ’97
Group show at Gajah Gallery, org by Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Group Show at Rotary Club org by Galleri ’88,Calcutta
1998
Group Show at Birla Academy org by Shilpa Sarit, Calcutta
Group Show at Darjeelingorg by InnerWheelClub & BurdwanPalace.
‘74 hours‘ Group Show at Gallery CB-56 org by RAD,Calcutta
1997
Post IndependenceContemporary Art of India, Birla Academy, Cal.
Group Show at Park Hotel, Calcuttaorg by Spandan, Calcutta
‘VOX 0033‘ Group Show, Gaganendra Gallery, CIC,Calcutta
‘Inaugural Show‘, Lake Gallery org by Lake Gallery,Calcutta
‘Figment‘BirlaAcademy,Calcutta
‘Impression‘Academy ofFine Arts,Calcutta
Rastriya Kalamena (BirlaAcademy, Creative faces)New Delhi
‘Hampi Show’ Kala Niketan org by IFAS,Gulbarga, Karnataka
1996
‘Mixed Bag Show‘ Gallery CB-56,Calcutta
Rastriya Kalamela, Victoria Memorial Complex, Calcutta
‘Aronya-I‘ Group Show at Gallery CB-56, org by RAD,Calcutta
1995
Group Show atBirlaAcademy,Calcutta
ABN-AMRO Bank, I. T. C. org by Gallery Art Age,Calcutta
I.T.D.C.New Delhiorg by Gallery Art Age,Calcutta
‘Figment‘ Group Show at Gallery CB-56,Calcutta
BirlaAcademyKalamela & Open Air Exhibition,Calcutta
Awards & Accolades
1996
Award, Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta
Merit, Emerald Isle Gallery, Calcutta, ’95
Award, Reflection of Another Day,Calcutta
1995
Award, GulbargaTamil Sangam, Karnataka
Merit, WestBengalStateArts & Crafts, Calcutta
Collections
St. Paul’s Cathedral Church, Calcutta
Mother Teressa’s House, Calcutta
St. John’s Church, Calcutta.
St. Micheal & All Angel’s Church, Jalpaiguri
British Deputy High Commission, Calcutta
Sub-dean Christ Church,Oxford
Methodist Church of Scotland,
H. Convinent Church, K. S.
First Methodist Church of Fermingdale, New Jersy
Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Delhi
Plus Music, Mumbai.
Aurodhan Art Gallery, Pondichery.
L.T.G. Art Gallery, Delhi.
Oberoi Grand, Calcutta.
Park Hotel.
Institute of Hotel Management.
Tolley Club.
Data Co., Calcutta.
Gajah Gallery,Singapore.
BurdwanPalace,Darjeeling.
Private Collections in Bangladesh, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Oxford, London, New Jersey, Washington, Paris, Israel & Singapore.
Paritosh Sen
(b. 1918-2008, Bangladesh)
One of Indias most sought-after artists today, Paritosh Sen has come a long way since his days as one of the founding members of the Calcutta Group (1943-53). The group was made up of a sizeable gathering of young, avant-garde artists determined to break with the past, in order to explore the experimental processes that have led to some of the modern styles in the west. Following the ideals of the group, Paritosh was determined to produce art which took into account contemporary values, something which the orthodox schools fail to do. The Calcutta Group sought greater interaction with modern European art, as well as room for socio-political comment.
Below are some influences on his life and work:
Caricatures and the austere
‘Both are integral in my work. Life is full of tears and laughter, joys and sorrows, both are one, like two parallel streams in my work. Caricature and the serious, there is no contradiction. I have always had them in my work; it is my nature… two sides of the same coin. Love and hatred.’
The Calcutta Group
‘The turning point came with the famine, so much man-made anguish. This was one of the catalysts for forming the Calcutta Group at that historical moment, when Indian involvement in World War II began. The language of the Bengal School was not adequate to meet the needs of the time. I began to understand Picasso and Braque and the importance of form in art. ‘
Paris
‘In 1949, after independence, I went to Paris. Suddenly I was confronted with a world which overwhelmed me because before that I had never experienced such a fantastic exposure to modern art.’
The Bengal Famine (1943-1944)
One of the most devastating famines in India, the Bengal Famine was said to have claimed between 2-3 million lives in the Bengal region. As the famine was concurrent with Indian involvement in World War II, critics blamed the government for the widespread suffering. Newspapers and social activists claimed the catastrophe was man-made, brought on by the mass destruction and horrors of war. Whilst the officials ignored and belittled the affliction, the media made this devastation public. The famine was also a significant forerunner to the Indian independence movement. Avant-garde artists of that period, like Paritosh, incorporated this social commentary into the doctrine of their works.
Paritosh Sen
Paritosh Sen was born on 18 oct 1918, Dacca(present day Bangladesh). During the period of 1936-1940 he completed his Diploma in Fine Art at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Madras. He was the founding member of the Calcutta Group in 1942. He was diligently involved in the Academie Andre Lhote, Paris Academie la Grande Chaumiere, Ecole des Beaux-Arts (murals) and Ecole des Louvre from 1950-1953. Paritosh Sen taught at the Daly College and Design & Layout, Regional Institute of Printing Technology, Jadavpur for a period of 3 years each from 1954-1979. During 1969-1970 and 1970-1971 he completed two fellowships, the French Fellowship for Designing and Typeface and the J.D.R Illrd Fund Fellowship respectively. In 1981, for a period of a year he was a visiting professor at the Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore on invitation of Indo-US sub commission on Culture & Education.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
‘Paritosh at 88’, Gallerie 88, Mumbai
1989
‘Self Portraits’, The Village Gallery,New Delhi
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
‘Freedom- Sixty Years after Indian Independence”, CIMA, Calcutta
2007
‘From the Vault’, Alcon Gallery, New York
2001
‘Mini Retrospective Show’, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta
1998
‘Works on Paper’, Lakereen Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993
‘Wounds’, CIMA & NGMA
1992
The Village Gallery,New Delhi
Confluence ’92,Calcutta
1986
IIHavanaBiennale,Cuba
1984
‘Four Indian Painters’,Stockholm,
1972
‘Four Indian Painters’,Pittsburgh,USA
1968
International Triennale, RB.LKA (1971, 1975)
1965
The Commonwealth Arts Festival,London
SaoPaolo Biennale,Brazil
Asahi Shimbun Exhibition of Art,Tokyo
1961
Joint exhibition with Tyeb Mehta, Gallery One,London
1951
Calcutta Group-PAG Joint Ex, Calcutta
1950
Brussels. (FS) 1944 First Calcutta Group Exhibition, Services Club, Calcutta
Selected Collections
National Gallery of Modern art.
Lalit Kala Akademi.
Ministry of External Affairs, India
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Palam Airport.
The British Museum.
Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
Chandigarh Museum.
Punjab University Museum.
Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
CIMA- Centre International Modern Art
National Gallery of Modern Art – Delhi and Mumbai
Delhi Art Gallery
Numerous private collectors in India and abroad
Jogen Chowdhury
(b. 1939, India)
“My paintings and drawings are not made;
they grow out of me, as plants grow.”
-Jogen Chowdhury, Aug 5, 1980
With works in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Jogen Chowdhury has built a reputation as a keen observer and dissenter from the norm.
Born in Faridpur in 1939, Jogen Chowdhury was noted in post-modern 1970s India, as the artist in whom moral corruption of the times found its finest artistic imagery. He evolved images in the ink and pastel medium, taking organic icons and turning them into personal symbols of discovery.
In the works of Chowdhury, the line is an outstanding feature that defines what the viewer sees. His obsession with the in-built tension of the line, gave rise to a focus on the intricacies of texture and its refined decorative possibilities. This is perhaps the most alluring and fascinating aspect of Chowdhurys work. The depth of his paintings remains a delight to the eye while engaging the viewer at a sublime level.
In his strive to remain true to his vision, Chowdhury developed a bold and apparent style that gives his works depth and individuality. Of utmost importance is the representation of the unique reality, life and psyche of his personal experiences. The evolution of his work has seen the birth of a unique Indian style of painting.
On his inner compulsions:
There are certain things in us that we cannot overcome. That can be a positive thing; it can also be a negative thing sometimes. Each personality is related to certain things, which go along with them. Like our Bengali poets, a certain attitude is always there, and I also have certain things with me for which I am important and for which I can be criticised. A sense of obsession with form, the dimension of form, its heaviness these are always with me; even if I make a single line, my line gets that type of tension. If I make a pastel line, it
has other meanings, but it gets all the characterisation of my nature, so I have seen it repeatedly coming out of my work.
On themes and changes in his work:
Earlier it was naturalistic, now what I find interesting is the sense of decoration in my work, a realistic approach with decorative elements, each figure having its separate movement, interrelated in a specific way. This I wanted to bring into my work. Sometimes consciously, this has created a new element in my work. In the new work, there is that dramatic situation a bit decorative, a lot of new colours coming, subtle movements and poses, which I have had from the beginning but now more refined.
Jogen Chowdhury
Born 16th February 1939, Faridpur,Bengal. Graduated from the Government College of Arts and Crafts,Calcutta, 1960. French Govt. Scholarship for higher study in L’Ecole national Superiordes Beaux-Arts Honorary. Professor of Painting and Former Principal (1996-1998) of Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2008
A Calligraphy of Touch and Gaze, presented by Kalakriti Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007
Flowing Lines, Mon Art Gallerie, Mumbai
2006
Jogen Chowdury, CIMA, Mumbai.
2005
Jogen Chowdhury Enigmatic Visions – Works from the Glenbarra Art Museum, Mumbai,New Delhi
2002
Jogen Chowdury, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York.
2001
Jogen 2001 – Brush Drawings, Ahmedabad
1999
Jogen Chowdhury, The Fine ArtResource,Berlin,Germany
1996
Jogen Oils & Drawings 1969 – 1996, CIMA,Calcutta
1994
Jogen Chowdhury Drawings 1959 – 1994, Seagull Foundation of Art, Calcutta ;New Delhi ;Bangalore
1981
BAAC,Calcutta(June)
DhoomimalArtGallery,New Delhi
1977
Gallery Chanakya,New Delhi
1976
Tourist Centre, Embassy ofIndia,Paris,France
1973
AIFACS,New Delhi
1968
AllianceFrançaise,Madras
1965-7
Gallerie du Haut Pave,Paris
1963
AcademyofFine Arts,Calcutta
Selected Group Exhibition
2008
Lines, Forms, Images and Scripts, Mahua Art Gallery, Bangalore.
2007
Inverting Inventing Traditions, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2006
Shadow Lines, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004
Realms of Fantasy, New Delhi and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2002
Sidewinders, British Council and CIMA, Calcutta
2001
Modern Indian Art, Mumbai, New York (May)
1995
Le Monde de I’Art,Paris,France
Fantasy, CIMA,Calcutta
Autumn Exhibition, organized by CIMA (Calcutta); AIFACS,New Delhi
Mithuna Exhibition of Modern Indian Painting, London,UK (20-28 October)
1994
Contemporary Miniatures, CIMA,Calcutta
Drawings, Espace Gallery,New Delhi
1993
Wounds, CIMA,Calcutta
NGMA,New Delhi
Trends and Images, CIMA,Calcutta
1992
Husain ki Sarai,New Delhi
Confluence,Calcutta
1990
Jogen Chowdhury & Gieve Patel Gesture & Eroticism ,Bombay (29 April – 1 May)
1988
Festival ofIndia,Japan
Olympiad of Art,Seoul,South Korea#
1987
Festival ofIndia,USSR&Switzerland
1986
Contemporary Indian Art, New York, USA
Visions,Calcutta
First Biennale of Arts,Baghdad,Iraq
BangladeshBiennale,Dhaka,Bangladesh
Euro-Asian Biennale,Ankara,Turkey
Second Biennale,Havana,Cuba
Contemporary Arts of Bengal,London,UK
Contemporary Indian Painters, Frankfurt Book Fair,Frankfurt,Germany
1985
Indian Artists inFrance, Festival ofIndia,Paris,France
1984
Contemporary Indian Paintings, Tokyo, Japan
1982
Triennale of Graphics,Grenchen,Switzerland
India: Myth and Reality,Museum ofModern Art,Oxford,UK
Contemporary Indian Paintings, Festival ofIndia,RoyalAcademy of Arts,London,UK
Modern Indian Paintings, Hirshhorn Museum,WashingtonD.C,USA
1980
Modern Asian Art,Fukuoka Art Museum,Japan
1979
Sao Paolo Biennale,Brazil
New Contemporary,Bombay
1977
Pictorial Space, LKA,New Delhi
1976
International Exhibition,Cagnes-sur-Mer,France
1972
Second International Triennale,New Delhi
Awards & Accolades
Received 17 awards including Havana Biennial, Cuba, 1997, Le France de La Jeune Peintures, Paris, 1996, International Prints Biennial, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in 1995; and Shiromani award, Calcutta 1997. Was a Jury member of the 2003 Singapore Biennale Exhibition of Art.
Public Collection
Numerous Private and Institutional collectors in India and abroad.
Victoria Abert Museum, UK
Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan.
National Gallery of Modern Art,Delhi,India.
BirlaAcademyof Art & Culture,Calcutta,India.
Chandigarh Museum,India.
Chandigarh University Museum,India.
Madras State Lalit Kala Academy,India.
LalitKalaAcademy,New Delhi,India.
Jehamgir Nicholson Collection, Bombay, India.
Deutsche Bank, Calcutta, India.
Amanda Bazar Parika, India.
Singapore Art Museum,Singapore
Jaya Ganguly
(b. 1958, India)
Born 1958, in a conservative middle class Bengali family, Jaya graduated from Indian College of Arts, Calcutta. She held her first solo exhibition in Academy of Fine Arts Calcutta, 1982.
Jaya relates to the behaviour and situation of mankind in the society and her reactions to the various forces upon her by the society and environment. Historical endeavours of the balancing acts of mankind with the nature which gets disturbed continuously due to mankinds efforts to acquire and command greater achievements utilizing its intellects and aspirations.
Her themes focus on people – their intra-actions as well as their interactions among themselves in society and/or natural surroundings. These perceptions, however vary from time to time as Jaya believes nothing is absolute and final. Depending on his/her perception at that point of time, one can always discover a new dimension to a subject, event or happening. If she notices a subjective thing or event, it reacts in her not the way it appears apparently but with the backdrop of such a bigger scenario of mankinds continuous balancing acts. Thus the landscape remains the same but only object de Art changes their position from time to time in our world.
Jaya has received many reviews in Calcutta, Bombay and New Delhi newspapers, and art journal, etc. Hailed by The Illustrated Weekly of India once and again as the top ten young promising contemporary painters in India, and as the most promising artist in Bengal of the modern era, her works can be found in the collection of the Consulate of the Netherlands, New Delhi and many other private collections in India and abroad.
