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Nurrachmat Widyasena

(l. Kanada, 1990)


Nurrachmat Widyasena, atau yang akrab dipanggil Ito, merupakan perupa, pegrafis, ilustrator, dan desainer Indonesia yang tinggal dan bekerja di Bandung. Ia belajar seni grafis di Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain Institut Teknologi Bandung dan lulus pada tahun 2013. Karya-karyanya sangat dipengaruhi oleh retro-futurisme, fiksi-sains, Pop Art, dan komik. Berkarya dengan berbagai medium seperti lukisan, seni grafis, dan instalasi, serta material seperti pelat logam, pipa besi, kayu, dan objek temuan (found object), Ito menggambarkan ironi masyarakat kita dengan membandingkan imaji masa depan yang canggih di pertengahan abad ke-20 dengan realita mengecewakan yang kita hadapi hari ini. Ironi tersebut diperluas ke dalam proses artistiknya dengan menggunakan teknik-teknik sederhana untuk menggambarkan gagasan futuristiknya. Dalam pameran tunggalnya tahun 2019 yang berjudul “Nostaljik Kritik: Operasi Taimket”, Ito mulai beralih dari karya figuratif ke abstraksi bentuk yang diambil dari teori-teori fisika, yang juga menandai pergeseran tema kekaryaannya dari fantasi menjadi realitas.

Nurrachmat Widyasena

b. 1990, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada


EDUCATION

2013 

BA Fine Art (Printmaking), Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, West Java, ID


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 

Nostaljik Kritik : Operasi Taimket, Ruci Art, Jakarta, Indonesia

After Einstein Rosen Bridge, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2014 

Young Artist Discovery at Art Taipei 2014, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 

Patriotic Myth of Space Age, Kamones Gallery & Workshop, Bandung, Indonesia


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 

Salone Del Sneakers, C on Temporary, Bandung, Indonesia

Explore The Laminates with Bale Project, Indo Built Tech-CS Laminates, Jakarta, Indonesia

2021 

Art Jog MMXXI Time (to) Wonder, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Art Moments Online with G13 Gallery, Virtual Art Fair, Jakarta, Indonesia

Hidup Berdampingan Dengan Musuh, Virtual Group Exhibition, Ciputra

Artpreneur, Indonesia

2020 

Scope vol. 1, Virtual Exhibition, Bale Project

OPPO Art Jakarta Virtual 2020, Virtual Exhibition, Indonesia

Contemporary Art?, Sakarsa Art Space, Bekasi, Indonesia

Cleaning Rag, Art Factory FLOX, Kirschau, Germany

Arisan Karya Vol. 2, Charity Show, Museum Macan, Jakarta, Indonesia

Arisan Karya Vol. 1, Charity Show, Museum Macan, Jakarta, Indonesia

Art for Life Charity Exhibition, Jakarta

Mending Fence : Tales From Isolation with G13 Gallery, Virtual Exhibition, Malaysia

2019 

Out Of Print, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

Art Bali : Collective Memories, AB BC Building, Bali, Indonesia

Instrumenta : Machine / Magic, International Media Art Festival, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia

Phantom Plane, Cyberpunk in the Year of The Future, Tai Kwun Museum, Central, Hong Kong

Art Jakarta 2019, Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

Chromaticity, Can’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Art Moments, Sheraton Hotel Grand Ballroom, Gandaria City, Jakarta, IndonesA

2018 

Art Unlimited : XYZ, Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung, Indonesia

Biennale Jawa Tengah #2 : The Future of History, Semarang, Indonesia

Bazaar Art Jakarta, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

SSAS/As/Ideas by Bale Project, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

Bazaar Art Jakarta, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Manifesto 6.0 : Multipolar, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia

Axis By Praxis, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, presented by G13 Gallery

A Small Universe In The Field Of Meaning, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2017 

Infamy, Pinto Art Museum, Antipolo, Philippines, Indonesia

WHAT YOU WEAR (are not) YOU ARE YOU ARE (not) WHAT YOU WEAR, The Warehouse, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Biennale Jogja XIV Equator #4, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Art Expo Malaysia Plus, MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

X, Orange Gallery, Bacolod, Philippines

Equidistant Night, Provenance Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines

Kecil Itu Indah, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Art Stage Jakarta with Bale Project, Grand Sheraton Ballroom, Jakarta, Indonesia

BNE Re:Emergence, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

Ace Mart, Ace House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The Group Show, Platform 3, Bandung Indonesia

Faux Utopia Living Lab Vol 1, Greenhost Boutique Hotel, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Pra-Biennale Jogja XIV Equator #4, PKKH UGM, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Care of Wood Kaya Kayu Exhibition, The Space The Parlor, Bandung, Indonesia

