| Born 1973 in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia |
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1992 - 2001, Studies Painting at Institut Seni Indonesia, one of Indonesia's most important Art Schools, in Yogyakarta.
Artist-in-residence (September - October 2001) in Dordrecht, Netherlands, where he paints a large mural.
Lives and works in Yogyakarta.
Member of the art group »Apotik Komik« (Comic-Pharmacy), now defunct.
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Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
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2000 |
Evil, Centre Culturel Française, Yogyakarta
Evil Land, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
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1999 |
Shut Up!, Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta
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Group Exhibitions (Selection)
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2001 - 2002 |
AWAS! Recent Art From Indonesia, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, and Asian Fine Arts, Berlin. Travelling exhibition, presented since 1999 in Indonesia, Australia and Japan.
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1999 |
Yogyakarta Art Festival XI, Public Art Project with Apotik Komik
Diobok-Obok, Continuities & Contingencies, South East Asia Art Today, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore. (Travelling exhibition)
6th Yogyakarta Biennial, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta
Knalpot, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta and Museum Puri Lukisan Ubud, Ubud-Bali
Pancaroba Indonesia, Pacific Bridge Gallery, San Francisco, USA
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1997 |
Melayang, Wall Comic Exhibition, Nitiprayan Village, Yogyakarta
3rd Yogyakarta Youth Painter Exhibition, Benteng Vrederburg, Yogyakarta
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1996 |
Two Cities Dialog Exhibition, Jakarta Art Institute and Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta
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1995 |
Exhibition of Legenda Group, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta
Retrospective Exhibition of Yogyakarta Print Art (1959 - 1990), Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta
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1994 |
4th Yogyakarta Art Festival, Benteng Vrederburg, Yogyakarta
Affandi Prize Exhibition, 3rd Lustrum, Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta
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1993
(Source:www.unic.de) |
Ajiyasa, Exhibition of Visual Islamic Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta
Moslem Art Rally, Faculty of Law, Islamic University of Indonesia
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Solo Exhibition)
(source: www.popokberaksi.com)
• Indarto,kuss,”Sebuah Opini Tanpa Penawaran”,in: BERNAS (October 19, 1997)
• Fadjri,Raihul, Sub Tittle: “Take your Mouth,please..”,in: D&R Magazine (November 8,1997) page; 87
• Quirinto, “Kegelisahan atas serbuan komik asing”,in: SOLOPOS (June 18, 2000)
• Gantra, Maman, “Tentang Moral yang komikal”,in: FORUM Magazine (September 17,2000) page; 50
• Joko Suyono, Seno, “Komik Hitam Popok”,in: TEMPO Magazine (October 1,2000) page;132
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Group Exhibition )
• Suryatmoko,Joned,”Verbalisme carut-marut dan komodifikasi Seni”,in ; BulakSumur (Edition:29/VIII/1999) Page:20
• Pasific Bridge Contemporary South East Asian Art,”Leading Indonesian Artist reflect The changing times”,in:The Jakarta Post : (Thursday, September16, 1999) Page:7
• Jono Irianto, Asmudjo, “An Unsettled Season Political Art of Indonesia”,in; ARTAsiaPasific, Quaterly Journal, Issue 28,page: 78-83
• Fadjri, Raihul,”Antara Seni Rupa Individual dan Komunal”,in;TEMPO magazine (July25,1999)page:88-89
• Juliastuti,Nuraini,”Apotik Komik uses drums to create unique art work”,in;The Jakarta Post (October31,1999)
• Idayanie, LN,”Komik Gerilya,yang asyik”,in;TEMPO magazine (November 14,1999)page:44-45
• Fadjri, Raihul/Idayanie,Ln,”Dari mereka untuk kita”,in; TEMPO magazine (November14,1999)page:50-51
• Wiyanto,Hendro,”AWAS! Recent art from Indonesia.Tukang kritik dalam seni rupa”, In;KOMPAS (Sunday, October31,1999)
• 1 Monthly Art magazine Bijutsu techo (Januaryi,2000) vol;52,no 782 page;A 080-081
• Dwi Marianto,M,” Ledek-ledek gejala utama dalam seni kontemporer Indonesia ”, In; Awas ! Recent Art From Indonesia (Catalogue), Indonesian Arts Society,1999, page;25-26
• ASP,”Pameran komik tembok 1997', in Kedaulatan Rakyat (April 22,1997) page: 11