Jaya Ganguly
Born in 1958. Graduated from Indian College of Arts, Calcutta in 1982
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
PundoleArtGallery, Mumbai
2007
CIMA Gallery,Calcutta
1997
Gallerie 88, Calcutta
1994
Gallerie 88, Calcutta
1991
AcademyofFine Arts,Calcutta
Le Gallery, Madras
1990
Gallery 7,Bombay
1998
Art Heritage,New Delhi
1992
Art Heritage,New Delhi
1988
CymrozaArtGallery,Bombay
1986
Art Heritage,New Delhi
1985
Art Heritage,New Delhi
1984
AcademyofFine Arts,Calcutta
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
‘Three Painters’, Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi
2008
‘Dus Mahavidyas’, Gallerie Nyva,New Delhi
‘Frame, Figure, Field’,DelhiArtGallery,New Delhi
Art Singapore 2008,Singapore
‘Freedom : Sixty Years After IndianIndependence’, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta
2002
Winter Annual Exhibition, Gallerie 88,Calcutta
1997
Festival ofIndia,Sweden
1991
‘Contemporary Women Artists fromIndia’, Habiart Gallery,New Delhi
1990
LTGArt Gallery,New Delhi
‘Calcutta300’,BirlaAcademyof Art and Culture,Calcutta
1989
‘Eastern Region Art Exhibition’,BirlaAcademyof Art and Culture,Calcutta
‘Young Faces in Contemporary Indian Art’,BirlaAcademyof Art andCulture,Calcutta
1987
‘Young Faces in Contemporary Indian Art’,BirlaAcademyof Art andCulture,Calcutta
Public Collection
Numerous Private and Institutional collectors in India and abroad.
Consulate of theNetherlands,New Delhi.
National Gallery of Modern Art,New Delhi.
DelhiArtGallery,New Delhi.
Yusra Martunus
(b. 1973, Padang Panjang, Sumatra)
Yusra Martunus
Biography
Born in 1973, Padang Panjang, Sumatra. Graduated from the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI), Yogyakarta , majoring in Fine Arts in 2000.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
“necis”, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
“Jendela – A Play of The Ordinary”, NUS Museum, Singapore
2007
“Fetish”, Objects Art Project #1, Biasa Art Space, Seminyak, Bali.
“Cilukba! (Peekaboo!)”, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“Common Grounds”, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta.
“Indonesian Contemporary Art Now”, Nadi Gallery.
2006
“Preview Invitation”, Jogja Gallery, Yogjakarta
“Passing on Distance”, Base Gallery, Tokyo
2005
“Space and Scape” Summit Event Bali Biennale, Bali
“Beaute Et Expressing Terrorise”, Galerie Loft, Paris, France.
“Urban Culture” CP 2nd Biennale, Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta.
“Open View”, Biasa Gallery, Seminyak, Bali.
“Biasa (The Ordinary)”, KRSJ (Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta.
“Passing on Distance” NAF Gallery, Nagoya, Japan.
“Seni Rupa Alat Bantu”, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta.
”Makan Seni Rupa”, Rumah Michelle Chin, Yoyakarta.
“Eksodus Barang”, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta.
2004
”Spacious Territory”, AUDI Centre, Jakarta.
”Silent Action: Creativity for Tolerance and Peace”, 4th Art Summit, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta.
“Membaca Kembali Konvensi”, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta.
“ASEAN Art Award 2004”, The National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok.
“Barcode!”, 16th Yogyakarta Art Festival, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta.
“Mempertimbangkan Tradisi”, Sanggar Sakato, The National Galleryof Indonesia, Jakarta.
“The Soul of Arts”, Senayan Plaza, Jakarta.
“Object(ify)”, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta.
“Wings of Words, Wings of Colors”, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang.
“Membaca Dunia Widayat”, H.Widayat Musuem, Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java.
2003
“Indonesia ASEAN Art Award 2003”, Grya Dome, Medan; The ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta.
“Interpellation”, CP Open Bienalle, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta.
“Implotion”, ExpatriArt Gallery, Jakarta.
“25x25x50”, Lontar Gallery, Jakarta; Benda Art House, Yogyakarta.
2002
“Ecstaticus Mundi”, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung and Air Art House, Jakarta, Indonesia
”Pose”, KSRJ (Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Selasar Seni Sunaryo, Bandung and Air Art House, Jakarta.
“Age-hitbition”, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta.
“Lampu”, Benda Art Space, Yogyakarta.
“Object”, Fabriek Gallery , Bandung, Indonesia.
2001
“Not So Political”, H. Widayat Museum, Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java.
Bidar Art, Taman Budaya, Palembang.
2000
Yusra Martunus, Hedi Harianto and Ahmad Syahbandi, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta.
”Membuka Kemungkinan”, KSRJ (Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta and Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta.
Indonesian Art of Sculpture 2000, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta.
1999
“Yusra Martunus and Rudi Mantofani”, Lontar Gallery, Jakarta.
“From a Window”, KSRJ, Bali Padma Hotel, Bali.
Sakato Group, Bentang Vredeburg Museum, Yogyakarta.
“Volume and Form”, Singapore
“Media Dalam Media”, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta.
“6th Yogyakarta Biennale”, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta.
1998
Taman Budaya, Lampung. Sanggar Suwung, Yogyakarta.
“TVRI Anniversary”, TVRI Station, Yogyakarta.
The 2nd Sculpture Art Triennial, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta.
1997
Sculptural Art of Gumpal Group, FSR ISI Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta.
ISI Anniversary, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta.
“Sakato”, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta.
“Jendela”, 1st Exhibition of KSRJ, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta.
Citra Raya Environment Sculpture Art, Citra Raya Housing Estate, Tangerang.
1996
ISI Anniversary, FSR ISI Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta.
“The 8th Yogyakarta Art Festival”, Bentang Vredeburg Musuem, Yogyakarta.
“Dialog Dua Kota I”, Cipta Gallery, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta.
“Dialog Dua Kota II”, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta.
1995
“Dimensi”, Sculpture Art, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta.
Citra Raya Environment Sculpture Art, Citra Raya Housing Estate, Tangerang.
National Outdoor Sculpture, Yogyakarta.
”Sakato”, 1st Exhibition of Sanggar Sakato, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta.
Awards & Accolades
2005
The Winner of “Kudus Kota Kretek” Monument Competition
2004
Finalist of ASEAN Art Award
2003
The Best of Indonesia Award ASEAN Art Award
1994
The Best of McDonald’s Art Award
Syagini Ratna Wulan
(b. 1979, Indonesia)
Syagini Ratna Wulan, affectionately known as Cagi, studied Fine Art at ITB and later received her master from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2006. She was the fashion editor for (R.I.P) Trolley magazine and also Ripple magazine. As an artist she is known for her surreal yet edgy works. She has exhibited her works in Bandung, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Plymouth and Tokyo.
Syagini Ratna Wulan
Syagini Ratna Wulan enrolled and completed her formative training in Graphic Design from the Fine Art Department at the Institute Teknologi Bandung (ITB). She completed her MA in Cultural Studies at the Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Selected Group Exhibition
2009
Survey 2,EdwinGalleryJakarta
Bandung Art Now, Galeri Nasional Jakarta
Untitled, Sunaryo Art Space
2004
Trans Indonesia,GovettBrewsterGallery,Plymouth,New Zealand
2003
Exploring Vacuum ,Cemeti Art House,Jogjakarta
Seduction/Boys Don’t Cry, Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta
Seduction/Boys Don’t Cry, Ruang Rupa,Jakarta
2002
Underconstruction: Dream Project ,Tokyo Opera House, Tokyo, Japan
Underconstruction: Dream Project ,Fabriek Gallery Bandung
Srihadi Soedarsono
(b: 1931)
A student of legendary Indonesian nationalist painter S. Sudjojono, Srihadi graduated from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1959, and completed a masters degree at Ohio State University in 1962. In the U.S., he was influenced by Abstract Expressionism, and upon his return to Indonesia, adopted a primarily semi-abstract style, of which Sanur Beach at Night is an exemplary piece.
Srihadi emphasizes the freedom of emotional expression, technique, and execution through strong compositional elements of line and colour – scattered outlines of fishing boats on a powder white beach bathe in the silent indigo night, its visual effect of monumentality and power enhanced by a large canvas.
Soedarsono has taught at many Indonesian institutions, including the Bandung Institute, where he became chairman of the art department in 1970, and at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts, where he became art department chairman in 1973.
Honors and awards over the course of his career include: the Fulbright-Hays Grant (1979); the Seoul International Art Competitions silver medal (1985); the Japan Foundation Cultural Grant (1990); and becoming Academic Commander of the Italian International Academic Order Greci-Marino (1999).
His works are part of diverse permanent collections, including: The National Museum of Jakarta; The United Nations in New York; The Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw; The National Gallery of Fine Art in Singapore; and The Fordham University in New York.
He has participated in over 50 group exhibitions since 1945 including: an Indonesian painting exhibition in Washington, DC (1951); the Tenth Sao Paolo Biennale (1969); Contemporary Asian Art (Fukuoka Art Museum, 1980); The First Asia-Pacific Contemporary Art Biennale (1993); and Soul Ties: The Land and Her People, Art from Indonesia (Singapore Art Museum, 1999).
Srihadi Soedarsono
Born in Solo,Indonesia (1931). In 1959, Srihadi graduated from Universitas Indonesia, BandungTechnological Faculty (now Institut TeknologiBandung– ITB). He was a lecturer at the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Dept of Fine Arts (now FSRD-ITB) during the period of 1959 – 98. In 1962 he graduated from The Ohio State University;USA and served in the Secretariat Department; Fine Arts, ITB (1969 – 70 ). In 1970 he was appointed as the Department Head for Fine Arts at the ITB for 3 years. After which he proceeded to be a lecturer at the JakartaArt Education Council (LPKJ) – (nowJakartaArt institute , IKJ ) and as the Head for the FineArtsAcademy (LPKJ). In 1992 he was promoted to Dean at the Institut TeknologiBandung(ITB).Presently he is an Invigilatorfor the Faculty of Fine Arts; Jakarta Arts Institute (IKJ), Indonesia.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2005
Tracing Horizons; Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), Singapore
2004
Horizons; Preview and Workshop, Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), Singapore
1999
Seni Rupa dan Sejarah – Galeri Lontar, Jakarta
1987
Hankyu Art Gallery, Osaka
1985
LB-Bank Building, Braunschweig (West Germany)
1984
Asia and Pacific Museum, Warsaw
1982
Nusantara Volkenkundig Museum, Delft
1981
Galerie Forum, Geldrop (The Netherlands)
1980
Rijswijk Museum, The Hague
1978
Chase Manhattan Bank, Jakarta
Erasmus Huis Cultural Centre, Jakarta
1976
Chase Manhattan Bank,Jakarta
1974
JakartaArt Centre (TamanIsmail Marzuki)
1972
Chase Manhattan Bank,Jakarta
1962
OhioStateUniversityArtGallery; Columbus,Ohio
Globe Theatre, Columbus
Selected Group Exhibition
2006
DRAWING GROUND: Joint Exhibition of Srihadi Soedarsono and Chua
Ek Kay, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2005
CUBISM IN ASIA : Unbounded Dialogues – National Museum of Art, Tokyo; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea; Singapore Art Museum , Singapore
1999
Soul Ties :The Land and Her People – Art fromIndonesia – SingaporeArt Museum
1997
The Birth of Modern Art in Southeast Asia : Artists and Movements-Fukuoka Art Museum (Japan); Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum;
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; and Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
1995
The Ninth Asian International Art Exhibition - National Museum of History,Taipei Contemporary Art of the Non-Aligned Countries - National Art Gallery,Jakarta
1992
Paris–JakartaPainting Exhibition - NationalArtGallery,Jakarta
1980
Contemporary Asian Art - FukuokaArt Museum, Fukuoka
Indonesian Biennial IV - JakartaArt Centre
1971
Indonesian Painting Exhibition - TropenMuseum,Amsterdam
Indonesian Painting Exhibition – Martinihall, Gronigen (TheNetherlands)
1970
Modern Indonesian Art – EXPO ’70,Osaka
1969
Biennale de Sao Paolo – National Museum, Sao Paolo
Art Exhibition form Ohio State University–Ohio University,Athens
1957
First Young Asian Artists Exhibition –JapanCultural Forum,Tokyo
1955
Exhibition of Classical and Modern Indonesian Art –Bandung (held in conjunction with the Asia-Africa Conference)
Rudi Mantofani
(b.1973, Indonesia)
Born in 1973, Rudi Mantofani is a sculptor and painter, with an uncanny ability for realism and irony. His works reference the familiar but only to titillate by introducing a sense of the extraordinary or absurd,a banana sculpture splits to reveals its Javanese textile-patterned flesh, guitars with elongated frets, globe that sits deflated in an idealized landscape of lush green, a glorious blue sky juxtaposed against an artificial plastic turf. These play of contrasts and illusions challenge expectations and attitudes, urging one momentarily to suspend disbelief and weigh possibilities and implications.
The up-and-coming Rudi Mantofani is skilled in sculpting, installation art and painting. A graduate from the Indonesian Arts Institute in Yogyakarta, he received an award in 1997 for Best Sculpture.
Rudi’s abstract style is characterised by a surface of minimalist calm. His work is usually dominated by a single entity, which may stand on its own or is repeated several times in the piece. Objects include trees, buds, hills, ships, water and houses, usually placed against an abstract expanse of space.
The nature of his works invokes a meditative mood in the viewer. The composition is simple and subtle layers of observation and detail unveil themselves upon closer observation. This distinctive style has found its way into the hearts of many collectors.
Rudi Mantofani
Rudi Mantofani was born in 1973, Indonesia, In 1993 he enrolled in the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
The Culture of things, CP-Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005
Art Saturdays, Sin Sin Fine Art,Hong Kong
2003
Chouinard Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
Cakrawala Ganda (Double Horizons), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
6th Asia Pacific Triennial of
Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
2009
Jendela- A Play of the Ordinary, NUSMuseum,Singapore
2008
Indonesian Invasion, Sin Sin Gallery, Hong Kong
Tribes, Sin Sin Gallery, Hong Kong
2007
Cilukba!, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Art Summer, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
40 Plus, 40 Minus, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2006
Exhibition, Vanessa Art link Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005
Re-reading Landscape, Jakarta, Indonesia
Open View, Bali, Indonesia
Here & Now, Jakarta, Indonesia
Biasa / The Ordinary : Exhibition of the Jendela Group, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
2004
Membaca Dunia Widayat, Museum H. Widayat,Magelang,Indonesia
Object(ify), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Spacious Territory, Jakarta, Indonesia
Equatorial Heat, Sichuan Museum, Jakarta
Have We Met?, Foundation Forum Tokyo, Japan
2003
CP Open Biennale, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
EPIC, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Borobudur International Festival, H. Widayat Museum, Magelang
Infatuated, Sun Jin Gallery, Singapore
Sorak Sorai Identitas, Magelang, Indonesia
2002
Group Exhibition, Chouinard Gallery,Hong Kong
ECSTATICUS MUNDI, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung and Air Art House, Jakarta, Indonesia
Re-Creations, H. Widayat Museum,Magelang,Indonesia
Pose, Affandi Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2000
Membuka Kemungkinan, PurnaBudaya, Yogyakarta and Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia
Perspective of Five Faces, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1999
From A Window, Bali, Indonesia
Rudi & Yusra, Jakarta, Indonesia
1997
Jendela, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Putu Sutawijaya
(b: 1971, Indonesia)
Hailed as one of the most important young artists to watch out for, Putu Sutawijayas canvases are highly charged with the energy, or qi, that is suggestive of Chinese calligraphy masters. While Chinese calligraphy influences his technique, his subject matter captures the essence of Balinese religious and tribal rituals. The visual impact of his canvases is explosive yet contemplative. They reflect the mutual desire for harmony in order and chaos, a oneness with the universe. Man as the centrifugal figure in paintings is distinctively Sutawijayaand continues to be prominent in his works.
