CURRICULUM VITAE

 

SAMUEL INDRATMA

Born : December 22, 1970, 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, and Jogjakarta Comic Society.

 

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

 

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 project Collaborated 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.