Agus Suwage

N a m e : Agus Suwage

Born & Lives

1959 Purworejo, Central Java, Indonesia

Agus Suwage (b. 1959 in Purworejo, Central Java, Indonesia) studied Graphic Design at Bandung Institute of Technology, Faculty of Fine Art and Design, Bandung, Indonesia (1979 – 1986). Since then, he has been actively engaged with the local and international art scene, gaining attention with his practice that incorporates various mediums and techniques: drawings, paintings, sculptures, and multimedia installations. Suwage’s recent works have been his own projection, offering the artist’s self-portraits in different poses and settings that often convey critical messages concerning socio-political issues around him. Agus Suwage lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Education

1986 Graphic Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Faculty of Fine Art and Design, Bandung, Indonesia

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 Scenic World, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
2022 The Theater of Me, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia
2017 Room of Mine, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA
2014 ◄◄ ▌▌►►, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2013 CYCLE No. 3, ARNDT Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
CYCLE No. 2, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA
2012 DAUR, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2011 The End Is Just Beginning Is The End, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA
2009 CIRCL3, Singapore Tyler Print Institute Gallery, Singapore
Still Crazy After All These Years, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2008 Beauty in the Dark, Avanthay Contemporary Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
An Offering to Ego, CIGE 2008, Beijing, China
2007 I/CON, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005 Pause / Re-Play, Soemardja Gallery, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia
2004 Fabulous Fable, Art Singapore, The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, Singapore
Toys S’ US, CP Asian Art Space, Jakarta; Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung; Emmitan Gallery, Surabaya; Gaya Fusion of Sense, Bali; Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Playing the Fool, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2003 Ough...Nguik!!, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 Atelier Frank and Lee Gallery, Singapore
Channel of Desire, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2001 I&I&I, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Beautify, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2000 Sai-no-kuni, Artist in residence exhibition, Gen Gallery & Public Center Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Eksotika Dotkom, Soemardja Gallery, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia
1999 Millennium Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1998 Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Galeri Padi, Bandung, Indonesia
1997 Lontar Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1996 H Block Gallery QUT, Brisbane, Australia
1995 Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 Emotional Asia, Miyatsu Daisuke Collections, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
2020 ARTJOG: RESILIENCE, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019 Faktor X, Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design, grandkemang Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dunia Dalam Berita, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia
+63 | +62, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2018 ART UNLIMITED: XyZ 2018, Bandung, Indonesia
Disparate Bodies, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
Art Bali 2018 “Beyond the Myths”, AB • BC Building, Bali, Indonesia
Celebrating Indonesian Portraiture, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
Sights + Sounds, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
2017 Terra Incognita, Hilger Brotkunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, National Art Center and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Universal Influence, ART|JOG|9, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
A Touch for The Now, MONA Inner Space, Poznan, Poland
2015 After Utopia, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
#FAMILYANDFRIENDS, ROH Projects, Jakarta, Indonesia
2014 Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans, USA
Legacy of Power, ART|JOG|14, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2013 Biennale Jogja XII Equator #2, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
SIP! Indonesian Art Today, ARNDT, Singapore; Berlin, Germany
Beast/Bloom for Thee: Biota etc., Galeri Canna, Jakarta, Indonesia
Dermawan untuk Darmawan, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Maritime Culture, ART|JOG|13, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2012 Migration, ARNDT, Berlin, Germany; Sydney, Australia
2011 Asia: Looking South, ARNDT, Berlin, Germany
Beyond the Self, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, 1991 – 2010, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Illuminance: Agus Suwage + Filippo Sciascia, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ekspansi, SIGIarts Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2010 The Show Must Go On, The 10th Anniversary of Nadi Gallery, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Illuminance: Agus Suwage + Filippo Sciascia, NUS Museum, Singapore
Reality Effect, SIGIarts Gallery; National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Almost White Cube, The 12th Anniversary of CGartspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
Ecce Homo, Galeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia
Pleasures of Chaos, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009 Kado #2, The 9th Anniversary of Nadi Gallery, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Broadsheet Notations: Projecting Artworks on Paper, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Group, Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin, Germany
Post-Tsunami Art, Primo Marella, Gallery Milan, Italy
Simple Art of Parody, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
The Golden Age, Ark Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Milestone, Vanessa Art Link, Jakarta, Indonesia