Putu Sutawijaya’s works are part of Gajah Gallery’s permanent collection.
Putu Sutawijaya draws his inspirations from the various Balinese religious rituals. He is especially fascinated with the way communion takes place, where spiritual enlightenment is attained through trance, intoxication and even violence.
Movement, energy and trance are the three most powerful stimuli in his canvases. The movements and stance of the kecak dance are symbolic of the Great Gods (sanghyang). The kechak dance is an intense spiritual dance by a large group of people.
A mental and spiritual climax is reached when the soul suddenly rises to a level of experience much more profound than daily consciousness. At that moment appears a peak of self confidence and extraordinary bliss like a trance, followed by enlightenment. Out of these are born paintings of such intense expression that they reach the farthest limits of universal concepts.
The dance of Sanghyang Jaran, is charged with fiery spirit as the dancer performs on top of burning coal.
Putu Sutawijaya
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
‘Body O’, Valentine Willie Fine Art,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
2003
‘Metafor Tubuh’, D Gallery,Jakarta
‘Who Am I’ at Chouinard GalleryChicago,USA
2002
Chouinard Gallery,Hong Kong
‘Metaphors of the Body’, Komaneka Gallery, Ubud,Bali
2000
Chouinard Gallery,Hong Kong
1999
‘Energy’,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
1998
Gajah Gallery,Singapore
1995
‘Contemplation’, Gajah Gallery,Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
’Angkor – The Djin Within’,Gajah Gallery,Singapore Exhibition in Vanessa Art Link Gallery,Jakarta
2004
‘The Big Picture’, The Fullerton Hotel,Singapore
2003
Group Exhibition in conjunction with the Canna Gallery Anniversary,
Canna Gallery,Jakarta
‘Kolompok 11 – SDI’ at Rudana Gallery, Ubud,Bali
‘Zaman Edan’ at Bentara Budaya,Yogyakarta
‘CP-Open Bienale 2003—Interpellation’ at Nasional Galleri,Jakarta
‘Shanghai International Art Fair’ atShanghai andBeijing,China
2002
‘Bali Peace and Unity’, Sika Gallery, Ubud,Bali
2001
‘Dermensch Als Mass’, Der Kulturen Museum, Basel, Switzerland
‘Patterns of Identity: Artists Experience Bali’, Komaneka Gallery,Bali,Indonesia , Indonesia
2000
‘Asia Contemporary’,London, England
1999
‘5 Indonesian Artists’, Chouinard Gallery,Hong Kong
1998
Philip Morris Art Awards, National Gallery, Jakarta
1995
‘Aburgim’, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Fine Arts Exhibition, SLKIMuseum,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
FYK Yogyakarta Benteng Museum,Yogyakarta , Indonesia
1994
Young Artists Exhibition in Purna Budaya,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Exhibited with FYK in Benten Museum,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Exhibited with Pratisara Afandi Adikarya, Purna Budaya
‘Lustrum Isi’, Yogyakarta; exhibited with Sanggar Dewata,Museum of Classical Arts,Bali
1993
Festival of Arts,Bali
Experimental Art ‘Hitam Putih’, Aksi Seni at Solo, Indonesia
Exhibition with GAMSA,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1992
Exhibition in Ganesha Gallery,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Exhibition with FYK inBentengMuseum,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Exhibition at the National Festival of Art Students, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Exhibiton of Sanggar DewataIndonesiaat Museum of Classical Painting Art Nyoman Gunarsa,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1990
Exhibition in Singaraja Bali, Indonesia
‘Visit Indonesia Years’, Bali, Indonesia
1989
Desire, exhibiton together with National Awakening Movement at The Art Centre,Bali,Indonesia
Awards & Accolades
1991
Best Watercolour Award, ISIYogyakarta
Best Sketch Award, ISIYogyakarta
1992
Best Oil Painting From Fine Arts Department, ISI,Yogyakarta,Indonesia
1995
Best Fine Art From ISIYogyakartaat 11 Dies Natalis at ISI, Yogyakarta
1999
Top 10 Best Artists, Philip Morris Indonesian Art Awards
Pupuk Daru Purnomo
(b: 1964)
Those who have followed Pupuk’s artistic career love his paintings for their light-hearted depictions of the people of his hometown of Yogyakarta, and its lesser-known corners. They are delightful insights into his townsfolk’s intimate lives. It could be a tender moment between a mother in fond embrace of her firstborn baby or the mystique of the picturesque Borobudur. Pupuk’s paintings often focus on family ties and the joys derived from it. His art portrays an artist who appreciates kindness and the simple pleasures of life.
Pupuk’s latest works, after recent success at the auction houses, showcase his signature execution of oil and watercolour. His palette ranges from umber to scarlet. They may be dark but are never subdued. These strong colours combine with Pupuk’s impasto strokes and whimsically sensuous lines to celebrate the vivacity in people’s lives. His paintings are a tribute to innocence and simplicity.
Pupuk DP was born in Yogyakarta in 16 July 1964 and graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art and Design at the Indonesia Institute of Arts in 1994. Pupuk has already exhibited extensively in various parts of Indonesia, including Jakarta and Yogyakarta. He was also selected as a finalist in the Philip Morris Art Competition 1997.
His distinctive style won the art audience over and most of his works were sold out during the month-long exhibition. Several of his works are also in the collection of the Singapore Art Museum.
Pupuk Daru Purnomo
Pupuk Daru Purnomo was born in Yogyakarta in June 1964. He graduated from Indonesian Institute of Arts in 1994.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
’Angkor – The Djin Within’,Gajah Gallery,Singapore Exhibition in Vanessa Art Link Gallery,Jakarta
2005
Solo Exhibition ‘Refelction of Pupuk DP’s Artistic Journey’ at National Gallery Indonesia Jakarta.
2004
‘The Big Picture’, The Fullerton Hotel,Singapore
“Block Note”, Magelang
2000
Solo-exhibition “Inner Essence” atGajah Gallery,Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
‘DOXA – Faces as Metaphor’ exhibition at National University of Singapore Museum, Singapore
Group Exhibition, ‘Awareness: Indonesian Art Today’ at Canvas International Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2006
Group Exhibition, ‘Angkor – The Djin Within’,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2003
Group Exhibition in conjunction with the Canna Gallery Anniversary, Canna Gallery,Jakarta
‘Kolompok 11 – SDI’ at Rudana Gallery, Ubud,Bali
‘Zaman Edan’ at Bentara Budaya,Yogyakarta
‘CP-Open Bienale 2003—Interpellation’ at Nasional Galleri,Jakarta
‘Shanghai International Art Fair’ atShanghai andBeijing,China
2002
Group exhibition “Diversity in Harmony” at Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Group exhibition “Re-Creation” at Museum H. Widayat, Megelang, Indonesia
2001
Joint exhibition at Bentara Budaya,Jakarta.
2000
Joint exhibition with Nasirun atGajah Gallery,Singapore.
Exhibition Kabinet Pelangi at Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta.
Exhibition at Moom Gallery,Jakarta.
Joint exhibition with Nasirun atGajah Gallery,Singapore.
1997
Joint exhibition with Nasirun at Santi Gallery,Jakarta.
1996
Exhibition Dimension 6 at Gedung Kesenian,Jakarta.
Nyoman Masriadi
(b. 1973, Indonesia)
Nyoman Masriadi is a leading artist of the post-Suharto era and one of the most prominent Indonesian Contemporary artists in the Southeast Asian region. His most recent solo show was in April 2011 in New York. This came after a successful preview of his painting ‘Tragedy’ at Art Basel Miami 2010. Nyoman Masriadi and his works have gained a select collectors base, which includes prominent collectors in and around the region.
Masriadi received his training in art at the Institute Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta. From the time he was an art student, he had already been recognized by peers as one of the very first contemporary Balinese artists who eased himself away from an encompassing concern with Balinese life, culture and traditions in his works. The visual imagery and narratives in his paintings are derived from keen and intelligent observations of social life and behavioural traits. Masriadi’s works are marked by consistent high quality — thoughtful in the messages that transmit from scenes and figures in his pictorial world, and painstakingly detailed in execution and finish. His visual vocabulary is striking, continuously refreshing and relevant.
A monograph, ‘Nyoman Masriadi – Reconfiguring the Body’ by renown author and art historian, TK Sabapathy and poet and editor of Tempo Magazine, Goenawan Mohamed was recently launched in Singapore. This publication uncovers the layers and thoughts behind his bold works placed within context of Indonesia. An interview between TK Sabapathy and Nyoman Masriadi lends a rare insight from an artist who prefers to speak through his paintings rather than in interviews.
His maiden solo show took place at the Singapore Art Museum in collaboration with Gajah Gallery in 2008, “Masriadi: Black Is My Last Weapon,” spanned across Masriadi’s 10-year career and explored the evolution of his signature dominant use of the colour black, a motif now widely copied by other Indonesian painters. Masriadi’s preference for the use of black is aimed towards infusing his pictorial bodies with weight and immensity. The show also highlighted Masriadi’s sarcastic humour, often expressed through small scribbles in black ink on strategic places on his canvases, and his focus on power relations inherent in everyday situations.
Nyoman Masriadi
Enrolled in the ISI yogyakarta, Fine Art drawing department in 1993.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Nyoman Masriadi– Recent Works, Gajah Gallery collaboration with Paul Kasmin Gallery,New York
2008
Black is my last Weapon, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Art India, New Delhi, India
Art Stage, Singapore
2011
Art Basel, Switzerland
Art Stage, Singapore
2010
Art Paris + Guests, Paris, France
New Directions, Shaghai Museum of Contemporary Art, China
Art Basel Miami, USA
2009
In Rainbow, Esa Sampoerna Art House,Surabaya
Jogja Biennale X, Jogja, Indonesia
The Simple Art of Parody,Taipei MOCA
2006
Expression of an Era, Padma Hotel Bali, Garis Art Gallery
2005
Beauty and Terror, Galerie Loft,Paris
2002
Not Just Political at H. Widayat Museum, Magelang
Terumbu Karang, Exhibition and Auction, Jakarta
Group Exhibition, One Gallery, Megelang,Central Java
‘Bersatu dalam Rasa’, Edwin’s Gallery,Jakarta
‘Age-hibition’, Edwin’s Gallery,Jakarta
2001
‘Kelompok7’, Benteng VredeburgYogyakarta
Museumof Modern Art,Moscow -Russia
2000
“Seni Rupa Campur” Exhibition at Beeldende Kunst (CBK), Dordrecth, Netherland
‘Figur di Abad Baru’, Edwin’s Gallery,Jakarta
1999
“Masa Kini”, Artoteek Den Haag and Centrum Beekdende Kunst,Dordrecht,Netherlands
Biennale VI at Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta
“Knalpot” Exhibition at Cemeti Art House,Yogyakarta
Duet Exhibition with I GAK Murniasih at Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
Group Exhibition with Mahendra Mangku & Nyoman Sujana at Komaneka
1998
An Exhibition at RudanaMuseum, Ubud,Bali
An Exhibition at Imperial Hotel, Kuta,Bali
Sanggar Dewata Indonesia Exhibition at Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta
1997
Kelompok 7 Exhibition – Sanggar Dewata Indonesia at Bentara Budaya,Yogyakarta
Dies Natalis Indonesian Art Institute Exhibition, Yogyakarta
1996
“Dialog Between TwoCity” Exhibition at Purna Budaya,Yogyakarta
Kelompok 7 Exhibition – Sanggar Dewata Indonesia at Sika Gallery, Ubud,Bali
Sanggar Dewata Indonesia Exhibition atTaman Budaya Surakarta, Surakarta
Young Artist II Exhibition at Benteng Vredeburg,Yogyakarta
1995
Dies Natalis Indonesian Art Institute,Yogyakarta
Collaboration Exhibition with Australian Art Student, Yogyakarta Indonesian Art Festival at Benteng Vredeburg,Yogyakarta
Sanggar Dewata Exhibition at Purna Budaya,Yogyakarta
Sanggar DewataIndonesiaat Sika Gallery, Ubud,Bali
1994
“Hitam Putih + Plus” an exhibition of Kelompok Prasidha at Indonesian Art Institute, Gampingan,Yogyakarta
Mangu Putra
(b:1963, Indonesia)
Within a short span of time since the beginning of his artistic career, Mangu Putra has caused more than a stir in his exhibitions throughout Indonesia. A graphic designer before turning into full-time painting in 1998, his paintings exude acuteness and sensitivity to visual forms. The influence from his design background is further apparent in his technique and the execution of ideas on his canvasses, where strong lines, shapes and colours are composed in a mature and harmonious manner.
In creating, Mangu Putra believes in absolute freedom in aesthetic expression. Even though the works of Mangu Putra possess certain distinctive characteristics, the artist seldom abides by one style of painting abstract, realistic, figurative. Painting to him is more importantly, a process of self-discovery and capturing of the spiritual essence of nature.
Mangu Putra preferred choice of subject includes mountains, the wilderness, waters and fish, all of which point to a love of nature. These elements serve as metaphors in his commentary on the state of the natural environment and humanity.
If I had to choose one theme tying all my works together, it would be nature. I truly love nature, not because of its beauty but because nature contains something awe-inspiring, a strength which words can never be enough to express.
There is something in nature that cannot be perceived but whose presence can be keenly felt. All of my creative work is at base an attempt to capture, reveal, and translate this something into a visual-aesthetic language.
- Mangu Putra ( Nature, Culture, Tension, 2000)
Mangu Putra
Born in 1963 at Sangeh,Bali, Indonesia. He graduated from SMSR (Fine Arts High School) in Batu Bulan, Bali, and ISI (Indonesian Art Institute), Visual Communication Design, inYogyakarta.
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Silent Words, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2006
Belief,Rupa Galerie,Indonesia
2005
Spiritual Landscape,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2003
Di Tepi Cahaya Bali, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Indonesia
2002
Gerutu Air, Tanah dan Batu, Galeri Santi, Jakarta, Indonesia
2000
Nature, Culture, Tension, Jezz Gallery, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia
1999
Solo Exhibition: Gallery Chedi, Ubud-Bali, Indonesia
Group Exhibition
2010
Contemporary Art of Indonesia, Museums of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China
2009
Second Odyssey, Sri Sasanti Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2008
Merti Bumi, Lerep Art Village, Semarang, Indonesia
Indonesia and the Mainstream, Canna Gallery at CIGE, Beijing, China
2007
Ar(t)chepelago Alert, TonyRaka Art Gallery, Ubud-Bali, Indonesia
Global Warming, TonyRaka Art Gallery, Ubud-Bali, Indonesia
2006
‘Angkor – The Djin Within’, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
The 7th Nude Crouquis Exhibition,Seoul, Korea
2005
Bali-Jeju, Jejudo Art Hall, Jeju, Korea
Milestone, Vanessa Art House,Indonesia
Erotica, Tony Raka Gallery,Mas-Bali,Indonesia.
2004
Reading Multi Culture,Haus der Weltkulturen,Berlin,Germany
Milestone, Vanessa Art House, Jakarta., Indonesia
Still Life, Tony Raka Gallery, Mas-Bali, Indonesia.
