Pramuhendra as “The Best Young Artist” on this first Soemardja Award

Held in 1 April 2011 Soemardja Award is anual program held by Galeri Soemardja in two category: “The Best Student” dan “The Best Young Artist”. In the first category, the award will be given to the best artwork by student that are studying on ITB art academy from four  lines of interest: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture and Ceramic.

The category “The Best Young Artist” are given to the graduate art alumni from ITB under 30 year that have shown their effort and their reputation on Indonesian art world and on the broader area regional and international.

This two category was given as an effort on remembering  Sjafe’i Soemardja as a prominent figure in the art education history; building conducive environment while improving professionalism spirit amongst young prominent artist and projected to be taking part as a positive trigger to build a fine scholarly commitment and consistency of every ITB art graduate on the broader social field of art.

Exhibition Poster

Exhibition Installation

December 2010

Arario Gallery Present  Beacons of Archipelago 

Presenting works from artists from Southeast Asia and India

The global art community had faced a major downfall with the economic crises that swept through the world, after having swelled up to its full propelled by the powers of huge capitals. As expectations had been so high, voices of despair also took its toll, but there has also been precious changes and advancements made in the wake of the fiasco. Asian art in specific, which had previously been relegated to the peripheries, is making notable growth through such experiences. The foundations for such positive changes may be found in that Asia’s economic status has been escalating, along with its strength of voice within the global society. Also, central discourses that characterize contemporary culture, such as postmodernism, post-colonialism and multiplicity, and various forms of international art events that reflect these trends, are contributing to the expansion of the range of opportunities. The most important thing to note, however, is that the Asian art scene has become more self-reflective and different efforts to propose region-specific development models are being put to practice. As the above factors come into view, the comprehensive illusion of Asia as the ‘other’ of the West is being torn down, more weight is placed on the hybrid traits of individual cultures, and the channel for communication and dialogue among local clusters are being ever expanded.

As part of an effort to join in this wondrous flow of positive change, Arario Gallery presents a group exhibition of thirteen South Asian artists’ works. South Asia’s contemporary art began to attract the world’s attention, following the steps of Asia’s two leading figures – China and India. South Asia is now seen as one of the three global growth axes, based on its economic scale that supersedes that of India’s, high growth rate, abundance natural resources, and its geopolitical advantages as the connecting point in Asia and the Pacific region; this may be one of the reasons for its recent rise to glory, but we mustn’t oversee the expectations placed on this region as the new instigator of fresh discourses in contemporary art, considering how various forms of self-generated artistic activities are flourishing in response to hundreds of years of colonization, its pain and poverty, social instability and injustice cased by the process of modernization, corruption and violence, as well as conflicts regarding race and religion.

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16-29 Juli 2010

Taman Budaya Yogyakarta

The Following name from the 3rd Jogja Art Fair (JAF), presenting 158 artist from all acros Indonesia and Singapore

Pramuhendra presenting an Installation with 4  charcoal on canvas painting and an old television playing video art

Ciputra Artpreneur Center, Jakarta, 9 June to 10 July 2011

Saatchi Gallery, London, 1 September to 9 October 2011

Fantasies and Realities presents works by 18 Indonesian artists encompassing the artistic heritage, rich tradition and the rapidly evolving society of present day Indonesia.

The exhibition has gathered works from across the Indonesian Archipelago with the aim of showcasing a wide selection of leading contemporary artists.

Fantasies and Realities strives to explore the uniqueness of Indonesian art which focuses on local appropriation of culture and expresses it in a fresh and at times deceptively naïve new language: made up of myths, realities and child’s play mixed with a more abstract artistic and realistic expression.

The works have been selected by the Indonesian Eye curatorial team in collaboration with local curators.

Pramuhendra present 2 past work on this Exhibition :

1. Divided and Fold (2008)

Divided and Fold

2. A Heaven’s Tale (2010)

A Heaven Tale

Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris

France

For its 16th exhibition, the Espace culturel Louis Vuitton continues its regular exploration of emerging artistic scenes in distant countries with the presentation of  Trans-Figurations: Indonesian Mythologies. The Espace culturel invites visitors to discover an energetic and effervescent generation of Indonesian artists.

Pramuhendra present two installation artwork : absolution installation and sirion 2 installation

© Louis Vuitton, Pauline Guyon

 image © Louis Vuitton, Pauline Guyon

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