Hibridization, North Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia
2008 Allegorical Bodies – Indian Contemporary Art, A Art Contemporary Space, Taipei, Taiwan Dari Penjara ke Pigura, Galeri Salihara, Jakarta, Indonesia
Loro Blonyo Kontemporer, Magelang, Indonesia
Merti Bumi, Lerep Kampung Seni, Ungaran, Indonesia
Space/Spacing, Galeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia
Coffee, Cigarettes and Pad Thai, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
The Past-The Forgotten Time, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
The Scale of Black, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore
Expose #1 - A Presentation of Indonesian Contemporary Art by Deutsche Bank & Nadi Gallery, Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Manifesto, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Inanimate Performance, Soka Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Animal Kingdom, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2007 Indonesia Biennale Jogja IX: Neo Nation, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ar[t]chipelago Alert, Tonyraka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
Imagining Asia, 22nd Asian International Art Exhibition, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia
Celebr’art’e Fire Boar, Kupu-Kupu Art Gallery, Jakarta; Griya Santrian, Bali, Indonesia
On Appropriation, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
Fetish Art Object, Biasa Art Space, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
Thermocline of Art, New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Anti-Aging, Gaya Art Space, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Imagined Affandi, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
The Past – The Forgotten Time, Artoteek Den Haag, The Hague; The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD), Amsterdam, Netherlands; Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta; Erasmushuis, Jakarta; Rumah Seni Yaitu, Semarang, Indonesia; Bizart, Shanghai, China
Beautiful Dead, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Indonesian Contemporary Art Now, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2006 Common Link", Vanessa Art Link, Beijing, China
Singapore Biennale 2006: Belief, Tanglin Camp, Singapore
Masa Lalu Masa Lupa, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The 21st Asian International Art Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; Ayala Museum, Philippines; Gracia Art Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia
Signed and Dated, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2nd Graphic Triennale 2006, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Masa dan Tanda-Tanda, Vanessa Art Link, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005 Etalase, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
Eksodus Barang, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
AKU, Chairil, dan Aku, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jejak-Jejak Drawing, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
CP Biennale: Urban/Culture, Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Space and Scape, Summit Event Bali Biennale, Bali, Indonesia
Quota 2005, Icon Langgeng Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004 Air Kata-Kata, Illustration Exhibition of Shindunata’s Book, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Passion: Etno-Identity, Canna Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Wings of Words Wings of Color, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia
Artscope, Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung, Indonesia
Lima Ruang, Puri Art Space, Malang, Indonesia
Indonesia – China Exhibition, organized by LOFT Gallery Paris-Barcelona-Hongkong, The Pakubuwono Residence, Jakarta, Indonesia
Reformasi, Sculpture Square, Singapore
Olympics, The Pakubuwono Residence organized by Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Silent Action: Creativity for Tolerance and Peace, 4th Art Summit, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Transindonesia: Scoping Culture in Contemporary Indonesian Art, The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand
Exodus Barang, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jejak-jejak Drawing, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2003 All You Need is Love, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
In Between Perupa Dalam Rotasi Media, Andi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Borobudur Agitatif, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia
Biennale Yogyakarta VII: Countrybution, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Passion: Etno-Identity, Beijing, China
2002 Dimensi Raden Saleh, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
Alpha Omega Alpa, Air Art House, Jakarta, Indonesia
Not I. Am I?, Cyrcle Point Gallery, Washington DC, USA
2001 Figurare, Gaya Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
Membaca Frida Kahlo, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Buka Mata, Valentine Willie Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
Not Just the Political, Museum Widayat, Magelang, Indonesia
Melik Gondong Lali, 50th Basis Magazine, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2000 The 3rd Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, Korea
Invisible Boundary: Metamorphosed Asian Art, The Niigata Prefectural Civic Center Gallery, Niigata; Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
Five Continents and One City, The Historical Center, Palacio de Los Condes de Santiago de Calimaya, Museo de la Ciuda de Mexico, Museum of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Museum Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, United States
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, United States
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, United States
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan

Public Collections

Albright–Knox Art Gallery, New York, United States
Ford Foundation, New York, Ohio, United States

Residencies

2009 Singapore Tyler Print Institute Gallery, Singapore
2003 Brito International Artists Workshop, Tepantor, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1999 Sai-no-kuni, Saitama, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
1996 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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