‘The Big Picture’, The Fullerton Hotel,Singapore
2003
Grand Opening Exhibition, Gallery Tama, Ubud-Bali, Indonesia
‘Penjelajahan Diri 18 Pelukis’, Gallery Raka, Mas- Bali, Indonesia
2002
Ilustrasi Cerpen Kompas 2002, at several cities inIndonesia
Membaca Raden Saleh, Gallery Semaran,Semarang-Java,Indonesia
2001
Selamatkan Laut Kita,NationalMuseum,Jakarta,Indonesia
2000
Aspects of a Mountain, Museum Sidik Jari, Denpasar,Bali.
1999
Sanggar Dewata, Art Centre, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia
Gallery Ganesha, Jimbaran –Bali, Indonesia
ASEA Building, Jakarta, Indonesia
1998
Group Exhibition, Arts Centre, Denpasar,Bali.
1997
Arts Festival, Art Centre, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia
1996
Group Exhibition,BaliCliffHotel,Bali,Indonesia
1995
Sanggar Dewata, Art Centre, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia
1994
Arts for AIDS, Gallery Rudana,Ubud-Bali,Indonesia
ASEANArt,Singapore
Sanggar Dewata, Museum Gunarsa, Klungkung-Bali, Indonesia
Awards & Accolades
2002
Indofood Art Awards 2002,Second Place,Jakarta
1994
Philip Morris Award for a painting titled ‘Imagination Under the Sea’.
1990
Best of Work Visual Communication Design, 6th Anniversary of the Indonesian Institute of Art,Yogyakarta.
1988
Best of Work Visual Communication Design, 4th Anniversary of the Indonesian Institute of Art, Yogyakarta.
Made Widyadiputra (Lampung)
(b:1981)
Also known as Lampung, Made Widyadiputra studied sculpture at the Indonesian Institute of Art in Yogyakarta (ISI).
Part of the new group of young Balinese artists, Lampung is a member of Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, following the footsteps of his well known contemporaries such as Nyoman Gunarsa, Made Wianta, Made Djirna and Nyoman Masriadi. His works responds to the perpetually changing nature of today’s contemporary art, while also keeping his ties with his traditional Balinese roots. Often his works are an interpretation of Balinese traditions, or critical viewpoints of Indonesia’s socio-political issues.
Excelling in the field of sculpture, his works are known for its ability to embrace the space which it lodges itself in, deploying its environment as a part of the artwork itself. Lampung is also renowned for his use of a variety of materials. His latest works sees himself moving away from the traditional three dimensional nature of sculptures, but rather an exploration of the three dimensional in the two dimensional in an attempt to blur the typical pigeonhole distinction of mediums.
Made Widyadiputra (Lampung)
Made Widyadiputra was born on 10 October 1981,Indonesia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Exhibition “SDI Now”,TonyRakaArtGallery,Bali
“Loro Bonyo” Group Exhibition, OHD Tobacco Warehouse Magelang
“Bali Art Now” Hibridity Exhibition, Jogja GalleryYogyakarta
Exhibition “Survey”,EdwinGalleryJakarta
2007
Heimat Sculpture Workshop, Tembi House of Cultures,Yogyakarta
Fine Art Exhibition, “Dies Natalis XXIII”, Institut SeniIndonesia,Yogyakarta
2006
“Yang Error”, Kinoki,Yogyakarta
2003
3D Exhibition, “Spirit of The Soul”, Balai Rupa SDI,Yogyakarta
Sanggar DewataIndonesia Exhibition, “Termogram”,NekaMuseum, Ubud Bali
2002
Sanggar DewataIndonesiaExhibition, “Kebersamaan 32 Tahun SDI”, Taman Budaya,Yogyakarta
Environmental Art Sand Sculpture,KutaBeach,Bali
2001
Exhibition, “Dies Natalis Sasenitala”, Katamsi Gallery ISI Yogyakarta Exhibition,Yogyakarta
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
September Ceria 3rd Anniversary of Jogja Gallery, Jogja Gallery,Yogyakarta
D’Peak Art Space Grand Opening,Jakarta
Truck Miniature Installations “KUNDURAN TRK”, Kersan Ar Studio,Yogyakarta
Exhibition, “In Rainbow”, Private Gallery of Sunarjo Sampoerna,Surabaya
2008
Group Exhibition “Nostalgia”, Joglo Seni Art Sociates,Yogyakarta
“New Sculptures From Jogja” Exhibition, Tembi ContemporaryYogyakarta
Jogja Art Fair #1,TamanBudaya Yogyakarta
V-Art Gallery’s 3rd Anniversary Exhibition “POLI[CHROMATIC]”, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta
Jogja Biennale X,Jogja,Indonesia
Sanggar DewataIndonesia, “Reinventing Bali”, Sangkring Art Space,Yogyakarta
2007
“Tribute to Young Artists”, Sangkring Art Space,Yogyakarta
“Here We Come”, Sangkring Art Space,Yogyakarta.
2006
“The Bad”, Gallery Biasa,Yogyakarta
“Wedding, Tobacco & Art OHD” OHD Tobacco Warehouse, Magelang
2005
Ruang Per Ruang #3, “Multi Happy Dimensional”, Third Eye Studio,Jakarta
“Biennale Bali”, Sika Gallery, Ubud Bali
Kakul Group “Dari 15 cm3=…”, Parking Space,Yogyakarta
“Makan Seni Rupa”, Jurug Sewon Bantul,Yogyakarta
“Gelas & Cangkir”, Parking Space,Yogyakarta
Ruang Per Ruang #2, “Inside Out” Via-Via Café, Prawirotaman Jogjakarta
2004
Ruang Per Ruang #2, “Inside Out, Jurug Sewon, Bantul Yogyakarta
Kakul Group, “Buka Pintu”, Balai RUpa Sanggar DewataIndonesia,Yogyakarta
Sanggar DewataIndonesia, “Having Fun”, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang
2000
SMKN 1 Sukawati,NegeriMuseum,Bali
An Exhibition at Imperial Hotel, Kuta,Bali
Awards & Accolades
Art Academy Award “Young Artist” Category, Hibah A-2 Program, Faculty of Fine Art, Institut SeniIndonesia,Yogyakartaand Jogja Gallery
Best Sculpture at Dies Natalis XXIII Indonesia Art Institute,Yogyakarta
Made Djirna
(b: 1957, Indonesia)
Growing up in Bali, I Made Djirna was enchanted by illustrations of Balinese myths. Fascinated by the powerful depiction of good and evil spirits and the turmoil of the human soul, he began to draw and paint by the age of six.
Djirna mastered traditional Balinese art styles as a member of the Young Artists Movement in Bali. As his artistic skills grew, Djirna left his hometown for the now Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia in Yogyakarta, where he spent several years exploring the various issues arising from globalisation and a changing Indonesian society. In this new environment, Djirnas artistic spirit thrived and he began painting beyond what was traditionally beautiful and pleasing.
Today, Djirna art explores a broad range of themes- from social issues and politics in Indonesia and the world, to personal reflections on village life and human relationships. One of Indonesias most recognized artists, Djirna has received many awards for his works. He has exhibited, both solo and in groups, in Australia, Canada, Guam, Indonesia, Singapore and Switzerland.
Made Djirna
Made Djirna was born in 1957 at Kedewatan,Ubud,Indonesia. 1981 He graduated from the Institute of SeniIndonesia(ISI),Yogyakarta.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
‘Seascapes’ solo exhibition atGajah Gallery, Singapore
‘Modern Indonesian Master’ at Museum Rudana, Ubud, Bali
2006
‘Angkor – The Djin Within’,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2002
‘Taksu’,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2001
Selected Works of Made Djirna from the Year 2000, solo exhibition at Hotel Padma,Bali,Indonesia
“Patterns of Identity: Artist Experience Bali”, Komaneka Gallery, Ubud,Bali,Indonesia
2000
Solo exhibition at Galeri Santi, Jakarta, Indonesia
Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, group exhibition at Hotel Padma,Bali,Indonesia
1998
Mystique of Motherhood, solo Exhibition atGajah Gallery,Singapore
1996
Solo exhibition at Komaneka Gallery. Ubud Bali Indonesia
1989
One-man show at Northern Territory Museum of Art and Sciences,Darwin,Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
‘Self Portrait: Famous Artists of Indonesian Living ’, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2005
Joint exhibition with Vietnamese artist Nguyen Trung, ‘Between the Glass and Two Bottles’ at Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2004
‘Asian Masters’, group show atGajah Gallery,Singapore
‘The Big Picture’, The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
2003
‘Epic’, group show atGajah Gallery,Singapore
2000
12 Painters of Sanggar Dewata’, group exhibition at Hotel Padma Bali, Indonesia
1999
‘Tiga Rupa’, group exhibition at HotelPadma Bali,Indonesia
Indonesian Paintings: Towards the Third Millenium, group exhibition at Jawa Pos,SurabayaIndonesia
Sanggar DewataIndonesia– Millenium Art Exhibition, group exhibition across six museums inBali,Indonesia
1998
Ruwatan Bumi, group exhibition at Art Centre, Denpasar Indonesia
1997
Between Two Worlds : Contemporary Balinese Art, group exhibition at Parliament House,Darwin,Australia
1996
Biennial Arts Exhibition X, at Taman Ismail Marzuki,JakartaIndonesia
1995
Joint exhibition at the Thomson Memorial Gallery,Owen Sound,Canada
Farewell to Paradise? New Views from Bali, Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Völkskunde (Basel – Switzerland)
Torque, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts,Perth,Australia
ARK 4 Asia Pacific, group exhibition atPicaArtGallery,Perth, Australia
1994
Paintings Exhibition of Asian Countries, Art Fair,Singapore
Group exhibition of Contemporary Art (Installation) at Taman Budaya,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1993
Group Exhibition at the Art Centre Guam,USA
Group Exhibition at the Museum für Völkerkunde Basel, Switzerland
1992
Exhibited at the Art Centre,Guam, USA Museum Fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland
1982
SDI Group exhibitions at Karta Pustaka, Jogjakarta and Indonesia America League Building, Jakarta
1978
Young Artist Group Exhibition atRatnaWartaMuseum, Ubud
Awards & Accolades
1993
Spent 3 months inBaselin an artist exchange programme between Bali and Basel
1982
Lempad Prize for best painting from Sanggar DewataIndonesia,Yogyakarta
Pratisara Affandi Adhi Karya from theIndonesiaAcademyof Fine Arts,Yogyakarta
1978
Best Sketch and Best Paintings awards, Institute of Seni Indonesia (ISI),Yogyakarta
Best Painting award, PORSENI Exhibition,Jakarta
M. Irfan
(b.1972, Indonesia)
Irfan seeks to explore truths through perspective, minimal forms and the complex relationships within them. His articulation of the impossibility of perfection can be found instead, in the seeming perfection of his geometric landscapes and subjects. Drawing from a lack of figurative representation, he tends towards post-modernist ideals of the death of the author. One is drawn to his works as a challenge to find a grand narrative(s) hidden between the lines.
Irfan’s works are akin to contemporary architecture, such that it conveys no more beyond its structural form and existence. His images of cubic structures, vast landscapes, trains and other symbolically fertile objects convey an outdoor grandiose that paints a reality without a context.
In spite of the subject-matters depicted with such potential for movement that occupies time and space, they are juxtaposed by a stasis achieved through the used of monochromatic colour schemes. Blues, greys with minimal specks or yellow or red help to create this tension between the signifiers and what is signified. When a viewer’s eyes are fixed on his work, he/she is transported into a realm that is isolated from reality, and exists not beyond the painting itself.
M.Irfan
M. Irfan was born in 1972 in Indonesia. He completed his Bachelor of fine arts in 1999 at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
M Irfan: Pameranku Di Soemardja, Galerie Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia
2008
Odyssey, Top Red Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2006
Oasis, Mon Décor Gallery, Jakarta
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Art India, New Delhi, India
2011
Art Stage, Singapore
2010
SAKATO “BAKABA”, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
The Grass Looks Greener Where You Water It: Indonesian Contemporaryart showcase, Grand Palais, Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
My World, Your World, Our World, Wendt Modern Gallery, New York,USA
2009
In Rainbow, Esa Sampoerna Art House, Surabaya, Indonesia
Biennale Jogja X, Sangkring Art Space, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2008
Tribes, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
Indonesian Invasion, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
Art Fair Beijing, China
Manifesto, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
SPACE/SPACING, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
2007
Portfolio, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
2006
Tobacco & Art, Magelang
Homage to Homesite, Gampingan, Yogyakarta
2005
Landscape, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
Conversations of Art, Niko Hotel, Jakarta
PARAMITRA, Mon Décor Gallery, Jakarta
Small is Beautiful, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta
2004
At Sun, Jin Gallery, Singapore
2003
No Body, Mon Décor Gallery, Jakarta
2002
ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA, Galleri Air, Jakarta
Estaticus Mundi, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA VI, AIR Art House, Jakarta
Estaticus Mundi, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA V, Gallery of Selasar, Sunaryo, Bandung
2001
Group Exhibition of the SAKATO, Purna Budaya Art Centre, Yogyakarta
2000
Giving Possibilities, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA IV, Ismail Marzuki Cultural Centre (TIM), Jakarta
Giving Possibilities, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA III, Purna Budaya Art Centre, Yogyakarta
1999
From A Window, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA II, Padma Gallery, Bali
1998
Opening of JAVA Gallery, Jakarta
Koeosema Affandi
(b:1907 – 1990, Indonesia)
Affandi is considered the Indonesian artist par excellence. From his earliest collaborations with the artist groups Kelompok Lima Bundung (1930s), to the Pelukis Rakyat (founded 1947), and LEKRA (late 1950s), Affandi was committed to creating a new artistic medium for Indonesia.
Affandis art is characterised by an impulsiveness and energy, much like man behind it. A self-taught artist, Affandi never learned to use the palette. Instead, he squeezes paint directly from the tube onto canvas, sometimes using his thumb as a tool. The rows of paint on the canvas interact, moving freely into shapes and forms which eventually emerge as recognizable subjects of his choice. The artist often spends a week studying a subject, but the actual painting seldom takes longer than 90 furious minutes.
It was during the years at the Shantiniketan in India (late 1940s) and on his travels through Europe and America (early 1950s), that Affandis art was to have reached its full ripening.
Alongside contemporaries, such as Jackson Pollock, the artists impact on the art world is immense. His prize at the 1954 Venice Biennale is a testament to the high regard in which Affandi was held. He also received various awards from Indonesia and Italy, with works exhibited in major exhibitions across Asia, Europe and the Americas. By the 1950s, the works of Affandi were acquired by major art collectors and institutions all over the world.
An anti-intellectual, Affandi did not take part in any local or global dialectic on modernism or other issues of the era. He located his art purely in direct relationship between him and the subject observed, preferring to call himself a drawer (tukang gambar), rather than a painter (pelukis). In his own way, Affandi makes a pioneering statement about modern Indonesian art, leaving an enduring legacy in the international art world even to this day.
