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Aris Prabawa, b.1974, Solo, Indonesia.
Aris Prabawa is an Indonesian artist living and working between Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and Lismore, NSW. He is a founding member of Taring Padi, an Indonesian artist-run collective with a focus on exploring the social capacity of art through collective activism and art making.
Within his solo practice, Aris’s evocative, finely detailed drawings investigate human nature, environmentalism, geopolitics and the history of capitalism in the tradition of socio-realist painting. Weaving human history and metaphorical landscapes, his practice advocates for a re-awakening of our collective consciousness, empathy and action.
His work is held in the collections of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art; The Art Gallery of Western Australia; Tate Modern; National Gallery of Australia, The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, as well as private collections both nationally and internationally.
ARIS PRABAWA
Born 1974 in Solo, Java, Indonesia. Currently lives and works in Lismore, Australia
Education:
1995 - 1998 FSR ISI major in Print Making, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2004 - 2007 TAFE Fine Art major in Painting, Lismore, Australia
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Re-start Thinking About Our Nature, Milani Gallery, Australia
2023 Flame of Power, Lismore Regional Gallery, Australia
2022 Daya Bara, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019 Hadap Hidup. Jogja National museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011 The Nature of The Beast, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore. Australia
2010 In the Service of Nature, 4A Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Humanity Lost, Casula Powerhouse, Western Sydney, Australia
2008 Between Industry and the Earth, Sika Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Dalam Bayangan Sang Leviathan, Langgeng Icon Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2006 Industrial Dyspepsia, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Drawing Days, Café Giulia, Sydney, Australia
2005 Mencari Damai, Via-Via, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2004 About Feeling, Fire in the Belly, Lismore, Australia
1998 Arah Berlingkung, Studio Bosan, Yogyakarta, Indonesian
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 Tanah Tumpah Darah, (project coordinator) Taring Padi. Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Custumise Postures (De)colonizing Gestures. Gajah Gallery. Singapore
2023 Retomar Nossa Terra, Rebut Tanah kita, MST, Saopaulo, Brasil
2022 Lumbung, With Taring Padi Collective, Documenta 15, Kassel, Germany
2021 Solidarity without border, York Collage Galley, Pennsylvania, USA
Black Boots Poster Exhibition, Asmara cafe & arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2020 Bush fire Australia 2019-2020, public billboard, New Orleans, USA
The Partnershipping Project #4, Month Gambier, Australia
Festival Ahli Gambar, Gallery Katamsi ISI Yogyakarta. Indonesia
The Partnershipping Project #5, Burnie Regional gallery, Tasmania. Australia
2019 Keep The Fire On. Survive Garage. Yogyakarta
Gegayutan. Nandur Srawung #6. Taman Budaya Yogyakarta
The Partnershipping Project #3. Lismore Regional Gallery. Australia
2016 Reguregh. Seni Rupa Ballpoint, Visma Gallery, Surabaya
Black Boots Collective, installation, Lismore Regional Gallery
Black Boots Collective, Big Fag Press, Sydney.
2015 Indonesian Design Emerging, Peacock gallery, Auburn, Australia
2014 Protest Song, Lismore Regional Gallery, Australia
Legacy of Power, ARTJOG, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2013 KOMNAS Perempuan, Gallery Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia
2012 Lihat Disana, with Budi Santoso. Gallery Cipta, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta,
Indonesia
2011 Cores Para o Planeta, museu da Cidade, Lisboa, Portugal
2010 Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, Regional Gallery, Lismore
Colors For The Planet, UNESCO Art Camp, Ordino, Andorra
Un projet Andorran de Difersite Culturelle, Centre de’Etudes Catalanes, Paris, France
2009 Never Ending Courage, Conference Bird Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
IVAA Archive AID, National Gallery, Jakarta
2008 The New Millennium. Lismore Regional Gallery. Lismore, NSW
888. China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2007 The Asian Australian Artists Association 10th Annual Member Exhibition, 4A Gallery,
Sydney
SISA, UTS Gallery, Sydney
Indonesia: Contemporary Arts Now. Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
Threshold of Tolerance (print making collaboration), School of Arts Gallery, ANU,
Canberra
If you see something say something, Gallery 4A and Mori Gallery, Sydney
2006 Sedulur Gempa, Goethe Institute Jakarta, Indonesia
Podho-Podho, Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, Sydney
2005 International Bienale, Jakarta
Ayo Ngguyu, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta
2004 New Work from Java, Labour Club, Sydney
2002 Adelaide Festival of Art, with Taring Padi, Adelaide
Art Against the Machine, 24 Hours: Contemporary Art Gallery, Darwin
Taring Padi, Monash University, Melbourne
Berdua di 2002 with Erwin B, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta
2001 Gelar Budaya Kerakyatan, Gampingan 1, Yogyakarta
2000 Pink Project, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
1999 Pancaroba Indonesia, Pacific Bridge: Contemporary Asian Art Gallery, San Francisco,
USA
Yogyakarta Biennale, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta
Awards:
2010 Stan and Maureen Duke Art Prize (people’s choice winner) Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2007 Southern Cross Arts Festival (people’s choice winner) Ballina. NSW
2004 Living Regional Treasure Art Prize (first prize) Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
The Shirley Kennedy Encouragement Awards, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
