WEDHAR RIYADI

Portrait-Wedhar Riyadi 2024
N a m e : WEDHAR RIYADI

Born & Lives

1980 Born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Education

1999–2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Indonesian Institute of Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 Light & Shadow, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
2019 Slices, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
2014 Bones After Bones: Echo, Yavuz Fine Art, Singapore
2013 Bones After Bones: Shadow, Arndt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011 Daging & Pedang, Kagaduhan di Negeri Yang Subur, Ark Galerie, Jakarta, Indonesia
2008 Expression of Desire, Ark Galerie, Jakarta, Indonesia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Head In the Clouds, Plan X, Milan, Italy
Noughties by Nature: Contemporary Indonesian Art from Generation 2000 Plus, Gajah Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Singapore
Salon et Cetera, Ace/CBD - Ace House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Crossing Boundaries: Contemporary Figurative Perspectives, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Objecting Reality, WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
2023 Indonesian Painting I: Vita Activa, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Broken White Project #18: Incipit Tragoedia Incipit Parodia, Ace House Collective, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2021 Falling, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2020 Closer Than They Appear, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
ARTJOG: RESILIENCE, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019 Ripples: Indonesian Contemporary Art, Taipei Dangdai, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taiwan
2018 Bangkit/Arise: An International Arts Exchange & Residency, San Fransisco, California, USA
ARTJOG 10: ENLIGHTMENT, Jogja National Museum Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Manifesto 6: Multipolar, Seni Rupa Setelah 20 Tahun Reformasi, National Gallery Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Primacy of Seeing, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
2016 ARTJOG 9, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2015 Belum Ada Judul, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Polychromatic, Greenhost Hotel Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Awang-awangan, Langgeng Art Foundation Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2014 Mooi Indie, Beautiful Indies Indonesian Art Now, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia
2013 Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taichung, Taiwan
Sip! Indonesian Art Today, Arndt Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012 Asia Pacific Triennale 7, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
‘Jogja Agro Pop’, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011 Jogja Biennale XI, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Finding Me, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
Indonesian Eye, Ciputra Artpreneur Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia; and Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2010 Digit(all), Umah Seni Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2009 Jogja Jamming, Jogja Biennale X, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Exposign, Jogja Expo Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Kado, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Utan Kayu Literary Biennale 2009, Galeri Salihara, Jakarta, Indonesia
Tapology of Flatness, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Next Wave, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
Tales From Wounded Land, Tyler Rollins Gallery, New York, USA
Freedom In Geekdom, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2008 Highlight, Jogja National Museum Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Wanakio 2008, Okinawa, Japan
Refresh: new strategies in Indonesian contemporary art, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore
Hello Print, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Manifesto, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
A Slice of Indonesian Contemporary Art, Soka Gallery, Beijing, China
Perang Kembang, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Utopia Negativa, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia
Lullaby, V-Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2007 Get It (W)all, France Culture Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Agaris Kobol, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
T-Shirt from March, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Black Urban Art, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Jakarta, Bandung, Indonesia
One Month Shop, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Imagined Affandi, Gedung Arsip Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia
Popscape: Everyday In Indonesia, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Visualisasi Parikan Gendhakan, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Shout Out, Yogyakarta Art Festival XIX, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bung Ayo Bung!, Pameran 100 tahun Affandi, Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bocor#2, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Superb Ambition, Plaza Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
Artvertising, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia
Neo-Nation, Yogyakarta Biennale 2007, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2006 Serangan Sendu Bulan Gerimis, Kafe Deket Rumah, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Terror, Intersection for The Art, San Fransisco, USA
Art for Jogja, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Paper Soles, Via-via Kafe, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Tributes, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Young Arrow, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Midnight Live Mural Project, Beringharjo Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2005 Pseudo Still Life: Object and it’s Aura, Galeri Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
CP Open Biennale (collaboration with Daging Tumbuh), Jakarta, Indonesia
Ayo Ngguyu, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Pra Biennale Bali 2005, V-Art Galleri & Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Re:Publik Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2004 Persepsi Dalam Vibrasi, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Unidentified Fucking Object, Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Burn The Space, CC DOC studio, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Barcode, Yogyakarta Arts Festival XVI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2003 Reply, Yogyakarta Arts Festival XVI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Kleringan Mural Project, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Age-hibition, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 Mural Kota Sama-sama, Lempuyangan fly over, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2001 Kabinet Komikindie, Gelaran Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Gledek ’99, Museum Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Drawing Exhibition, Sanggar Caping, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Home Shit Home, Via-via kafe, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Diversity in Harmony, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2000 Gelar Budaya Kotagede, Galeri Omah Dhuwur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Dies Natalis ISI XVI, ISI Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1999 HUT SMSR Yogyakarta, Dewan Kesenian Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Kelompok Kosong, Museum Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Awards

2008 Academic Art Award, The Young Artist for Painting, Program Hibah seni A-2 Indonesian Institute of Art & Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2000 Best Sketch, Fine Art Faculty, Indonesia Institute of Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1999 Best Oil Painting, Pratita Adhi Karya

Museum Collections

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia
Akili Museum of Art, Jakarta, Indonesia

Residencies

2018 Bangkit/Arise, Clarion Alley Mural Project, in collaboration with Asian Art Museum
Chong Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, USA
2008 Wanakio 2008, Okinawa, Japan

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