Koeosema Affandi
Koeosema Affandi was born in1907 Cirebon, Java, Indonesia. In 1943 he had his first one-man exhibition at the Putera building in Jakarta. During the period of 1944-45 he helped establish the Young Artists of Indonesia. He joined Hendra Gunawan in founding Pelukis Rakjat (Peoples Painters) in 1947. In 1949 he left for India on a scholarship awarded by the Indian Government. Affandi visited Europe Belgium, England, Holland, France and Italy and held several one-man exhibitions. He represented Indonesia at the 1954 Venice Biennale. He returned to Indonesia in September 1954 and taught at art academy ASRI (Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia), Yogyakarta. During the period of 1957-58 Visited the United States of America and held exhibitions in selected leading cities sponsored by the United States Information Service and the Asia Foundation. In 1966 Invited by Brazil Government to exhibit in the museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro and the museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo.
Awards & Accolades
1977
Prix International Dag Hammarskjoeld, Italy
1974
Honorary Doctorate of Letters,University of Singapore
1969
National Art Award, Indonesian Government (Ministry of Education and Culture)
1954
award, Venice Biennale
Jumaldi Alfi
(b.1973,Indonesia)
Jumaldi Alfi is a painter who works sequentially on a set of ideas and themes. Common among these series is the urge for immediacy through the act of drawing, marking and scribbling applied over variations of scapes and scenes, clued by way of elemental aspects such as foreground, horizon and suggestions of space. Alfi’s markings are feverish, shifting and ever-transforming against a tableau that is disconcerting in its fixity and quiet monumentality. This is heightened in his drawings characterised in contrast by the proliferation of figures in various physical and metal state.
Jumaldi Alfi
Jumaldi Alfi was born on July 19, 1973 in Lintau, West Sumatra. He studied at the Indonesia Institute of The Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta and completed his B.A. in Fine Arts in 1999.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2003
“Cover ! ALFI”, Indonesia- France Institute (LIP), Yogyakarta.
2001
“ALFI-Paintings”, Lontar Gallery, Jakarta;
“DERAU [NOISE]“, Bentara Budaya Art Centre, Yogyakarta.
1998
“Re-Construction”, [aikon !] alternative space, Yogyakarta.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003
“No BODY”, Mon Décor Gallery, Jakarta
“BOROBUDUR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL”, H. Widayat Museum, Mungkid, Magelang
“BazART”, Yogyakarta Festival of Arts XV,Yogyakarta.
2002
“READ”, British Council, Jakarta and Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
“ECSTATICUS MUNDI”, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung – AIR Art House, Jakarta
“THREE SUMATRAN ARTISTS”, ALFI, YUNIZAR, RUDI MANTOFANI, Chouinard Gallery, Hongkong.
2001
“Not Just Political”, H. Widayat Museum, Mungkid, Magelang.
2000
“Giving Possibilities”, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA, Purna Budaya Art Centre, Yogyakarta .
1999
“From A Window”, Group Exhibition of the JENDELA, Padma Gallery, Bali.
1998
Yogyakarta Festival of Arts X, Yogyakarta; “Reflections of the Age”, Vredeburg Fortress, Yogyakarta.
J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra
(b.1984, Indonesia)
J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra is one among the current generation of young Indonesian artists who brings the issue of identity to the fore by traversing various curves of thought, including an inheritance of the academic thought pattern that perceives identity as a discursive practice.
Graduating from Bandung Institute of Technology in 2007, Pramuhendra’s works continue to constitute a personal biography that he uses, as Aminudin TH Siregar puts it, “to reveal the didactic functions of art: to build a spirit of his past, to open a road to access his identity.”
As in his first solo exhibition in 2008 titled “On Last Supper”, Pramuhendra’s works have the propensity to tend towards the problem of religiosity and morality in the community. “Spacing Identities”, another solo exhibition at the National University of Singapore Museum, was a series of his that emerged as reflections on individual crises towards space.
Working mostly with charcoal as a medium, Pramuhendra’s works depict a desire to rediscover the past, and to understand his present identity. It is through this that we,as an audience, are invited to unveil the question that pivots about the desire for self-identification – who am I?
J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra
Born inSemarang,Indonesia in 1984. In 2007, J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra completed his BFA with a major in Printmaking from the Art Dept of Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB),Bandung.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Spacing Identities, NUSMuseum,Singapore
2008
On Last Supper, Cemara 6 Galeri,Jakarta,Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Ashes to Ashes in ARTHK10, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
My World, Your World, Our World, Wendt Gallery, New York
2009
Revisiting the Last Supper,CGArtspace,Indonesia
Bandung Art Now, Galeri NasionalIndonesia,Jakarta, Indonesia
Middlebare Akte, Gallery Soemardja, Bundung, Indonesia
The Hand that Draws Itself, 18Gallery, Shanghai
2008
Passions – Best of Discovery Project with Agus Suwage, SH Contemporary,Shanghai,China
Art Asia Miami 2008, USA
All I Want Is Christmas, Valentine Willie Manila,Philippines
Refresh , Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore
Searching in Red and Black, Langgeng Icon,Jakarta,Indonesia
Space/Spacing,SemarangArtGallery,Semarang,Indonesia
Bandung New Emergence, Selasar Sunaryo,Bandung,Indonesia
Manifesto, Galeri Nasional,Jakarta.Indonesia
CIGE, Beijing,China
Slice, Soka Art Centre,Beijing,China
Scale of Black and White, Valentine Willie Fine Art,Singapore
3 Young Contemporary Artists, Valentine Willie Fine Art,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Invasi Bandung, Galeri Canna,Jakarta,Indonesia
2007
Kuota, Galeri Nasional,Jakarta,Indonesia
Petisi Bandung, GaleriLanggeng Megelang,Indonesia
Errata-optika, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space,Bandung,Indonesia
On Appropiation, Galerie Semarang,Semarang,Indonesia
Preview Bandung New Artist, Cemara 6 Gallery,Jakarta,Indonesia
Seven, Galeri Soemardja,Bandung,Indonesia
2006
Re:Siapakah Aku (Exhibition on Khazanah Column, Pikiran Rakyat Newspaper),Indonesia
The 12th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, NationalTaiwanMuseum of Fine Arts,Taiwan
2005
Tubuh dalam Drawing, Ci + Gallery,Bandung,Indonesia
Human + Space, Galerie Soemardja,Bandung,Indonesia
2004
Pabrik Artifisial, Kedia Kebun Forum Gallery,Yogyakarta,Indonesia
SM 3025, Galeri Soemardja,Bandung,Indonesia
2003
Ekologi Demokrasi, Lebak Siliwangi,Bandung,Indonesia
INkUbasi, Aula Timur ITB,Bandung,Indonesia
Awards & Accolades
2009
Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2006
Honorable Mention, Drawing Award, The 12th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition,NationalTaiwanMuseum of Fine Arts
Iwan Effendy
(b.1979, Indonesia)
One of Indonesia’s up and coming young artist, Iwan Effendy represents the younger genre of artist significantly influenced by the pop culture of today’s avant-garde; integrating the new age urban culture into his works of art.
Despite not finishing his formal academic education at the ISI, the Sleman- born artist is determined to claim his existence in the art world as an established artist, verified by the strength of his first solo exhibition the “Last Fortress”. His warm embrace towards the urban culture also closely associates him with iconic images. His works lends itself as a magnet for product and industrial design; of which Iwan is also currently working on
Iwan Effendy’s works capitulates to the paradoxes of Western multiculturalism which in turn causes the changing values in Indonesia’s culture today. We can see traces of influences of Pop Culture, the Indie Movement, graphic novels, lowbrow art, pop surrealism streetstyle fashion and more, that somehow also affect the sense of becoming of this part of the Indonesian young generation. And in this, Iwan Effendy has succeeded in putting his creative processes in its own place within Indonesia’s contemporary art practice.
Handiwirman Saputra
(b.1975, Indonesia)
Handiwirman Saputra uses regular everyday materials including cotton, human hair, plastic wrap, wood etc., which he then repositions in a manner contrary to convention in his works. He studies the relationship between the extraordinary and the mundane, and more specifically, how the power of perception can seize imagination and alter one’s impression of the ordinary. Perception gives forms their meaning and meaning is always open to interpretation.
He works in both paintings and sculptures and they mysteriously evoke a faint recognition of something that had been seen before but is essentially unidentifiable. This unusual reading of materials is perhaps indicative of his likewise unique work method. He thinks more in pictures rather than in words, using this mental visual to map out the meaning of his work. His titles too are meant to challenge the viewer’s perception of the work, often misleading rather than leading the viewer’s interpretation of the work.
In Handiwirman’s showcase at the Singapore Biennale 2006, he created a series of 5 paintings, measuring 180 x 180 cm each. Titled Salon #2, the work is hung at the City Hall venue in the biennale. Rifky Effendy aptly sums up the significance of the artist for the Indonesian contemporary art scene “In the map of contemporary art development inIndonesia, his works have contributed a different shade of colour, especially in the post-reformasi era, when most artwork is tightly connected to the social and political discourse. The artworks depict a symptom of tradition, caught between the collective value of a society – which has lost its belief in such value – and the individual belief in fighting for such values. By poeticizing the everyday, he reflects a constantly shifting world.”
Handiwirman Saputra
Handiwirman Saputra was born in 1975 in Indonesia. He completed his studies at the School of Visual Art, Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta in 1996.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Tak Berakar, Tak Berpucuk / No Roots, No Shoots, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
2009
Declaration of Aesthetics a la Handiwirman Putra, Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Things, the Order of Handiwirman, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2004
Apa-apanya Dong?, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2001
Patah Hati: Broken Heart, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2000
Provocative Objects, Lontar Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1999
Benda, Benda Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Art Stage, Singapore
Collectors Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections, Singapore Art, Singapore
Everything You Can Imagine Is Real #1, Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin, Germany
2010
Made in Indonesia, Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin, Germany
The Show Must Go On, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Contemporaneity: Contemporary Art in Indonesia, MOCA Shanghai (Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai), Shanghai, China
ArtHK 10 (Hong Kong International Art Fair), Nadi Gallery, Hong Kong
Classic Contemporary – contemporary southeast asian art from the Singapore Art Museum collection, SAM (Singapore Art Museum), Singapore
Art+Paris+Guest, Paris, France
Pleasure of Chaos-Inside New Indonesian Art, Primo Marella Gallery, Milano, Italy
Jogja Jamming — Biennale Jogja X, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2009
Jendela – A Play of The Ordinary, NUS Museum, Singapore
Fluid Zone: Traffic and Mapping — Jakarta Biennale 2009, Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, Jakarta, Indonesia
Beyond the Deucht, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kado #2, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
ArtHK 09 — (Hong Kong International Art Fair), Hong Kong
CIGE 2009 (China International Gallery Exposition), Beijing, China
2008
Bentuk- bentuk : Contemporary Indonesian Art in 3D, Valentine Willie Fine Arts & Nadi Gallery, Kuala Lumpur & Jakarta, Malaysia & Indonesia
2007
Cilukba! (An exhibition by Jendela Art Group), Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2006
Passing on Distance : Contemporary Art in Indonesia, The 4th Generation, Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Singapore Biennale 2006, Singapore
2005
Urban/Culture – CP Open Biennale, Bank Indonesia Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
Biasa / The Ordinary: Exhibition of the Jendela Group, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004
Wings of Words, Wings of Colors, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia
Untitled; An Assemblage of Sign, CCF, Jakarta, Indonesia
Object(ify), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Mempertimbangkan Tradisi, The National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Barcode, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2003
30 : 30, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Borobudur Agitatif, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia
Fusion Strength, Indonesia-Singapore Performance Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Magelang & Malang, Indonesia
Read, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Shock and Wave, New Media Art, Bandung, Indonesia
Interpellation — CP Open Biennale, The National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Countrybution, Yogyakarta Biennale VII, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2002
Dream Project: Under Construction, Fabriek Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia
Under Construction: New Dimension of Asian Art, Tokyo Opera City,Tokyo, Japan
Ecstaticus Mundi, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung and Air Art House, Jakarta, Indonesia
Object, Fabriek Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia
Tali Ikat; Fiber Connections, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Pose, Affandi Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2001
Not I. Am I?, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pink Project, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Contemporary Craft, The National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2000
Membuka Kemungkinan / Opening Up Possibilities, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta and Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia
1999
Biennalle VI Yogyakarta, Purna Budaya Art center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
From a Window, Bali Padma Hotel, Bali, Indonesia
Sakato, Fort Vredeburg Meseum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1998
The Phillip Morris Indonesia Art Awards Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Phillip Morris Asean Art Awards Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam
1997
Pelukis Muda Yogyakarta, Fort Vredeburg Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The Phillip Morris Indonesia Art Awards, Agung Rai Museum of Art, Ubud, Bali and Graha Lukisan TMII, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jendela, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Paspatria I, Bahari Hotel, Tegal, Indonesia
Awards & Accolades
1998
Philip Morris Indonesian Art Award, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
ASEAN Art Award, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dikdik Sayadikumullah
(b:1973, Indonesia)
Dikdik’s painting is considered to be kept in the Bandung tradition of abstraction in art, but through his own study of Realism. Inspired by the history of Impressionism and the painting revival in the 1990′s, especially through the works of Edward Hopper, Chuck Close and Gerhard Richter, Dikdik interprets the possibility of representation through Realism within it’s critical limits. His works reveal a theoretical relation of abstraction and representation in his art-making process.
His recent works centre around themes such as journey, travelling and very often the car/motor motif is used. As a reflection of today’s age of simulation as one theorized by Jean Baudrillard, the logic of driving has replaced a traditional but very subjective idea of projection and possession. Today, digital technology and computer systems saturate society through the endless streams of information available. This is akin to someone in a moving car where images are being accelerated and sped across by motoring. Hence, objects accelerate toward the viewer, drawing nearer with each turn and change of gear. This is the basic idea of Dikdiks works. Modern or Post-modern society does not project itself to exit but to be drawn nearer, or even inundated by various images of objects flashed on a television screen. His works pry open the meanings of a poetical journey of living experience by realizing the artificial meanings behind all seemingly realistic appearances.
Dikdik’s method of interpretating appearances is very much inspired by Eastern Philosopher, Mulla Shadra. Shadra assumed change as the manifestation of the existence of a life form itself; to trust that the substance of each and every object is a diffraction of movement and change, or perhaps the process of Becoming (shairurah). Through this method, one can see the theoretical linkages he has with American Abstract Expressionism, but still consisting of perceptive differences in the context of spiritualism.
Dikdik Sayadikumullah
Dikdik Sayahdikumullah was born in Majalengka,Western Java in 1973. He obtained his BA and Master’s Degree from the Fine Art Department at the ITB and Doctoral in Painting at Fukuoka Japan. Dikdik was also invited to New York for an artists Residency Program at the Asian Cultural Centre.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
“Deja-Vu”, Nadi Gallery,Jakarta.
2004
“Edited Memories”, cp – art space,Jakarta.
Teng Nee Cheong
(b.1951, Singapore)
Born and based in Singapore, the art of Teng Nee Cheong is known for its colour and exotica. The artist admits to being influenced by Asian mural paintings and Persian miniatures, especially the stylization of botanic.
Tengs bright colours are specifically chosen and juxtaposed for maximum effect. They are more than a mere means to an end. My colours are getting not only more intense, but darker and heavier. He observes that during a full moon, the shadows of trees and plants take on a new and very different character .
