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Big Pink
oil on canvas | 2012
Connection
oil on canvas | 2012 2
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Many Heads Less Solution oil on canvas | 2012
Noise from the Fertile Land Series Asia Pacific Triennale 2012 | Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane | 2012 Overlap
oil on canvas | 2012 4
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Morning Damaged acrylic on board | 2008 - 2011
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Pages of Beast series ink, acrylic on magazine paper | 2011
Manipulation Oil on canvas 145 x 220 cm | 2013
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Fade Out Oil on canvas 145 x 220 cm | 2014
The Wall Resin and photo phospore| 2014
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WEDHAR RIYADI Wedhar Riyadi was born in Yogyakarta, in 1980. He studied at ISI Yogyakarta lives and works in Yogyakarta. Apart from the academic world, he is also involved in environmental activities. He was involved in the Daging Tumbuh and Apotik Komik communities, and worked on a number of murals in Yogyakarta. Wedhar is part of a group of Indonesia artists who developed work strongly influenced by the era of change, that being when the influnece of Japan began to be felt on many forms of entertainment: anime comics, Nintendo games, martial arts stories and so on, as well a the point when information technology began to have a strong influence in Indonesia . This influence interacted with Riyadi’s own Yogyakartan culture. This can be seen through his work, which reflects a confluence between what he has experienced as a Javanese Indonesian - the products of “export” from cartoons and comic book superheroes from outside ‘displacing’ the position of local comics; computer technology; and many other instances. These popular images, later icons, became an inseparable part of his work. Sometimes he creates his own comic book characters with a distinctive style using strong lines, wide eyed expressions, repetition, many bright colours and thick outlines. The expressions of Wedhar’s comic figures seem proud, yet still gloomy, with nuances of horror, like monsters. Wedhar’s comics draw the eye because there are usually multiple stories – in one area of a picture we find several figures overlapping. It’s crowded. In this style of comic he often makes collages including well known figures, such as Bruce Lee. Other than comics Riyadi also makes product illustrations and designs, and is active in various environmental, social, political and cultural projects. He is vocal about the social situation around him, working through various art mediums, not just comics. He also makes videos, installations, animations, posters, stickers, toys, t-shirts and more.
SOLO EXHIBITION 2014 Bones After Bones : Echo, Yavuz Fine Art, Singapore 2013 Bones After Bones: The Shadow, ARNDT Berlin, Jerman 2011 Daging & Pedang: Kegaduhan di Negeri Yang Subur, Ark Galerie, Jakarta 2008 Expression of Desire, Ark Galerie, Jakarta GROUP EXHIBITION 2014 Mooi Indie - Beautiful Indies, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia 2013 Asian Art Biennial, Taichung, Taiwan Sip! Indonesian Art Today, Arndt Gallery Berlin Art Stage Singapore 2013, Singapore 2012 Asia Pasific Triennale 7, Queensland Art Galeri/Galeri Of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia ARTHK2012, Hongkong ‘Jogja Agro Pop’, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta 2011 Jogja Biennale XI, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta Finding Me, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Middle Java Indonesian Eye, Ciputra Artpreneur Centre, Jakarta and Saatchi Gallery, London ART HK 2011, HongKong 2010 Digit(all), Umah Seni Gallery, Jakarta Indonesia KIAF/10, COEX Hall, Seoul, Korea 2009 Jogja Jamming, Jogja Biennale X, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta Exposign, Jogja Expo Centre, Yogyakarta Kado, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Utan Kayu Literary Biennale 2009, Galeri Salihara, Jakarta Art Taipei 2009, Taipei, Taiwan Tapology of Flatness, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Next Wave, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, Swiss Art Hong Kong 2009, Hong Kong Tales From Wounded Land, Tyler Rollins Gallery, New York Freedom In Geekdom, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta 2008 Highlight, Jogja National Museum Wanakio 2008, Okinawa, Japan Refresh: new strategies in Indonesian contemporary art, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore Hello Print, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta Manifesto, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta A Slice of Indonesian Contemporary Art, Soka Gallery, Beijing Perang Kembang, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta Utopia Negativa, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang Lullaby, V-Art Gallery, Yogyakarta
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2007 Get It (W)all, France Culture Centre, Yogyakarta Agaris Koboi, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta Black Urban Art, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Jakarta, Bandung Imagined Affandi, Gedung Arsip Nasional, Jakarta Popscape: Everyday In Indonesia, CCP, Phillippines Visualisasi Parikan Gendhakan, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta Shout Out, Yogyakarta Art Festival XIX, Yogyakarta Bung Ayo Bung!, Pameran 100 tahun Affandi, Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta Bocor#2, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta Superb Ambition, Plaza Senayan, Jakarta Artvertising, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta Neo-Nation, Yogyakarta Biennale 2007, Yogyakarta 2006 Serangan Sendu Bulan Gerimis, Kafe Deket Rumah, Yogyakarta Terror, Intersection for The Art, San Fransisco Art for Jogja, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta Paper Soles, Via-via Kafe, Yogyakarta Tributes, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta Young Arrow, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta Midnight Live Mural Project, Beringharjo Centre, Yogyakarta 2005 Pseudo Still Life: Object and it’s Aura, Galeri Semarang, Jawa Tengah CP Open Biennale (collaboration with Daging Tumbuh), Jakarta Ayo Ngguyu, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta Pra Biennale Bali 2005, V-Art Galleri & Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta Re:Publik Art, Yogyakarta 2004 Persepsi Dalam Vibrasi, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta Unidentified Fucking Object, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta Burn The Space, CC DOC studio, Yogyakarta Barcode, Yogyakarta Arts Festival XVI, Yogyakarta 2003 Reply, Yogyakarta Arts Festival XV, Yogyakarta Kleringan Mural Project, Yogyakarta Age-hibition, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta 2002 Mural Kota Sama-sama, Lempuyangan fly over, Yogyakarta 2001 Kabinet Komikindie, Gelaran Budaya, Yogyakarta Gledek ’99, Museum Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta Drawing Exhibition, Sanggar Caping, Yogyakarta Home Shit Home, Via-via kafe, Yogyakarta Diversity In Harmony, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta 2000 Gelar Budaya Kotagede, Galeri Omah Dhuwur, Yogyakarta Dies Natalis ISI XVI, ISI Gallery, Yogyakarta 1999 HUT SMSR Yogyakarta, Dewan Kesenian Malang, Jawa Timur Kelompok Kosong, Museum Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta
RESIDENCY 2008 Wanakio 2008, Okinawa, Japan PROJECTS 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2002
Wanakio 2008, Okinawa, Japan Get It (W)all, France Culture Centre, Yogyakarta Midnight Live Mural Project, Beringharjo Centre, Yogyakarta Re:Publik Art, Yogyakarta Illegalery, Empire 21 building ruins, Yogyakarta Mural Kota Sama-sama, Lempuyangan fly over, Yogyakarta
PERFORMANCES Bermain Api, a collaboration with Kelompok Batu Dalam Kulkas, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta Lavatory LW523J/TX446SE, a collaboration with Kelompok Batu Dalam Kulkas, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta Rizo Osmosis, a acollaboration with Kelompok Batu Dalam Kulkas, Museum Benteng Vredeburg Yogyakarta AWARDS 1999 Pratita Adhi Karya for the best oil painting. 2000 Best Sketch, Fine Art Faculty, Indonesia Institute of Art 2008 Academic Art Awart, The Young Artist for Painting, Program Hibah seni A-2 Indonesian Institute of Art & Jogja Gallery PUBLIC COLLECTION Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery Of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia
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