Soni Irawan Catalogue

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conversation clash oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas - 145 cm x 145 cm

you and me and everyone we know by soni irawan

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everybody needs a mask

- oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas. - 145 cm x 145 cm

Berkarya adalah merayakan kejenuhan Karya saya merupakan parodi kehidupan sehari-hari, seperti film bergenre black comedy. Judul pameran ini terinspirasi dari film karya seniman wanita Miranda July 'Me and You and Everyone We Know'. Namun sebelumnya film ini juga menginspirasi

saya untuk membuat lagu yang berjudul sama dengan judul pameran ini, dengan sedikit perubahan susunan kata agar lebih enak dinyanyikan dan didengar.

Judul ini dipilih untuk menegaskan bahwa tema di seluruh karya saya kali ini adalah tentang parodi kehidupan di lingkungan terdalam, terdekat. Hi­ dup di lingkungan jawa yang kental

just you and me

oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas (2 panel) - @ 135 cm x 95 cm

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dengan tradisi dan aroma feodal yang tajam, sopan santun berlebihan dalam hubungan kekerabatan yang kadang men­jemukan, ditambah dengan karak­ ter-karakter personal yang kuat, men­ jadi sumber inspirasi dalam pameran ini.

Setiap lukisan terdiri dari kumpulan sketsa figur-figur spontan yang disusun menjadi sebuah komposisi yang padat,

seperti kehidupan disini, layaknya di negara berkembang, semua orang berebut lahan untuk hidup.

Pemakaian warna yang terbatas bertujuan agar karya lebih jujur, lugas dan naïf, alasan tersebut yang membuat warna hitam putih juga merah dan kuning mendominasi lukisan saya.

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Soni Irawan

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ultra black flat #1 oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas 90 cm x180 cm

ultra black flat #2 oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas 90 cm x180 cm

ultra black flat #3 oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas 90 cm x180 cm

I first met Soni a few years ago but not in person. I was introduced through his music.

I was aware of Yogya's vibrant music and art scene but had never heard or heard of Seek Six Sick. Once I put it on, though, I knew these guys were kindred spirits. The music had some roots in the New York noise scene of the 80s that I grew up on with debts to Sonic Youth and Glenn Branca but also some influences from across the pond with bands like Primal Scream. The amalgamation was trippy and challenging but also intoxicating and original. In other words, just what the music scene here was lacking.

Now I come face to face with his art for the first time. I’m embarrassed that I am not more familiar with his work, especially seeing how far back it goes. Dozens of shows over a decade. I'm not sure which came first, the guitar or the brush, but given that the same hand controls them both, the outcome was sure to disturb and intrigue at the same time. The comparisons to New York in the 80s are again tangible and also, in my opinion, a kind of outsider art feel in the raw and almost brutal honesty.

I don't pretend to understand it but know that every look I've taken until now has revealed something different and something I hadn't seen before. Art like music needs to be engaged over and over and if you don't get bored, you know something inside you has been touched. That sensation to me is fascinating given that the artist himself is rather quiet and a man of few words. To see such power in his music and art leads me to believe there is a volcano or something else ready to explode inside. Call it therapy or his true vocation but expression this powerful is hard to ignore, regardless of where it comes from.

I am proud to help kick off this event and look forward to the future creative endeavors of Soni Irawan. They may haunt me in ways I have yet to discover but that in itself makes it worth waiting for. Congratulations Soni and I wish you and your hand a very long and productive life.

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Jason Tejasukmana Indonesia Correspondent, TIME Magazine

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poses in 9 oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas 9 panel @ 45 cm x 45 cm

lucy in the sky with diamond oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas diameter 120 cm

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the diamond sea oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas diameter 120 cm

 shine on you crazy diamond oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas diameter 120 cm

 keep silence

oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas - 90 cm x 180 cm

Yogyakarta, 15 Januari 1975

Education

RM Soni Irawan SSn

Visual Art Faculty, Fine Art Department Indonesian Art Institute, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

AWARDS 2001 Phillip Morris ASEAN Art Award finalist 2001 Best Five Phillip Morris Indonesian Art Award 1998 Best Graphic “Refleksi Zaman”

SOLO EXHIBITION 2011 “You and Me and Everyone We Know”, Vivi Yip Art Room, Jakarta, Indonesia 2010 “ODE to PERMATA UNGUKU”, Semarang Gallery, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 "Wallworks Inaguration”, Wallworks Gallery, Paris, France

“Closing The Gap”, MIFA Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2010 "Wall Street Art", Salihara Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia

"Spacing Contemporary" ARTJOG, Taman Budaya Yogya, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“Being Artpreneurship”. Ciputra Art Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

