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Samuel Indratma
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Samuel Indratma enrolled in the Printmaking Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Design, ISI Yogyakarta in 1990, where he became one of the many students to concentrate on comic books. Samuel had been fond of comics since childhood, along with writing short stories. In 1996, ready to pursue a life as an artist, Samuel dropped out of the Printmaking Department -- as did many of his peers. They soon began producing their own work. Through his interaction with the art community in Yogyakarta he eventually found the right path to follow: art comic books. In these works, Samuel does not adhere to strict narratives or plots. His method is to make illustrative works page by page, which are only later ordered and bound.

Samuel's first solo exhibition took place in 1997, not at an art gallery, but at the Via-Via Cafe in Prawirotaman, where he was commissioned to make comic murals directly on the walls -- this is one of Yogyakarta's main tourist areas and the lively atmosphere of this venue made it a fitting context for his popular art. In his mural works, Samuel's fondness for comics combines with an interest in graffiti. He sees the city's extensive walls as public spaces available for this purpose, immediately accessible to those passing by, providing a democratic alternative to conventional exhibitions. Television cartoon serials, commercials and the popular mass language, particularly electronic media, all feed into Samuel's works. He picks up their idioms and features, such as the mock-heroic, humor, parody and twisted logic. Samuel’s absurdist, carefree, non-narrative representations parody serious art, ignoring the familiar methods of visual representation.
– M. Dwi Marianto, curator

Samuel

Photo GC, Dec. 2007, Jogja

Samuel Indratma studied Graphic Art at the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI). In addition to his public murals and installation with Apotik Komik, Samuel has exhibited his work in Yogyakarta at Via Via Café, the French Cultural Center, Taman Budaya, Bentara Budaya; in Ubud, Bali at Museum Puri Lukisan Ubud; and internationally in Singapore, London, Zurich, Berlin and Paris.
(Source: www.samasama.org)


Born : December 22 19??, Gombong, Central Java, Indonesia.

Founder of Apotik Komik (1997-2005), the visual art group in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Currently lives and work in Yogyakarta, Indonesia EDUCATION 1990-1996 studied graphic art, faculty of Fine Art, Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. One of the founder of “Jogjakarta Mural Forum” in 2005

SOLO EXHIBITION

MURAL BLUES
Via Via Kafe Kembara, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1997

FROM HORROR TO HOPE
Three dimensional object, paper mache
French Cultural Center[ CCF], Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
1998

BEGADANG III
Work with papers, Lontar Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2001

THE INTERPRETATION OF SUREQ LA GALIGO
Concourse, Esplanade theatres on the bay, Singapore
February13 – March 28, 2004

URBAN APARTMENT
Laneway City of Melbourne
September 2007-February 2008

GROUP EXHIBITION AND ART PROJECTS

MELAYANG
Exhibition of comic murals in a house yard at the Nitiprayan, Bantul, Yogyakarta. This exhibition involved the participation of 13 artists living in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 1997

SAKIT BERLANJUT
Public art project with venues in various public spaces of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 1999

LES PARAVENT
Stage artistic for Theater GARASI , Les Paravent- Jean Genet, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2000

GALERI PUBLIK APOTIK KOMIK
Founding of a public street gallery for the duration of one year. Six young artists from Jakarta and Jogjakarta participated in exhibitions for this project. 2000- 2001

SAMA-SAMA CITY MURAL PROJECT, involving the participation of 15 Jogjakarta-based artists, with venues in various public spaces of Jogjakarta. 2002
SAMA-SAMA / YOU’RE WELCOME, Indonesian - American Art Colaboration. Apotik Komik – Clarion Alley Mural Project. “SAMA-SAMA/ YOU’RE WELCOME” is an international collaboration and exchange between community arts organization and artists from San fransisco [ U.S.A ] and Jogjakarta [ Indonesia ] This project design to foster understanding of Contemporary art and culture between the two communities through the creation of new work. Presented in: VIA VIA KAFE Jogjakarta and with venue in various public spaces of Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

INTERSECTION for the arts gallery, Southern Exposure at Project Artaud, Raibow grocery, Le Beau market, San Fransisco, USA 2003
GESTALT, Organized by Richardo Richey (APEX), Gestalt: (n)a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts. 2003

