AGUNG KURNIAWAN
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- Tidak ada yang lebih berharga dari seni, kalau ada itupun pasti palsu
- Cinta itu sementara, kesepian itu abadi
- Kemiskinan adalah ibu tiri seni kontemporer
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Biografi 2015
Lahir 14 Maret, 1968, Jember, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Agung Kurniawan adalah seniman yang bekerja dengan berbagai medium. Media tradisionalnya adalah gambar, namun belakangan ini ia bekerja secara aktif dengan performance. Meskipun ia bekerja dengan performans, ia menolak untuk disebut sebagai performer, dia lebih suka menyebut dirinya sendiri sebagai direktur keramaian. Ia lahir di Jember, dan tidak menamatkan studi di beberapa universitas. Ikut mendirikan Ia tinggal di Yogyakarta dengan tiga anjing dan dua sepeda motor yang unik.
Education and Experiences
1987-1991 Archeology, Faculty of Literature, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (not graduated)
1991-1995 Graphic Art, Faculty of Fine Art, Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (not graduated)
Publication/Book
2015 “Lubricant”, Agung Kurniawan, Brigitta Isabella, Farah Wardani, Umah Seni, Jakarta
SOLO EXHIBITION
2013 Milik Nggendong Lali (Owning Cradling Forgetting)
2012 Actus Contritionis, Umahseni @ Mentengartspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
2011 The Lines that Remind Me of You, Kendra Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
2006 Budiman Project, ArtiIpol Gallery, Amsterdam
Mural Project: Could I entertain you sir, Esplanade, Singapore
2003 Sex, Lies, and Drawing, Goethe Institute, Jakarta
2001 Lick me, please!, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
– Lapendoz, Centre Culturel Française (CCF) Yogyakarta, Indonesia
– Lapendoz, Barak Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia
1998 Ironi dan Parodi, Galeri Lontar, Jakarta, Indonesia
1995 Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1994 Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Kecabulan Sebagai Pelumas Demokrasi, performance at Jakarta Biennale 2015, Gudang Sarinah, Jakarta
Masya Allah Transgenik, performance at Bazaar Art Jakarta 2015, Jakarta
Adidas Tragedy, performance at Jogja Art Moments, Jogjakarta
2013 SIP, Contemporary Indonesian Art, Mathias Ardnt gallery, Singapore
Once Upon a Time, The Collection Now, Van Abbe Museum, The Netherland
Masya Allah transgenic. Performance at Jogja Bienalle XII, Yogyakata, Indonesia
2012 Penumbrae, at Art Stage Singapore 2012, presented by Umahseni Art Space, Marina Bay Sands, Exhibition and Convention Center, Singapore
Legacy: The Trace of Civilization, Esa Sampoerna Art Museum, Surabaya, Indonesia
Michael Jansen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Domestic stuff, Cemeti art house Yogyakarta, Salihara jakarta
Looking East, Art Jog 2012, Yogyakarta
Gwangju Bienialle, Roundtable, Gwangju South Korea, 2012
SIP, Cotemporary Indonesian Art, Mathias Ardnt Gallery, Berlin
2011 Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
New Mythology, Louis Vuitton Gallery, Paris, France
Global Art From 1989 till Now, ZKM, Karlsuhe, Germany
Beastly, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2010 Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Space & Image, Ciputra World Marketing Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Crossing and Blurring the Boundaries: Medium in Indonesian Contemporary Art, Andi’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Manifesto In the New Aesthetic, ICA, Singapore
2009 Beyond the Dutch, Central museum Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jogja Art Fair II, Jogjakarta Art Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The Living legends, National Gallery Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Jogja Bienial X, “One Minute Mute”; Performance Project, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2008 Be(com)ing Dutch “The dutch day Dreaming”, Van Abbe Museum, Netherlands
The Scale of Black Drawing Exhibition, Valentine Willie Gallery, Singapore
Grafis Hari Ini, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Indonesia
ART PROJECTS
2015 Proyek Peristiwa Teater: Hanya Kematian yang Setia Menunggu
15 Mei 2015, 19:30 di Auditorium IFI Yogyakarta
2011 Pause: Automatic Drawing Simple and Dangerous, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
WORK EXPERIENCES
2003 – now Artistic Director Kedai Kebun Forum Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2004 – now The Chairperson of Cemeti Art Foundation, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia.
2007 Artistic Director, Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta
2008 Artsitic Director, Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta
WORKS IN COLLECTION
Heden, Den Haag, the Netherlands
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
National Art Council, Singapore
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