Unusual compositional elements accentuate the desired aesthetic. For example, a vase barely fits into the top of a painting in order to fully show the traditional cloth that lies underneath. Objects appear to defy gravity. The focus in his paintings thus turns towards structure and colour.
The exuberance of Tengs paintings seems to be so different from the soft-spoken and rather shy artist that he is Someone once commented that my paintings are so happy. Although the implication is that I did not seem to be a happy person, he remembers. I dont want to paint sad things , at least not for now.
Teng Nee Cheong
Teng Nee Cheong was born in 1951,Singapore . He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in 1968.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Those the Gods Love Grow Mightier – book launch, Gajah Gallery
1998
Solo exhibition Once Where Celestial Gods Frolicked… at Hotel Aryaduta,Jakarta,Indonesia
1992
Solo exhibition Crescent over the Equator at Shenn’sFine Art,Singapore
1980
Solo exhibition Art in Action at the National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
ARTSTAGE Singapore 2011
2009
Daegu Art Fair,Daegu,Korea
2008
Wealth of Visions – The DBS Art Collection, The Art House at OldParliament,Singapore
2005
Erotica, Tony Raka Gallery, Mas, Gianyar,Bali,Indonesia
The 19th Asian International Art Exhibition,Fukuoka Asian Art Museum,Japan
2004
Group Exhibition with Gajah Gallery, Art Singapore 2004, SuntecSingapore
1996
The Philip Morris Group of Companies ASEAN Art Awards at the National Gallery,Bangkok,Thailand
Centre for Strategic and International Studies,Jakarta,Indonesia
1993
The Philip Morris Group of Companies Art Awards,Singapore
1991
Change: 20 Singapore Artists, A Decade of Their Work at theNationalMuseumArtGallery,Singapore
1989
20 Singapore Artists Exhibition at theNew York Art Expo,USA
Singapore Artists Exhibition at theBruneiMuseum,Brunei Darussalam
Contemporary Art in Singapore: Where East Meets West at theNationalMuseum,Singapore, and the Tropenmuseum,Amsterdam,Holland
1988
Singapore Artists Exhibition at theHong KongArtsCenter, Hong Kong
1987
Artistes contemporains de Singapour at le Grand Palais, Paris, France
1986
Festival of Arts at Art Forum,Singapore
1984
National Museum Art Gallery,Singapore
Parvathi Nayar
(b.-, Singapore)
Situated within postcolonial/postmodernist paradigms, her paintings engage with a visual language rooted in an Indian vocabulary, but is predicated upon themes of more universal appeal, whether emotional or scientific.
Increasingly her work has moved towards mixed media series like Woman and the Elements (1993, 20 paintings that juxtapose the interactions of women and primal elements); Woman and Her Emotions (1995/96 seven paintings, each playing with a specific feeling like Lust, Frustration or Curiosity); the notion of cyclical time in Meditations on the Zodiac (1996-98, on the annual progression of months) and Time Cycles: A Book of Hours (2000, on the changing energies of a single day).
The paintings, mostly, are vibrantly coloured and layered, the mixed media allowing for both controlled and chance happenings on the surface. Her basic art training and fine art degree was in India, but having lived and worked as an artist and arts writer for the past 14 years outside India, the gaze is that of the Indian. She is primarily a painter, and over the past few years, the body has been the chief site of exploration in her art; she has always been deeply interested in the layering of textures and pigment in her work. She has been exhibiting regularly for the past 10 years in Southeast Asia.
Recently, her work has been concerned with collaborative work, and looking to new ways to present the performative aspects of painting as in the show Time Cycles (2002).
Parvathi Nayar
Parvathi Nayar was born in India. She is a visual artist currently based in Singapore where she works as an arts correspondent for the Business Times. She completed her BA Fine Art with a distinction from Stella Maris College, University of Madras India and was ranked first in the University as well as the Best Outgoing Student by the Dept of Fine Arts in 1985. In 2003-2004 she completed her MA Fine Art from the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design on a Chevening Scholarhip from the British Government.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
“The Art of Giving”, The ArtsHouse, Singapore
“Drawings by Parvathi Nayar”, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007
“win lose draw”, ARTSingapore 2007, Singapore
2006
“Innerscapes”, Song of India,Singapore “drawing is a verb: an installation”, The Arts House,Singapore
1998
“Journey”,Jakarta
1997
“Flowers, Faces Feelings”,Jakarta
1996
“the art of a woman”, the Koi Gallery,Jakarta
1994
“Woman and the Elements”,Temasek Polytechnic,Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“Cinema Verite Redux”, Wilson Garden, Bangalore, India
2008
“Drawing Out Conversations”,FOST Gallery,Singapore
“Af-fair”, One x One Gallery, Dubai
2007
“Soft Spoken”, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, Mumbai Tiger Translate: Gold,Beijing
2006
“Nature Born”, Langgeng Contemporary Art Festival, Magelang,Jakarta
“Adventures of little things”,NAFA Gallery,Singapore
UOB Painting of the year competition 2006, exhibition of award-winning work
Esplanade,SingaporeThe 21st Asian International Art Exhibition,Singapore Art Museum,Singapore
2005
CP Biennale II,Jakarta
“Feminine Fables” Indigo BlueArt,Singapore
“location/locality” Diorama gallery,London
“popularart: from Nehru’s democracy to the networked multitude”,London
2004
“Small is Beautiful”, Familiofiumano gallery, London MA Fine Art Graduate Show, Central Saint Martins,London
“Writing a Painting”, performance, Victoria Miro Gallery,London
“While I was Painting”, 60 Second Video show, Gallery 291,London
“Living inLondonExhibition”,London Collegeof Fashion,London
“Unfinished”,LondonCollegeofPrinting,London
“Xhibit”, The Arts Gallery,London
2003
“Zodiac: A Confluence of East and West”, paintings by Parvathi and calligraphy by Tan Siah Kwee
“Celestial Encounters”, paintings by Parvathi and digital photography by Jason Wee
2002
“Time Cycles”, a collaborative installation of painting, film, animation and prints; Parvathi’s series of nine paintings were the basis for the animation and live action short film
2001
“Pulp Friction”, curated by and held at theSingaporeArt Museum
“Indian art exhibition”,Artfolio,Singapore
“Women Beyond Borders”, Sculpture Square, Singapore
2000
“A Passage Through India”, Galerie Dauphin, Singapore
1999
“Indian Art Through The Ages”, The Caldwell House Gallery, Chijmes, Singapore
1998-99
“The Sensual Spirit”, Galerie Dauphin, Singapore
1997
“Images of Africa”, Jakarta
1996
“Grand Shell Discovery Art Exhibition 1996″, Singapore
1995
“The Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Exhibition”, Singapore
1994
“Confluence”, by five Indian artists, Singapore
“MEH Art Exhibition,” curated by Art Forum,Singapore
1992
Selected by Shell Oil Companies as one of six artists for the “11th Discovery Art Exhibition”
1991
“Figurama”, organised by Group 90, Singapore
“Chitrakala”, an exhibition of Indian artists working in Singapore
Jeremy Hiah
(b:1972,Singapore)
Born in Singapore in 1972, Hiah has been involved in the arts since 1993. With an RMIT degree in LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, he started doing paintings, installation, performance art and sculptures. His works are always based on the social system, where and how one lives in a society.
After his studies in 1995, he had explored different art media such as installation, performance and collaboration with different artists in different fields. He has since traveled outside Singapore to do art from the period of 1997 to 2000 and has been to Germany, Italy and Austria for UNSECO Artists In Residency Vienna, Hong Kong Art Center, Vietnam Contemporary Art Center Indonesia Australia, Thailand, South Korea and China for artists in residency.
He is an active organizer and member of The Artists Village and Sculpture Society Singapore. Hiah is also the former Vice President of The Artist Village in 2001 and currently 2004 Vice President of Sculpture Society.
Jeremy Hiah
Jeremy Hiah was born in Singapore in 1972. He obtained his Diploma in Visual Arts from the Lasalle-SIACollegeof the Arts.Singapore in 1995. After which he completed an Advance Course in Visual Arts. Fondazione Antonio Ratti. Como. Italy. (Under the professorship of Artist Ilya Kabakov in Theory of Total Installation Art) in 2000. A year after, he completed his Bachelor of Arts Fine Arts. Royal Melbourne Institute and Technology University,Melbourne,Australia. Affiliated with Lasalle SIA,Singapore.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
Paradise Terrorize
Venue: Kedai Kebun Forum Yogjakarta Indonesia
Curator Neni and Agung
Sponsor National Art CouncilSingapore,Singapore International Foundation
2006
I m Breather & Paradise Terrorize
Venue: P-10 and Your MOTHER gallery Singapore
Curator P-10 organizing group
Sponsor National Art Council Singapore
2005
WAR/RAW
Venue: Your MOTHER gallery Singapore
Sponsor National Art Council Singapore
1995
Joker. Recent installations by Jeremy Hiah
Curator: Vincent Leow.
Venue:Oxford8,Seletar Camp,Singapore.
Art Performances
2010
Notebook Vol. 1, The Substation, Singapore
2009
Fetterfield, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2007
Art Lad
Venue Esplanade Art center jendela gallery
Organize by Studio Miu
Supported by Esplanade art Center
Fetter FieldSingaporePerformance Art Event
VenueEsplanadePark
Organize by Your MOTHER gallery
2006
Fetterfield, Site-specific Performance Event, Singapore
2005
Situation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2001
Fusion Strength, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
2000
Post-Ulu, The Substation, Singapore
Jason Lim
(b. 1966,Singapore)
Regarded as Singapores next master ceramist, Jason Lims artistic growth over the past decade has been remarkable. Also a performance artist, Jason combines skilled craftsmanship in sculpting with influences from performance art. The result is ceramic pieces that go beyond being merely objects of beauty, to subjects that provoke thought and interaction with the viewer.
Jasons ceramics transcend the tradition of functionality. Almost sculptural instead, his works take on strikingly organic forms an asymmetrical plate, a sealed vessel or a perforated bottle. Deliciously earthy yet fragile, the duality in his works prompts one to ponder over the creation process, while their asymmetry provokes a rethinking of balance and symmetry. Unpretentious in nature, Jasons ceramics exude a beautiful stark rawness that reflects the artists skill and energy.
Jasons first show was in Canterbury, England in 1992. He has since exhibited across the globe in Australia, Germany, India, Japan, Poland, Singapore, Thailand and the Netherlands.
Jason Lim
Jason Lim was born in 1966 in Singapore. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (Honors) at the Central St Martins College of Art & Design,London,England in 1992. Following that he completed his Master of Fine Arts, Lasalle-SIA-RMIT,Singapore in 2003.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005
“Fruits of Labour”, LaLiberia,Singapore
2004
“Relics” , Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2003-2004
“Toowoomba Relics” Craft Queensland Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2003
“New Drawings”, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
“Hybrid”, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2002
“10 Wasted Years”, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
“Recent Works” , The Substation Gallery, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
“The Air Conditioned Recession: A Singapore Survey, ARTSPACE @ Helutrans
“At Home Abroad” SAM @ 8Q, Singapore
“Nature Borne”, Korea & Singapore Joint Sculpture Exhibition, Singapore
2007
“Figments, Fiction and Fantasies” 52th Venice Art Biennial, Venice
2005
“Mosaic” Esplanade Waterfront
2004
“Material Matters”, The Old Parliament House Gallery, Singapore
2003
“Resolution – A Fresh Start with Art” Sculpture Square, Singapore
“MFA Work in Progress – 5” Earl Lu Gallery, Lasalle- SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
“Nuuk 2003 – Wolves and the Winter” , Katuaq Cultural Centre, Greenland and Knud Rasmussenip Hojskolia, Greenland
2002
“MFA Work in Progress” , Earl Lu Gallery, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore. Supported by National Arts Council
2001
“Open Studio” European Ceramics Work Center, Artists-in-Residency program,s-Hertogenbosch,The Netherlands
“MFA Work in Progress”, Earl Lu Gallery, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore. Supported by National Arts Council
“Nokia Singapore Art”, Singapore Art Museum
Eric Chan
(b. 1975, Malaysia)
The award winning works of Eric Chan are based on moving shapes. The act of capturing the subject on canvas, be it a flower, plant or landscape, is akin to a photographer immortalizing a fleeting moment – a glimpse of space in time.
Depicted mostly in somber colors, his paintings open the way into a dreamlike world where the viewer moves into a different state of mind. The confidence and strength of his brushstrokes render on canvas a flowing and meditative dynamism.
Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Eric Chan studied art in Singapore and Australia. He received his Diploma of Fine Arts at the LASALLE-SIA College of the Art and Master of Fine Arts (painting) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. The artist has exhibited in Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Singapore.
Eric Chan
Eric Chan was born in 1975, Malaysia. He completed his Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) with Distinction at the LASALLE-SIACollegeof the Arts,Singapore in 1996. A year after, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting) with Distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) . He then furthered his education and completed his Master of Fine Art (Painting) in 2000 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
‘The Romantics of Betrayal’,IONArtGallery,Singapore
‘Submissions to Beauty’, Amelia Johnson Contemporary,Hong Kong
2008
‘Fine Displacement’, Amelia Johnson Contemporary,Hong Kong
2007
‘Another Place, Another Time’, The SubstationGallery,Singapore
2006
‘Paintings by Eric Chan’, Drawing Room,Manila, Phillipines
‘Nightfalls, Paintings by Eric Chan’, Valentine Willie Art,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
‘Indulge, Paintings by Eric Chan’,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2005
‘From Here to After – Paintings by Eric Chan’, The Third Line,Dubai, UAE
2004
‘Tempted – Paintings by Eric Chan’,Taksu Jakarta,Indonesia
2002
‘Out-Sight, Paintings by Eric Chan’, Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong
‘New Paintings by Eric Chan’,ValentineWillyFineArtGallery,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
2001
‘In Between Odds, New Works by Eric Chan’, The SubstationGallery,Singapore
‘Eric Chan- Solo Exhibition’,ValentineWillyFineArtGallery,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
The Gallery- SiemensMalaysia,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia(5 July till 21 July 2001)
2000
‘Flaunting- Paintings by Eric Chan’,Art Forum Gallery,Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
A Celebration of Autumn Dream, Soka Art Centre,Taiwan,China
2007
Winter 07/08 Group Exhibition, Amelia Johnson Contemporary,Hong Kong
2005
Towards Beauty’s End, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, SelangorMalaysia
Emerging Artists Exhibition, Span Galleries,Melbourne,Australia
2004
Towards Beauty’s End,QueenslandUniversityArt Museum,Brisbane,Australia
Footsteps (Jejak Langkah),NationalArtGallery,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
2003
Taksu (Singapore) Opening Exhibition,Taksu Gallery,Singapore
2002
ASEAN Art Awards 2002, Philip Morris Group of Companies
Bali International Convention Centre, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Singapore Art Awards 2001/2002, Philip Morris Group of Companies
The Gallery @Paragon,Singapore
‘Painted: Recent Works by Contemporary South East Asian Painters’
ValentineWillyFineArtGallery,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
ASEAN Art Expo-Singapore, Earl Lu Gallery,Singapore
RMIT Master of Fine Art Graduate Show (Singapore), LASALLE-SIA Gallery,Singapore
STRATA 2000-RMIT Master of Fine Art Graduate Show, SPAN Gallery,MelbourneAustralia
2000
‘Imagined Boundaries- Looking at New Model Communities’
Marine Parade Theatre Festival 2000 (Visual Arts Exhibition)
Marine Parade Community Building,Singapore
‘Between’-LASSALLESchool of Fine Art Faculty Show,Earl Lu Gallery,Singapore
1999
PRAXIS-LASALLE School of Fine Art Faculty Show,Earl Lu Gallery,Singapore
Work in Progress, Master in Fine Art Exhibition,LASALLE Gallery,Singapore
SUARA IV-LASALLE Alumni Art Exhibition, Caldwell House, CHILMES, Singapore
1998
New Generation Singapore Artist Exhibition,Art Forum Gallery,Singapore
‘A Refusal to be Aware of All Options’; Looking into Contemporary
Painting, The Substation GallerySingapore
Visual + – 5 Installation 5 Artist,LASALLE Gallery,Singapore
SEMIOSIS – LA SALLE School of Fine Art Faculty Show, Earl Lu Gallery,Singapore
1997
Drench – 4th RMIT Fine Art Graduate Exhibition,Earl Lu Gallery,Singapore
President’s Charity Show,Earl Lu Gallery,Singapore
BA Studies – Work in Progress,LASALLE Gallery,Singapore
Awards & Accolades
2003
Highly Commended (Open Section Photography) UOB Painting of the Year Competition,Singapore
2002
Juror’s Choice Award, Philip Morris Group of Companies
Singapore Art Awards 2001/2002
1997
Outstanding Achievement Award
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
LASALLE-SIACollegeof the Arts,Singapore
Chua Ek Kay
(b. 1947 – 2007, China)
Born in China in 1947, Chua studied Chinese ink painting under the late Fan Chang Tien (1907-1987) from 1975 to 1984. Years later, he took up formal training in Western Art and graduated from the University of Western Sydney in 1995.