2016 

Syarikat Dagang Vol. 1, Gudang Sarinah, Jakarta, Indonesia

ArtPoint, Senayan City, Jakarta, Indonesia

Sea+ Triennale 2016, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia

Universe Behind The Door, Artotel Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Art Mosphere, Galleries Lafayette, Pacific Place, Jakarta, Indonesia

Pindai/Senarai, NuArt Sculpture Park, Bandung, Indonesia

Bazaar Art Jakarta, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Jakarta,Indonesia

Pintu Rejeki Vol. 1, Gudang Sarinah, Jakarta, Indonesia

Street Stage, Gudang Cicaheum, Bandung, Indonesia

Waiting For It To Happen, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

A.S.A.P., G13 Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

RADAAR, Awanama Art Habitat, Jakarta, Indonesia

Multiple Junctures, Mizuma Gallery, Gilman Barrack, Singapore

2015 

Road To Artistic Diversity, Nafas Residency Showcase, Chandan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[Re]—Affirmation Channels, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Getok Tular, Omni Space, Bandung, Indonesia

#familyandfriends, ROH Project, Equity Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia

The Collective Young From South East Asia, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

Void, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia

Road To Artistic Diversity, Nafas Residency Showcase, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

ArtMoments, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Art Stage Singapore 2015, Marina Bay Sands, South East Asia Pavilion, Singapore

PopMart, Artotel Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

2014 

Mini Mart Now Affordable Art Exhibition, Awanama Pasar Seni ITB, Bandung, Indonesia

Bandung New Emergence Vol.5, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

ICAD 2014, Grand Hotel Kemang, Jakarta, Indonesia

Xero Fest, Art Dept. Pacific Place, Jakarta, Indonesia

Bazaar Art Jakarta & Casa by Bravacasa, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Ciputra Collection, Ciputra Artpreneur Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

When In Bali, Do Like The Balinese Do, Kendra Art Space, Bali, Indonesia

Art | Jog | 14, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

How To Draw #1, Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung, Indonesia

Jogja Miniprint Biennale, Bank Indonesia Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Detournement, ROH Projects, UOB Plaza, Jakarta, Indonesia

Arte 2014, Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

2013 

Kampung Pande, Museum Sri Baduga, Bandung, Indonesia

Spot Art, ARTrium Singapore, MICA Building, Singapore

Locafore, Bale Pare, Kota Baru Parahyangan, Bandung, Indonesia

Bazaar Art Jakarta & Casa by Bravacasa, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Horizon Of Strenght : Meta Kriya Nusantara, Art Exhibition, Kunstkring Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Art | Jog | 13, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Open Visual Art, FSRD ITB, Bandung, Indonesia

2012 

Art | Jog | 12, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Drawing A Distance, House Of Matahati Gallery, Selangor, Malaysia

Those Good Old Days, Galeri Kita, Bandung. Indonesia

Billboard Art Project, Salem, Oregon, United States

Soemardja Mini Artspace, Soemardja Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia

2011 

Festival Grafis Berseni 2011, Lawangwangi Science & Art Estate, Bandung, Indonesia

Art | Jog | 11, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Urban Frames, Photo Exhibition, Galeri Parahyangan, Bandung, Indonesia

Portraits III, Online Art Exhibition, Artist Portofolio Magazine

2010 

Villamerahtorium, Padi Art Ground, Bandung, Indonesia

Museum Masa Depan, CC Barat ITB, Bandung,Indonesia

Penang International Print Exhibition 2010 (PIPE 2010), Penang State Museum Art and Gallery, Penang, Malaysia

Convenient Store, E’sp Gallery, CCF, Bandung, Indonesia

15x15x15 Mini Art Project #3 : Recreate x Reality x Representation, Soemardja Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia

Bandung Affairs : 100/1 Affairs Logoset, Lou Belle, Bandung, Indonesia

Benang Hitam, Galeri Kita, Bandung, Indonesia

2006 

We Hail We Sail : Jodi in The Morning Glory Parade, Galeri Kita, Bandung, Indonesia

Mural BonBin “Ruang Jeda” participant, Tamansari, Bandung, Indonesia

Mural Cigondewah participant, Cigondewah, Bandung, Indonesia

Cerita Benda, KGB Alternative Room-FSRD ITB, Bandung, Indonesia

Titik Academy Exhibition, Gedung Serba Guna ITB, Bandung, Indonesia


RESIDENCY

2018 The Bluecoat, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2013 Nafas Residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia


AWARDS

2021 

Winner – Young Artist Award, Art Jog MMXXI Time (to) Wonder, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2017 

Finalist – 32 Art Award, Gudang Sarinah, Jakarta, Indonesia

2015 

Special Mention – Bandung Contemporary Art Award #4, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia

2013 

Finalist – Young Artist Award, Art | Jog | 13, Bentara Budaya Selatan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Finalist – Soemardja Award, Soemardja Award, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia

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