Maharani Mancanagara
Maharani Mancanagara is an Indonesian artist who lives and works in Bandung, Indonesia. Graduated from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Faculty of Art and Design, majoring in the printmaking studio. Primarily working in the mediums of drawing, mixed media and installation. Her works explore Indonesia’s history, ancient time to present, based on her personal and family experiences.
Ideas occur within our natural consciousness on present happenings, while history then derived as a media, connecting different times through historiography of past occurrences. Aided by a mandatory causal relationship, history is coherently based solely on the writer of the record. This subject is the drive for Maharani to enunciate stories from the outer realm of popular documented history, transforming those to reconstructed monuments. In the last five years, Maharani honed this tendency of devising interruptions as a fragment outside of history's known continuity that affects incidents in the past.
Taking her personal background, Maharani grew her interest upon visualizing the long history of education in Indonesia and for the past years continued to the topic about the exile of political prisoners in Indonesia--a part of history left on artefacts from her late grandfather's possessions. Based on the aforementioned perspective, Maharani then aimed to express these belongings to a work of art, a path she took in identifying herself which she hopes could provide recognition for a larger sphere of people with a similar background.
DOB :
Born in Padang, 28th September 1990
Education
2008-2013 Bandung Institute of Technology
Faculty of Art and Design,majoring Printmaking Studio, Bandung, Indonesia
Award
2013 Finalist, Gudang Garam - Indonesia Art Award, Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta – Indonesia
1st Prize, Soemardja Award, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung - Indonesia
2014 Finalist, BEXCO Young Artist Award, Art Show Busan,Busan – South Korea
2015 Finalist, Gudang Garam - Indonesia Art Award, Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta – Indonesia
Finalist, Bandung Contemporary Art Award #4, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung - Indonesia
Research
2014 Education in Indonesia before Independence, Personal research on Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (Indonesian National Archiving), Jakarta – Indonesia
2016 Memoar Buru, the exile of political prisoners, Personal research (still going)
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Parodi Partikelir, Visma Gallery, Surabaya - Indonesia
2018 Zero Sum Game, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung - Indonesia
Selected Exhibitions
2021
Stories Across Rising Lands, Museum MACAN, Jakarta – Indonesia
HBdM Exhibition, Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta – Indonesia
#Perempuan2021, Castlemaine Art Museum, Victoria - Australia
Influx : Extended, Ruang Dini, Bandung- Indonesia
Upcoming
Our Grandfather Road, 16th Albermarle, Sydney – Australia
Sensing Sensation, Semarang Gallery, Semarang – Indonesia
2020
Axis by Praxis : Global Wave, G13 Gallery, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Seni Rupa Kontemporer?, Sakarsa Art Space, Jakarta – Indonesia
Indonesia Calling, 16th Albermarle, Sydney - Australia
2019
Letter – Callus – Post War, Lorong Gallery, Yogyakarta – Indonesia
Termasuk, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney – Australia
Indonesian Women Artists : Into The Future, National Gallery Indonesia, Jakarta – Indonesia
Bandung Contemporary Art Award : Assemblage, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung – Indonesia
I....Therefore I Am , Cans Gallery, Jakarta - Indonesia
Letter – Callus – Post War, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei - Taiwan
Retrospect.Repose.Redefine, dia.lo.gue artspace, Jakarta - Indonesia
Over Here : Specific Moment, OverLab, Gwangju – South Korea
Art Bali : Speculative Memories, ABBC Building, Bali - Indonesia
2018
Manifesto 6.0 : Multipolar, National Gallery Indonesia, Jakarta – Indonesia
Bukan Perawan Maria, Bandung Creative Hub, Bandung – Indonesia
SSAS.AS.IDEAS Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung - Indonesia
Java!, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris – France
Biennale Jateng #2 – The Future of History, Semarang Contemporary Art Gallery, Semarang - Indonesia
Tapak Jejak Langkah Jelajah – Pameran Besar Seni Grafis ITB, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung – Indonesia