Citing Fan as the most important influence in his artistic career, Chua is also proficient in Chinese calligraphy, poetry writing and seal carving. He has a seal which reads, lather awkwardness than skillfulness. This is consistent with the philosophy of traditional scholar-artists who often sought to distance themselves from the technical virtuosity of professional painters. Chua’s works do not seek to replicate nature but serve as a creative expression of his thoughts and personality.
‘Chua discharges a loaded brush with marvellous swiftness- his hand hovers, his eyes dart, his wrist flicks. His brush is spun and twisted or punctuates the rice paper in a brusque and furious manner. His execution has been compared to a feverish performance as it often involves the co-option of his entire body. Chua leans and stretches, strides across formidable sheets of paper & his body intermittently contorting and resting’ – Lindy Poh
They appear as evocative brush marks, punctuating the unspoilt surface of the paper almost randomly. Some works are radically minimalist & other are dense with unruly energies, with ink marks swarming almost completely over the paper surfaces. All these faces of the lotus pulsate with palpable life.
The poet in Chua can see poetry in the most mundane blank walls. He often chose to depict old buildings with their crumbling walls and dilapidated facades. With incisive calligraphy strokes, rich tonal values and textures that he coaxes out of his brush, Chua breathes life into inanimate objects. His cityscapes belong spiritually in the realm of Chinese art. Chua views his subjects in close-up more in the manner of easel painting than as a hanging scroll. His art has made a breakthrough from a conventional Chinese art form to that of a more contemporary, Western style. In doing so, Chua has shown himself to be very much an artist of his time.
Chua Ek Kay
Chua Ek Kay was born 1947, China. He studied chinese ink painting with Fan Chang Tien from 1975 to 1987. He completed his advanced diploma at the Laselle-SIA college of the arts in 1989. In 1994 he completed his BFA in Fine at the University of Tasmania, Australia. A year after he obtained his MA (Hons) in Visual Arts from the University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Tribute Exhibition at Singapore Tyler Print Institute Gallery, Singapore
2007
Along the River Banks, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2005
Yixi Recent Painting of Chua Ek Kay, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2003
Being and Becoming, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2002
Timeless Space, Damask Asia, London
2001
Street Scenes Revisited, Singapore
2000
Lyrical Space, Singapore
1998
Hunter of the Wilderness, Singapore
1997
Colour of Infinity, Singapore
1995
Recent Works by Chua Ek Kay, University of Western Sydney, Australia
1992
Duality and Tension, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
1990
Street Scenes by Chua Ek Kay, Singapore
1988
Chua Ek Kay’s Works in Chinese Ink, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005
Art Festival Visual Art Exhibition, SMU, Singapore Corporate Art Collections, SLB
2003
Contemporary Art & Calligraphy Exhibition. Chengdo and Shanghai
2001
Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore Art Museum Ink & Colour, 2 Singaporean
Artists, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Asian Today 2001, Singapore
Nguyen Trung
(b. 1940, Vietnam)
One of Vietnams best-known artists, Nguyen Trungs works are found at international auctions as well as in private and museum collections across the globe.
To the artist, art is shaped by humanity and the journey of life to which love, peace, birth and death are intrinsic. Having undergone several expressionistic variations in his career, the artist moves between abstract and figurative works.
Trungs art is deeply influenced by a combination of Vietnamese culture and Buddhist philosophy. Memories of Vietnams landscapes and temples, poems, folksongs, and pagodas inspire his paintings, infusing the canvas with a gentle meditative spirit.
This same sprit is embodied in his females. Whether in prayer, picking fruit, holding fish or in meditation, these long-limbed figures exude a sense of quiet elegance. Their expressions are calm and enlightened; their gestures and movements unhurried.
One of Vietnams foremost abstract artists, Nguyen Trung pays homage to ancient artefacts and temple architecture in his abstract works. There, one finds references to pagoda gates, temple walls and architectural grounds.
Rough textures, built up by layers of oil paint or mixed media (sometimes clay or paper), as well as sombre colours tell of the effects of weather and time. Trung also focuses on the details on physical structures, whether by design or by passage of time. Physical decay is often his muse. He once aptly described his subject matter as moss covered walls on which sunlight and dew drops slip down their ancient and cracked facades. Bridges to distant eras, these works exude timelessness, connecting us to periods and empires that existed before.
Nguyen Trung
Nguyen Trung was born inVietnam in 1940. He graduated from the National Fine Art College of Saigon in 1960. A Founding member of the Young Artists’ Association (1996), Trung was the editor of My Thuat, a former fine arts magazine in Vietnam. A regular feature at the major auctions, Trung’s works are among the collection of the Fine Arts Museum of Vietnam and Singapore Art Museum
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004
‘Black board’, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh,Vietnam
2001
Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam, “The White Series”, a virtual exhibition
1999
Hanoi,Vietnam, “Revelations of Time and Self”
1990
“Maison duVietnam”,Paris,France
1967
First Solo Exhibition,AllianceFrancaise,Saigon
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“Hội họa nhân ái”, Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam
2008
“Olio. The Year End Show”, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2007
“Good MorningVietnam! Good morningKorea!”, Korean Cultural Centre,Korea
2006
“Angkor – The Djin Within”,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2004
“Asian Masters”,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
“Art Asia”,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
“ArtSingapore2004”, SuntecSingapore,Singapore
“Black board”, Galerie Quynh,Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
2003
Galerie Amber,Leiden, TheNetherlands
“Tin Do”,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
Galerie La Vong,Hong Kong.
2002
“MO”, two men show with artist Ho Huu Thu,Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2001
“Vietnamese Abstractions”, Silom Galerie,Bangkok,Thailand
1999
Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam, “Nine Artists from HCMC”
1998
“On the Horizon”,PacificBridgeContemporary Southeast Asian Art,Oakland,California,USA,
Museo Biblioteca Archivo, Bassanodel Grappa,Italy, “L’anima Soffocata”
“Vietnamese Art from 1925 to Today”, exhibition by Vietnamese and French artists.Forum des Halles,Paris, France
1997
“All the Rivers are Running. Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art”, Trang
An Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
“The New Face of Vietnam”, Gallery Simyo, Seoul, Korea
1996
“Exhibition”, MetropoltianMuseum of Manila,Philippines.
Fujita Vente Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, “Vietnamese Art after Doi Moi”.
1995
Singapore National Art Museum, Singapore, “10th Asian International Art Exhibition”.
1994
Ho Chi Minh CityArt Museum, HCMC,Vietnam, “Asian Friendship Exhibition”, travelled toTokyo,Japan.
1993
Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association, HCMC, Vietnam, “New Space”, exhibition by Vietnamese and Singaporean artists
1991
Grand Palais,Paris,France, Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts Biennal
Forum des Halles,Paris,France, exhibition by overseas artists living inFrance, Maison des Associates.
1990
Ho Chi Minh CityandHanoi, annual “Recent Works” exhibition by a group of ten artists.
1959
National and International solo and group exhibitions.
Awards & Accolades
1960
Spring Salon Art Competition, Silver Medal
1963
Spring Salon Art Competition, Gold Medal
Collections
Vietnam:
Ho Chi Minh CityArt Museum, HCMC;VietnamFine Arts Museum,Hanoi.
Italy:
Museo Bilioteca Archivo, Bassanodel Grappa,Italy
Singapore:
Singapore Art Museum & United Overseas bank
Ho Huu Thu
(b:1943, Vietnam)
I realise that ideologies and prejudice have thrown this world into chaos and
imprisoned our hearts. I have removed this from my art and created a world void of prejudice.
- Ho Huu Thu
Painting since fifteen and enrolled in art school at seventeen, Ho Huu Thu’s initial influence was the western art of Gauguin, Picasso and Chagall. Subsequently it was Buddhist philosophy and Nguyen Gia Tri, one of Vietnams best known lacquer masters (1906-1993), who inspired the artist.
Elements of impressionism and Buddhist spirituality are captured within Thus works. Light is powerfully used, creating layers and subtle shades that draw us deeper into the composition. Wherein lies an enchanting world of innocence and peace, of ethereal beauties, maidens on a pilgrimage and mother with child.
The translucency on his canvasses creates a sense of spiritual formlessness, transporting the viewer to a meditative plane.
One of Southeast Asias most important and respected artists today, Ho Huu Thu is one of the few contemporary Vietnamese artists with works represented at major international sales. A tireless artist, we can look forward to more of his enchanting creations in the years to come.
Man wishes to search throughout the external world of objects to record images to satisfy his desire for beauty. He also seeks a description of his innermost self, what is in his heart and soul. Actually, he has only partly reached an answer on marvelous concepts of God, beauty, nature, and phenomena. All these concepts have come from outer world.
For my part, truth does not exist in the world, but only in consciousness, myths, as well as in very sensitive feelings, where a newer, more splendid world has been created and there is only Truth and Beauty.
Painting is a game played by a quiet soul of truth and beauty and is expressed through hidden words that everyone possesses and wishes to observe. That is the very pure symbol which suddenly opens, amazing us with fascination.”
~ Ho Huu Thu
Ho Huu Thu
Born in Nghe An province,Vietnam in 1943, Ho Huu Thu graduated from the National Fine Art College of Vietnam in 1965. During the period of 1965-1974, he was a member of the Association of Young Artists of Vietnam. Presently he is a member of the Vietnam Plastic Artists Association, Fine Art Association of Vietnam.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2003
Ethereal Charm,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2002
The White Series, virtual exhibition, Galerie Quynh,Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
1999
Revelations of Time and Self, Trang An gallery,Hanoi,Vietnam
1990
Maison du Vietnam,Paris,France
1972
Solo show, Alliance Francaise,Saigon,Vietnam
Selected Group Exhibition
2008
Imagining the Source, Mall Galleries, London
2006
Exhibition at Vanessa Art Link Gallery, Jakarta
Group exhibition at Brigitte Art Gallery, USA
2004
Art Singapore 2004, SuntecSingapore,Singapore
The Big Picture, The Fullerton Hotel, The StraitsClub,Singapore
Art of Asia,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
Asian Masters,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2002
Mo, show with Nguyen Trung,Gajah Gallery,Singapore
2001
Vietnam-Japan Art, FineArt Museum of Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
2000
Exhibition,VietnamMuseumofFine Art,Hanoi,Vietnam
1998
On the Horizon,PacificBridge Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Oakland,California,USA
L’anima Soffocata, Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Vietnamese Art from 1925 to Today, Forum des Halles,Paris, France
1996
Exhibition,Fujita Vente Art Museum,Japan
The 2nd Asian-Vietnam International Modern Art,Ho Chi Minh City
1994
Exhibition, TheFineArt MuseumofHo Chi Minh City
L’e Space Jacques Prevert, France
Exhibition,DunkerqueCity’sHall,France
Exhibition, Gallery Bellin,France
Asian-Vietnam International Modern Art,Ho Chi Minh City
1993
New Space by Vietnamese and Singaporean artists
1992
Art & Materials’92,SingaporeArt Museum
Asian Master Gallery BHD Gallery
1963-1974
Annual exhibitions at the Young Artists Association,Vietnam
Awards & Accolades
1960
Silver medal, Fine Art Competition by ESSO
1990
2nd Prize, National Fine Art Competition
COLLECTIONS
Fine Arts Museum,Vietnam
The Arts of Asia and Africa Museum, Switzerland
Vasan Sitthiket
(b: 1957, Thailand)
Vasan has been exposing social problems in Thailand through poetry, performance art and song for the past 20 years. However, it is his paintings that rail against social injustice that have brought him the deserved recognition from the International art community. Until then, reviewers castigated his work as being indulgent and a cheap Imitation of German Expressionism. To him, “style is irrelevant. What counts is your feeling. Painting expresses your head and your heart together in one.”
Vasan’s blatant approach to social realism goes against the 2000 year-old don’t-rock-the-boat tradition In Thailand. “Art in a rotten world can’t be landscapes,” he retorts, deliberately overstepping the boundaries. Full of questions about the meaning of life, Vasan devours literature at the British Council and the AUA libraries. His full attendance at the activities at Goethe Institute during a seven-year period probably explains the so-called German Influences In his paintings. Unlike other Thai artists who have attained international recognition, Vasan cultivated his own cosmopolitan weltanschaung without ever leaving the country.
While Thailand rushes to assume the outwards trappings of a newly industrialized country, Vasans art implores consideration on the effects of rampant materialization. He sees America, Europe and Japan as dead countries whose populaces have made Faustian bargain, trading their souls for consumer goods. The sickness in the world is coming here to Thailand. Money makes you give up your honesty. Were working for what? To be happy in hell.
No stratum of Thai society escapes Vasans critique. If Thais were the devout Buddhist practitioners they claim to be, he says, they would be enemies of consumerism, not its slaves. Vasan learnt his Buddhism through extensive readings in the literature. The essence of Buddhism is a search for true enlightenment, but he believes the Buddhism taught in schools subtly twists the basic tenets. For example, the concept of ubekha which means dont get angry is now promulgated as dont rebel.
‘My work is in Thailand’,says Vasan. ‘I love this country. I am ready to be a martyr. Death is not the enemy of life. He admits he wouldnt be surprised if one day someone wielding a sharp knife emerged from a crowd. In the end, we all die anyway. If Im still alive, Ill paint. If Im dead, no painting.’