ART & PEACE projectCollaborated with Haverford collage students, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, USA. 2003

AWAS! Recent Art from Indonesia
Traveling exhibition organized by the Cemeti Art Foundation,Yogyakarta,Indonesia in cooperation with the Walter Spies Society , Cologne, Germany for Europe.
Presented in :
INDONESIA: Museum Benteng Vredeburg,Yogyakarta, Indonesia, October 1999
AUSTRALIA: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 1999 – January 2000
Contemporary Art Space , Canbera, February – March 2000
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, March – April 2000
Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, may – June 2000
Wollongong University Gallery, Wollongong, June – July 2000
JAPAN : Hiroshima city museum of Contemporary Art , Hiroshima, July 2000
Hokkaido asahikawa Museum of Art, Asahikawa, September – October 2000
GERMANY: Asian Fine Art PruB and Ochs Gallery, Berlin, April – may 2001
THE NETHERLANDS: W139, Amsterdam, 2001

FOUR MEMBER OF APOTIK KOMIK, Atelier Frank & Lee, Singapore. 2000
36 IDEAS from Asia: CONTEMPORARY SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ART , A travelling exhibition Organised by the Singapore Art museum with cooperation from stifftung fur Kunst & Kulture e.V. Bonn . A project of the association of Southeast Asian Nation, Committee on Culture and information [ASIAN – COCI] 2002-2003
Presented in :GERMANY: Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisberg, Germany. HUNGARY: Helikon Kastelmuzeum KHT, Hungary. AUSTRIA: Rupertinum Museum de Moderne, Zalsburg, Austria. ITALY : National Museum of Abruzzo, L’aquila, Italy

MELBOURNE connection ASIA, Poster Tram Shelter in Melbourne, September – October, 2003, Horti Hall Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, December 2003

EXPLORING VACUUM II, Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, August 24 –December 31, 2003

CP OPEN BIENNALE 2003,National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 4th – October 3rd 2003

15 TRACKS: Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, A traveling exhibition Organized by the Singapore Art museum The Japan Foundation, Tama Art University and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. A project of the association of Southeast Asian Nation, Committee on Culture and information [ASIAN – COCI] 2003 - 2004
Presented in : JAPAN :Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka , December 18, 2003 - March 7, 2004,Tama Art University, Tokyo

REFORMASI, Collective exhibition organized by Sculpture Square, Singapore. June – September 2004

OLYMPICS ART EXHIBITION, Collective exhibition at Pakubuwono Residence, Jakarta. Organized by Nadi Gallery. 19 August-September 2004

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Solo Exhibitions)
•AA, “Kafe Kembara Gelar Mural Blues-Exhibition”, in: BERNAS (September, 26, 1997) Prass,A.B, “Pameran Mural dalam Balutan Musik Blues…”, in: Minggu Pagi (October 21,1997)
•Fadjri, Raihul, “Ada Tinja di Dalam Warung,” in” D&R Magazine (november 8, 1997)page 86-87. AA/HH,” Luluk Akan Sumbangkan Bus dan Alat Musiknya”, In: BERNAS (Augut 12, 1997) page 11.
•Fadjri, Raihul, “murals in yogyakarta attract tourists”, in: The jakarta Post (Sunday, october 19, 1997)
•Solikhan, Ahmad, “Patung Berdada Bolong”, in: D&R magazine (December 28-January 2, 1998) page 62.
•Indarto, Kuss, “Betapa Nikmatnya Kekerasan itu….” In: BERNAS (December 21, 1998) page 6.
•E.E., “Perupa Samuel Indratma Gelar Pameran Ilustrasi 3 Dimensi”, in:BERNAS (December16,1998)
•Fadjri, Raihul/Idayani,L.N, “Patung Cerah dalam Suasana Kekerasan”, in:TEMPO magazine (January 4, 1998) page 99.

Residency:
2003
Residency in Clarion Alley Mural, Sanfransisco for 2 months.

2007
Residency in ArtPlay Melbourne and Tasmania for 2 months. Asia Link and Kelola.

(Source:http://paksamuel.multiply.com/calendar/item/10001/SAMUEL_INDRATMA)
Samuel Indratma