• Prass , AB ,”Komik dinding,komik alternatif gaya yogya”,in;Minggu Pagi (….,1997)
• Anasamhuri,”Perupa Yogya Gelar Pameran komik Tembok”,in;BERNAS(April21,1997)page:7
• Kurniawan,”Komik alternatif dari kota gudeg”,in; ADIL Weeklynews(may28-june3,1997)
• Lubis,bersihar/Supriyanto,Akuat Eky/Haryadi,”Federasi seni rupa”, in;GAMMA magazine (march15,1999) page:102
• Ida, “Lukisan di Atas kaos lagi Mode”, in; BERNAS (Saturday, January 6, 2001) page : 7
• Ida, “Si Oblong Bikin Keren, Nyeni Lagi”, in;BERNAS (Saturday, January 6, 2001) page : 7
• Sariyati,“T- Shirt Ekspresikan Jiwa pelukis”,in;JAWA POS(Saturday, January13, 2001)page:12
• Fajri, Raihul,”Menjelajahi T-Shirt”, in;TEMPO (January 28, 200I) page : 118-119
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STATEMENT
Vision
My artistic preference is my personal opinion about the environment where I live, think, walk, with all freedom I have.
Background
Most of the Indonesians would not accept criticism wisely. Like a luxurious thing, honesty is scarcely found. It seems like a taboo. People would prefer to keep silent, since they believe that silence is golden.
Human interaction needs a rule to make the interaction harmonious. The rule is an attitude of honoring and respecting each other. Nevertheless, the rule is often violated for the sake of private interests. Is it originated in egoism or in other cause? In fact, it is important to be honest to each other that whenever we have problems we could solve them immediately. Being able to accept criticism wisely is not easy. Many people would be offended, though criticism is necessary for the good of all.
At this point I try to express the opinion in my artworks by visual languange with a certain aesthetic touch. Criticism exists as the result of the violation of norms created to harmonize social life. Criticism is needed as a reminder and to correct anything wrong.
Goals
I hope that my artworks would reflect social condition and suggest people to be more careful and wise in their behavior. At least, the works try to record various affairs resulted from the violation of norms, namely honoring and respecting each other.
My artworks is a medium of presenting opinion which is difficult to be uttered orally and would not be accepted easily by most people, especially Indonesians, though the opinion might be suitable to other societies as well. Generally speaking, my artworks reflect the condition of humanity.
Media
At the moment I use two-dimensional media, such as paper, canvas, and even wall. However, it is not impossible for me to use other kinds of media. The reason why I use two-dimensional media is that they are simple and easy to use.
a. Canvas
My foremost medium is canvas. I can use the medium everyday. Besides, I used to make comic drawings as a break and amusement whenever I am bored with using canvas. The comics I have made is simple, telling common stories without special characters in them. In general, the comics present something which is similar to what I present on canvasses. I produce and publish comic drawings by myself. The comic that has been completed is “Evil” and I used it as the catalogue of my exhibition at Frech-Indonesian Institute, Yogyakarta , 2000.
b. Wall
I use wall as a medium of expression. Wall is a most familiar medium for most people. Artworks are usually made for a limited group of people. It creates a gap between this group and the rest of people. I use wall to remove the gap. I join Apotik Komik in order to explore this kind of art.
c. T-shirt
I use this medium because I have once worked as a designer at a t-shirt factory some years ago in Yogyakarta . With this experience, I sometimes express my art by t-shirt. I made the first t-shirt manually without the help of modern technique of printing, but in the last few years I tried to apply the technique. Due to some technical difficulties I have not yet produced many t-shirts. I have made two designs which actually are copies of my paintings as souvenirs of my exhibition and three designs which I made purposely to be artworks.
(http://www.popokberaksi.com) |
Popok Tri Wahyudi's dynamic canvases are life-sized frames from a sinister comic book. His talents as a comic book illustrator are evident in both his illustrative painting style and narrative imagery. Each of Popok's paintings condense a whole comic strip into individual action packed canvases. One very large canvas is filled with a ship of fools tossing about on a dark stormy sea, this work represents the lunacy of the current political situation with the country adrift in rough waters while the helm is manned by fools and thieves.
(Source: www.artasianow.com)
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