"Dua Kota Dua Cerita", Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia 2009 Biennale Jogja “Jogja Jamming”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“Malaysia Art Expo”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“Bazaar Art Fair”, Ritz Carlton, Jakarta, Indonesia

“Jogja Art Fair” #2, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“Fundrising Online IVAA archive aid 2009”, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“We’re Millionaire”, AOD Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia

“In Rainbow”, Esa Sampoerna Art House, Surabaya, Indonesia

“Guru Oemar Bakrie”, Jogja Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“HYBRIDIZATION”, North Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia

“STREET – NOISE”, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia

“Fresh 4 You”, Jogja Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 2008 “Jogja Art Fair” (JAF), Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“Loro Blonyo Kontemporer”, Magelang, Indonesia

“Urban Art Fest” Mural Project, Kompas newspaper anniversary, Pantai Karnaval,Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia

“69 Sexy Nian “, Jogja Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“Komedi Putar “, Jogja Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 2006 “Fringers Art”, Toi Moi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 2005 “Art For Aceh”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta , Jogjakarta, Indonesia 2004 “Neo Indies”, Kedai Kebun, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“GEDEBOOK!!!”, Kedai Kebun Forum, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Mural Exhibition, Duke Distro & Clothing, Bali, Indonesia 2003 “CountryBution” (Biennale Yogyakarta VII), Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Digital Art Exhibition, Gramedia Bookstore, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

“NOBODY”, Mon Décor Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

dont look back

oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas - 90 cm x 180 cm

2002 “Age-hibition”, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Mural exhibition “Mural Sama-sama” (Apotik komik), Lempuyangan fly over, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Indonesian Graphic Exhibition “Eksplorasi Medium dan Gagasan”, Bentara Budaya, Jakarta, Indonesia

Asean Art Award exhibition, Bali, Indonesia

“Hitam Putih Rasa Strawbery”, Purna Budaya, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Indonesian Art Award exhibition, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

“Plus (+) Edisi Khusus”, Gelaran Budaya, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 2001 Mural exhibition, Apotik Komik, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 2000 Graphic exhibition “Kelompok Otak Berbenah”, Lembaga Indonesia Perancis, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Graphic exhibition coloring etching with Red Point & Eva Pietzkers 1999 Indonesian Graphic Exhibition, Cipta Taman Ismail Mardjuki Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Graphic Exhibition Jogjakarta Art Festival (FKY), Benteng Vredeburg, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Graphic Exhibition “ Sebaiknya Pameran “, ISI Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Graphic Exhibition FKI I , Benteng Vredeburg, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Sanggar Bidar Sriwijaya, Purna Budaya, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Graphic Exhibition Lustrum III ISI Yogyakarta, Jogjakarta & Bali, Indonesia

Printmaking exhibition Tiga Kota, Yogyakarta, Bandung & Jakarta, Indonesia

Graphic Exhibition Bersama Alumnus ASRI “Menjelang Millenium Ketiga, Menuju Indonesia Baru”, Natour Garuda Hotel, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1998 Graphic Exhibition “ Refleksi Zaman”,

Benteng Vredeburg, Jogjakarta, Indonesia Printmaking exhibition Alugraf with Red Point, ISI Etch Studio Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1997 Graphic Exhibition Jogjakarta Art Festival (FKY), Benteng Vredeburg, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) Dies Natalis, ISI Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1996 Graphic Exhibition Kelompok MISI Grafis 93, Galleria Mall, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Graphic Exhibition “Dialog Dua Kota”, Cipta Taman Ismail Mardjuki Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Jogjakarta Art Festival (FKY), Bentang Vredeburg , Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Graphic Exhibition Student Visual Art with many artist from Australia

Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) Dies Natalis, Sasana Ajiyasa ISI, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1995 Multimedia Exhibition with Cemeti Yogyakarta and Dutch artists

WORKSHOP 2000 Coloring etching with Red Point & Eva Pietzkers 1998 Alugraf Printmaking with Red Point, ISI Etching Studio, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1996 Universitas Sanata Dharma, Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1995 Multimedia work shop with Cemeti Yogyakarta and Dutch artists

COMMISION PROJECT 2008 “Loro Blonyo Kontemporer”, Magelang, Indonesia

“Urban Art Fest” Mural Project, Kompas newspaper anniversary, Pantai Karnaval,Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia 2004 Mural Exhibition, Duke Distro & Clothing, Bali, Indonesia ---

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oilbar, acrylic, permanent marker on canvas - 135 cm x 100 cm tribute to old street cowboy catalogue for Soni Irawan ‘You and Me and Everyone We Know’

designed by Kotasis Kamar Desain 3x3x3 Bandung, Indonesia www.kotasis.com

publisheD BY vivi yip art room Jakarta, Indonesia April, 2011

EDITION 500 copies

printed in indonesia