Vasan Sitthiket
Born In 1957 in Nakorn-Sawan,Thailand, Vasan Sitthiket studied between 1976 and 1981 at the College of Fine Arts,Bangkok.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Vasan’woman, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Capitalism is Dying, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2008
Colors of Bodies, Surapon Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Red Planet:5 Years Later, National Gallery Indonesia, Jarkata, Indonesia
2006
Darkness Age, Thammasart
1997
Teachers’ College,Nakorn-Sawan,Thailand
1984
Time: Fate of Urbanite at Ruang Pung Art Community Centre,Bangkok
1985
Brown Sugar Artist Café,Bangkok
1986
Erotika at Graham Paige Club,Bangkok
1987
Erotika atPattani University,Thailand
Woodcut atSaunDusirTeachers’ College,Bangkok
Woodcut at Haad Yai Book Community,Songkla,Thailand
1989
Man-Bird-Fish-Leaf at Teachers’ College,Pitsanulok,Thailand
Alienation & Melancholy at the BritishCouncil,Thailand, &Nagoya,Japan
Living In Thai Style at Books & Beer,Bangkok
1990
Sketch Books from Japan, Books & Beer,Bangkok
Beauty Nightmare, Woodcuts at theAlliance Francaise,Bangkok
1991
Inferno at the National Gallery,Bangkok
Unbalance at Visual Dhamma Gallery,Bangkok
1993
I am You at Silom Art Space,Bangkok
There Must Be Something Happen!, Video-art and Storyboard Illustration at
Art Forum, Bangkok
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Always (as it was), Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok 226 at BMAC, Bangkok, Thailand
2008
Biennale Cuvee, O.K Centrum fur Gegenwartskunst, Linz
The Scale of Black, Valentine Willlie Fine Art Gallery
Siamese Smile,at BMAC, Bangkok, Thailand
2007
Soft Power: Asian Attitude at Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2006
What War? At White Box, New York
6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 at Gwangju Biennale, Gwamgju
2005
Neo-Nationalism, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2004
Portraits at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Truth is Elsewhere, Sydney Biennale, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia
2003
Exhibition at the 50th Venice Biennale, Venice
Story of the I, Chiangmai Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand
Seoul-Asia Art Now, Seoul, Korea
EV+A 2002: Heroes+Holies, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
2002
aseanARToday Thailand & Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar at Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok
Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, Korea
2001
Thai Contemporary Art, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1993
Let Pra Prajak Free or Cut All Trees In Thailand at the
VictoryMonument,Bangkok
4 Negatives at the National Gallery,Bangkok
Asia-Pacific of Contemporary Art Triennial at theQueenslandArtGallery,Brisbane,Australia
1992
Buddha Visit Thailand 2000 at the National Gallery,Bangkok
Do Military Serve People? exhibited in memory of May Event at
Imperial Green Park Hotel,Bangkok
Flowers for Good, Cocks for Bad, Drawing performance at Sala Prakeaw,ChulalongkornUniversity,Bangkok
1990
Asian Works, Woodcuts at Anri Gallery,Nagoya,Japan
Voices of Souls, Woodcuts & Paintings at the Public Hall, Hiraka,Japan
1989
Four Conceptual Artists at the Taproot Society, Chiangmai
1987
October Art Exhibition at the Thammasat University,Thailand
1986
Something Happens, Conceptual art at the British Institute,Bangkok
Life & Past Experiences at theInstitute ofYouth,Pisanoluk,Thailand
1985
Life & Death at Visual Dhamma Gallery,Bangkok
Sickness Age, Wood sculptures at the Bhirasri Institute of Modern Art,Bangkok
1983
Paintings & woodcuts at the British Council,Bangkok
1981
Sinam Group at the Goethe Institute,Bangkok
1977
Provincial Government Office,Rajaburi,Thailand
Ahmad Zakii Anwar
(b:1955, Malaysia)
A graduate of the School of Art and Design, MARA Institute of Technology Malaysia, Ahmad Zakii Anwar began his career as a graphic artist, producing some of the leading advertising graphics of his time before turning to fine art practice.
Zakii came to attention for his virtuosity and command of a spectrum of media from charcoals to oils, building a reputation for stunning photo-realist still-life paintings and expressive portraits. Later, a more contemporary edge surfaced in his works as Zakii introduced urban subjects and settings into his canvases. He is lauded for capturing not just city motifs and urban features but also a distinctive psychological dimension and cinematic quality in these scenarios. Zakii’s preoccupation with the spiritual or metaphysical aspects of urban life, as seen through his use of icons, symbols and allegories (including metaphors of theatre, performance and masks) have also marked his practice.
In “Being”, Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s most recent solo exhibition held at the National University of Singapore Museum in 2009, his series of solitary figures “provocatively propose the body as not just the locus of physiological processes and metabolisms but also as a target directly involved in a sociocultural field; power relations have an immediate hold upon it, the invest it, mark it and train it, perhaps even torture it”, as put by Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, an assistant curator at the NUS museum.
Zakii’s remarks in an interview conducted for the exhibition “Being” were both revealing and ambivalent. He says, “my works examine the diverse belief systems, from paintings of Christ-like figures to depictions of the Buddha. And in all of these I don’t find a contradiction. Ibn Arabi, the Andalusian Sufi, has a wonderful term for it. He calls it, ‘…uniting the contraries.’”
Ahmad Zakii Anwar
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Being, NUSMuseum,Singapore
2008
Disclosure, Petronas Gallery, Suria KLCC,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Gimme Shelter, Rogue Art,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Drawings, Sketches & Studies, Richard Koh Fine Art,Kuala Lumpur
2007
Ahmad Zakii Anwar : Paintings, Drawings & Prints, 1991 – 2007,
SingaporeTylerPrint Institute,Singapore
Kota Sunyi: Solo Exhibition by Ahmad Zakii Anwar, CP ArtSpace,Jakarta,Indonesia
2006
Subliminal,Manila, Phillippines andBangkok,Thailand
2005
Icons,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Primordial Dream, Singapore
2004
Arangbalu,Jakarta,Indonesia
Borobudor, Amanjiwo,Jogjakarta,Indonesia
2003
Interpreter of Desires,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
2001
Shadowland,Hong Kong
2000
Stills,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
1999
Presence,New York,United States of America
1998
Distant Gamelan, Singapore
1997
One Man Show,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Humanities, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Work, 19 Jalan Berangan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bitumania, Pace Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008
South East Asian Contemporary, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Scale of Black, Valentine Williw Fine Art, Singapore
One Night Only, Gallery at the Back of the House, Johor Bahru
Heroic Prima Donnas, Peace Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007
50th International E.V B.K, Prum, Germany
Form of Nature, Darling Muse, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2006
Angkor-The Djin Within, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Feed Me, Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia
Signed and Dated- Our 10th Anniversary, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ArtSingapore, Suntec City, Singapore
2005
The Power of Dreaming, Taman Sari, Malaysia
Garden of Delight and Identity, Selangor, Malaysia
You are Here, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Interface, Singapore
Spirit of Wood and other Treasures, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ArtSingapore, Suntec City, Singapore
2004
Malaysian Art Now, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Portraits, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2003
Games People Play, Selangor, Malaysia
Exhibition 2003, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Grand Opening, Taksu Jakarta, Indonesia
2002
Kembali keBali, Bali, Indonesia
Contra/Indications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Touch, Selangor, Malaysia
2001
Exhibit X, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flashpoint, Selangor, Malaysia
Malaysia Still Lifes, Bali, Indonesia
Singapore Art Fair, Suntec City, Singapore
Exhibition 2001, Taksu Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000
Headlights, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Arang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999
Aku 99, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14th International Asian Art Exhibition, Museum of Asian Art, Fukoka, Japan
Perception & Perspective: A Malaysia Eyeview, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Three Person Show, Taksu Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998
Malaysia Expressions, Beijing, China
Culture Colour Connection, Perth , Australia
No Retreat, Bali, Indonesia
Just Drawings, Artcase Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Eights Artists, GalerCitra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Menjelang Syawal, Maybank gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Keeping Pace, Artcase Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Commonwealth Games Exhibition, Taksu Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1997
Dance, Rhythm & Motion, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Figurative Paintings, Jakarta, Indonesia
Malaysian Drawings, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
12th International Asian Art Exhibition, Centro de Actividades Turisticas, Macau, Phillippines
Art for Nature, NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Maya, City Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Pekan Seni Ipoh, City Hall, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Tresors, Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Movement, Artcase Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1996
Men on Women, MIM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Karyawan Seni Johor, Hyatt Regency, Johor Bahru and Artfolio
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Open Show, Galeri Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
1995
Culture Colour Connection, Singapore
Dimensions 95, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Pursuing a Dream – The Collection of Rahime Harun,
Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Recent Works – A two person show with Oh Chai Hoo, The
John Erdos Gallery, Singapore
1993
Titian111, Hanoi School of Fine Art, Vietnam
Imbauan Ledang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Exposure, Hong Kong
Dimension 93, Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Vietnam Experience, Maybank Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1992
Islamic Contemporary Works of Art, Singapore
1979
Salong Malaysia, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1976
National Drawing Exhibition, National Art Gallert, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1975
The Young Contemporaries, National Art Ga;;ery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
(b: 1977, Japan )
Well known for his series of animals and flowers in wood, Tsuchiya’s sculptures share two beautiful characteristics: delicacy and elegance.
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1977, Tsuchiya obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts (in sculpture) from Tokyo’s prestigious National University of Fine art and Music, claiming prizes even during his years as a student. Currently, he holds a Doctor of Fine Arts Degree in Conservation (Classical Technique)(2007), and he has exhibited his works in Japan and Beijing.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Solo Exhibition, Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Solo Exhibition, Gallery Eve, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Group Exhibition, Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Group Exhibition, Towada Arts Centre, Aomori, Japan
Group Exhibition, Nishimura Gallery, Toyko, Japan
Group Exhibition, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan
Awards & Accolades
2007
Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music, Salon de Printemps Prize
2003
Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music, Salon de Printemps Prize
2001
National University of Fine Art and Music, Salon de Printemps Prize
Yunizar
(b. 1971, Indonesia)
Born in 1971, Yunizar is a painter whose works may be described by an attempt to advance his preoccupation for still-life. Bottles, potted-cactus, apples and other elements are painted singly, and later reproduced in simplified outlines, eventually multiplying exponentially as miniscule elements on a vast canvas, as crammed two-dimensional landscapes choking on its own reproductive capacity. At other times he obliterates this multiplicity, displacing it with a single figure, or a head, unsmiling, disfigured and consumed by a sense of estrangement or exile. In a distinctive series Coretan (Marks), lines and markings are deployed as frantic utterance, obfuscating and never declaring any form of intent. However, the sense of narrative is kept remaining in the fringes of the frame, is eternally held in anxious tension.
One of Indonesia’s most dynamic new artists, Yunizar draws from a rich heritage to create images that evoke memories of dreams and myths as well as the mundane.
Yunizar spent his formative years at the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta. This is a school of national pride and the heart of progressive art-making in Indonesia. Historically, Yogyakarta is the seat of traditional, global and popular fused in a fertile and stimulating environment, culminating in an art scene that is bold and original.
Yunizar’s training and maturity reveal themselves in his sophisticated and expressive style, articulated through a playful composition and subtle palette. Executed primarily in acrylic and pencil, his works stand out in terms of texture, colour, brushwork, volume and rhythm. A restrained palette of cool colours- yellows, browns and greens- is deliberately dirtied and smudged in his working and reworking of the canvas. The result is a highly tactile work that entices the viewer to feel the piece.
The simplicity of the artwork belies a complex narrative. There are recurring themes in Yunizar’s works, themes intimately linked in the timeless dream world. Stiff figures and mask-like portraits, mythical creatures and floating objects inhabit his canvasses. In this fantasy world, Godzilla-like creatures battle, goats howl and giant dogs swallow snakes for breakfast. It is a place of play and danger, of child-like whimsy fraught with menace.
This psychological suspense is further evident in Yunizar’s portraits. In his figures, mask-like faces are surrounded by an ominous dark haze, or share a space with ambiguous floating objects as in Pesta. The faces look out with insouciance, but the expressions are curiously concerned at the same time. There is a sense of brooding anxiety, a certain worrisome emptiness. His figures pose in similar states, whether stiffly in their own confined spaces like in Sanda Jepit, or in pensive reveries (Berharap), all psychologically charged.
Despite the disquiet in these little narratives, Yunizar bestows on them a poetic presence. They are also landscapes of reflection. In the cool meditative abstracts like Berdikir Tentang Alam and Sesuata, mountains are contemplated, identities explored. In these beautifully balanced compositions, there is a spiritual searching of the mind, a quiet journey in a quest for self and identity.
Yunizar
Yunizar was born in 1971, Indonesia. He completed his high school at the Indonesian Fine Arts High School, Padang in 1988. In 1993 he successfully completed the Fine Arts Degree Programme at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Jogja Psychedelia, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia
JogjaPsychedelia, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Jogja Psychedelia, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2007
Coretan– Recent Works by Yunizar, National University of Singapore Museum, Singapore
2006
Biasa Aja, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Coretan Rasa, Emmitan Fine Art Gallery, Indonesia
Petualang dalam Rasa, Sin Sin Gallery, Hong Kong
Alam Garis, Andara, Jakarta
2005
Reborn, Sin Sin Fine Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
Chouinard Gallery, Hong Kong
2001
New Sensation, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Exploring Spacing, Mien Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Room, Space & Wilderness, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Paperworks, Group exhibition with S Teddy and Anusupati, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Art India, New Delhi, India
2011
Art Stage, Singapore
2009
Jendela- A play of the Ordinary, NUS Museum, Singapore
Jogja Biennale X, Jogja, Indonesia
Reach for the Heart, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2008
Expose #1 – A Presentation of Indonesian Contemporary Art by Deutsche Bank & Nadi Gallery, Four Season Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Manifesto, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Tribes, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
Indonesian Invasion, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2007
Indonesian Contemporary Art Now, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Keindahan dibalik karya garis, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Cilukba,Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
40 Plus, 40 Minus, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2006
Angkor- The Djin Within, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2005
Indonesian Contemporary, iPreciation, Singapore
The Ordinary- KSRJ (Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004
Merahnya Merah (How Red is Red), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Object(ify), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2003
Interpellation – CP Open Biennale, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
EPIC, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Borobudur International Festival, H.Widayat Museum, Mungkid, Magelang,Indonesia
2002
Alfi – Yunizar – Mantofani, Chouinard Gallery, Hong Kong
ECSTATICUS MUNDI – KSRJ (Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Group Exhibitionof the JENDELA, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung & AIR Art House, Jakarta, Indonesia
2001
Not Just the Political, H.Widayat Museum, Mungkid, Magelang, Indonesia
ias Batas, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
New Sensation, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2000
Indonesia Expression, Singapore
Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, Bali, Indonesia
1998
Refleksi Zaman, Yogyakarta
1997
Jendela, First exhibition of KSRJ(Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Purna Budaya,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta IX, Museum Benteng Vredeburg,Yogyakarta,Indonesia
Philip Morris Indonesian Art Awards exhibition, Agung Rai Museum of Art, Bali & Braha Lukisan TMII, Jakarta, Indonesia
1996
Dialog Dua Kota I Exhibition, Yogyakarta
Gelegar 10 Exhibition, Yogyakarta
Dialog Dua Kota II Exhibition, Yogyakarta
1995
Eksplorasi Hitam Putih Exhibition,Yogyakarta
Dies Natalis Exhibition, ISI, Yogyakarta
1994
Prashida ’93, Yogyakarta
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