Art Unlimited : XYZ – Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung – Indonesia
Celebration of The Future – AB.BC Building Art Bali, Bali – Indonesia
2017
Kaya Kayu : Care of Wood, The Space The Parlor, Bandung – Indonesia
Bandung Drawing Festival, NuArt Sculpture Park, Bandung – Indonesia
Mereka - reka, Galeri Lorong, Yogyakarta - Indonesia
Kecil Itu Indah #15, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia
Re:Emergence, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung – Indonesia
Equidistant Night, Provenance Gallery, Manila – Philippines
X, Orange Gallery, Bacolod – Philippines
What You Wear is (Not) What You Are, You are (Not) What You Wear, The Warehouse, Jakarta – Indonesia
Infamy, Pinto Art Museum, Antipolo - Phillippines
2016
Historia Docet, Historia Vitae Magistra, D Gallerie, Jakarta-Indonesia
A.S.A.P, G13 Gallery, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Redraw II : Discovery, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta - Indonesia
Constituent Concreteness, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
Kolektif Kolegial, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta – Indonesia
Kecil Itu Indah, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta - Indonesia
Art Mosphere, Galleries Laffayette, Pacific Place, Jakarta - Indonesia
Art Stage Jakarta – Bale Project, Ballroom Sheraton Hotel, Gandaria City, Jakarta – Indonesia
2015
Aku Diponegoro, National Gallery, Jakarta-Indonesia
Contemporary Alternative, Ar+otel, Jakarta-Indonesia
Connection, Commemorative 60th years of Asian African Conference, Rumah Seni Sarasvati, Bandung-Indonesia
Void, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang-Indonesia
Artmoments Jogja, Jogja National Museum, Jogjakarta-Indonesia
Langkah Kepalang Dekolonisasi, National Gallery Indonesia, Jakarta – Indonesia
Art Sneakers by Bazaar Art Jakarta Pacific Place, Jakarta - Indonesia
Pameran Gagasan : Getok Tular Omni Space, Bandung - Indonesia
Bardo, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia
New Future, Art1 New Museum, Jakarta – Indonesia
Friend’s and Family, ROH Projects, Jakarta – Indonesia
Gudang Garam Indonesia Art Award - Respublica, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta – Indonesia
Bandung Contemporary Art Award #4, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung – Indonesia
Jerman Fest :Market Share, Pameran Seni di Pasar Tebet Timur Jakarta - Indonesia
SHOUT! Mapping Melbourne 2015, Melbourne - Australia
2014
Arte Indonesia 2014, Regenerasi, Jakarta Convention Centre, Jakarta-Indonesia
BEXCO Young Artist Award, Art Show Busan 2014, Busan-South Korea
Detournement, Duo- Solo Exhibition, ROH Projects, Jakarta – Indonesia
When in Bali do Like the Balinese do, Kendra Artspace, Bali – Indonesia
Indonesia Sekarang, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta – Indonesia
Korea International Art Fair 2014, COEX Hall A&B, Seoul – South Korea
Art Tech by Art Dept and Samsung, Pacific Place, Jakarta – Indonesia
Bandung New Emergence vol. 5, Selasar Sunaryo Artspace, Bandung – Indonesia
Symbol, Spirit, Culture, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia
2013
Indonesia Art Award 2013, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta-Indonesia
Bandung Contemporary : Disposition, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung-Indonesia
Stepping Into The Light, Tugu Kunstkring Paleis, Jakarta – Indonesia
SPOT ART, MICA Building, Singapore
Soemardja Award, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung – Indonesia
Lima Pembuka Tabir, Roemah Seni Sarasvati, Bandung – Indonesia
2012
Design Statement : A Design Weekend, Industrial design exhibition, dia.lo.gue artspace, Jakarta-Indonesia The Billboard Art Project, digital LED billboards exhibition, Salem, Oregon-USA 15x15x15 Mini Art Project #4 : Mind Eye Perception, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung-Indonesia
Atlanta Billboard Art Project, digital LED billboards exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia-USA
2011
Festival GrafisBerseni : Reframing Printmaking, Lawangwangi Art and Science Estate, Bandung- Indonesia
2010
Penang International Print Exhibition 2010 (PIPE 2010), Penang State Museum Art and Gallery, Penang-Malaysia Convenient Store, E’sp Gallery, Center Culture France, Bandung-Indonesia
15x15x15 Mini Art Project #3 : Recreate x Reality x Represent, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung-Indonesia