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Indra Dodi

Born in Padang, Indonesia, Indra Dodi earned his bachelor’s degree in fine arts at the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta.

Childlike but bold and expressive, Dodi’s oeuvre retains a quintessential Indonesian rawness. His art conveys the angst of growing up: a bittersweet phase where one struggles to grapple with the change from a wide-eyed child to a socially cognizant not-yet-adult, a rebellious era where one dreams of establishing a sense of self after taking a bite of the ever-delicious apple of independence. Wisdom is a double-edged sword—comprehension comes at a price, and something is always lost when knowledge is gleaned. Children learning to cope with the world drives the pathos behind his naïve figurative paintings. Adults are acclimatized to perceiving the world as rational, while children see the world through the lens of wonder. Just as a child learns to make sense of the universe around them, Dodi frequently questions the universally accepted laws of order. Why must objects be of a certain colour? Why should we follow ratios and proportions? Thus, in Dodi’s art, each stroke is a careful calibration of defiance, a desperate attempt to hold fast to the fleeting of innocence. His works are not just a visual poetry of willfulness, but also a question: if given a chance to begin again, whether one would choose to pay the price of biting the apple.

Biography +

Residency Experience
2018 Nock Art Foundation, Queenstown, New Zealand
2010 HfBK Dresden and Berlin, Germany

Exhibition +

SOLO EXHIBITION
2024
Solo Exhibition, Art Central Hongkong, Hong Kong
2023
“Indra was here” Solo Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
“Ce Est Lavie” Solo Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2022
“Art Solo”, Taipei, Taiwan
Indra Dodi Solo Show, Taipei, Taiwan
Indra Dodi Solo Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2019
“Happy Days In Bali” Solo Exhibition, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2015
Indra Dodi Solo Show, Seoul, South Korea
2010
“Ekspresi Sesaat” Solo Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

GROUP EXHIBITION
2024
“In A Search of Relevance” Art Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
2023
Art Taipei 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
Pop Art Exhibition, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Feel Good Lab” Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design (ICAD) 13, Jakarta, Indonesia
“by the Bay” Indonesian Contemporart Art & Design (ICAD), Pantai Indah Kapuk, Jakarta, Indonesia
Contemporary Art hub Netherlands, Haarlem, Netherlands
Art Kaohsiung 2023, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2022
Art Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan
Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Beijing, China
“Dinding” Art Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
2021
“Tribute to Basquiat” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indoensia
Art Jakarta 2022, Jakarta, Indonesia
ARTJOG MMXXI: Arts in Common – “Time (to) Wonder”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Artcare with ARTJOG, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Start 21” Art Exhibition, Busan, South Korea
“Hope” Exhibition with Kitartfriend, Bali, Indonesia
2020
ARTJOG MMXX: “Resillience”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Kaohsiung 2020, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Art Taichung 2020, Tainan, Taiwan
Busan Annual Market of Art (BAMA), Busan, South Korea
2019
Art Jakarta 2019, Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
Yogyakarta Annual Art #4: “Incumbent Bebas” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Yogyakarta Annual Art #4: “Incumbent Bebas”, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Taichung 2019 Millennium Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan
Hotel Art Fair Bangkok 2019 W Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Hangzhou Art Fair 2019 Hangzhou International Expo Centre, Hangzhou, China
Art Citizen Art Shanghai 2019, Twelve At Hengshan, Shanghai, China
KADO (partron), Miracle Prints, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Tainan 2019, Tayih Landis Hotel, Tainan, Taiwan
Affordable Art Fair Brussels 2019, Avenue du Port, Brussels, Belgium
Dewantara Triennale 2019, Bale Banjar Sangkring, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2018
Shanghai Young Art Fair 2018 Shanghai World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Shanghai, China
Asian Art in London Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London, England
“Here Now” Art Exhibitio, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
“Energi Seni” Art Exhibition, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Art Jakarta 2018, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Transmogrification” Art Exhibition, Magelang, Indonesia
Art Taichung 2018 Millennium Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan
Contemporary Art Ruhr 2018, World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein, Essen, Germany
“Simply Life” Art Exhibition, Melia Purosani Hotel, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“BAKABA 7: Zaman Now” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Kiniko Project #1, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
After Mooi Indie #2 – “Bromance”, Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ping Project #4, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Residency Open Studio, Queenstown, New Zealand
KunstRAI 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Affordable Art Fair Brussels 2018, Brussels, Belgium
Art Fair Philippines 2018, The Link, Ayala Center, Makati, Philippines
First Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Shine, Jakarta, Indonesia
Art Corner, Talenta Organizer, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
2017
Art Kaohsiung 2017, Pier 2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Shenzhen International Art Fair 2017, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre, Shenzhen, China
“de facto” Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
“Menjadi Indonesia” Art Exhibition, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Art Jakarta 2017, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place, Jakarta, Indonesia
“BAKABA #6 – indONEsia” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ping Project #3, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Kecil Itu Indah, After Edwin’s (KI2AE)” Art Exhibition, , Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Young Art Taipei 2017, Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Central Hong Kong 2017, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong
Affordable Art Fair 2017, Brussels, Belgium
“We Are 5” Art Exhibition, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Contemporary 2017, Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
2016
“Cartography of Painting” Art Exhibtion, Tangerang, Indonesia
6075 Macau Hotel Art Fair, Regency Art Hotel, Taipa, Macau
Citizen Art Shanghai (AArt), Twelve at Hengshan, Shanghai, China
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place, Jakarta, Indonesia
Ping Project #2, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“BAKABA #5: Cadiak Indak Mambuang Pandai” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Affordable Art Fair Brussels 2016, Brussels, Belgium
“Sunny-Side Up” Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2015
“ROOM 2015” Art Exhibition, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2015, F1 Pit Building, Singapore
“Urip ming mampir ngombe” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Affordable Art Fair 2015, De Kromhouthal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Affordable Art Fair Korea 2015, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Open Art Fair (SOAF), Coex Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, South Korea
ASYAAF (Asian Student & Young Artist Art Festival), Seoul, South Korea
“BAKABA #4: Rendang & Rendang” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Drawing” Art Exhibition, Museum Dan Tanah Liat (MDTL), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Ping” Art exhibition, Aruna Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“A Frozen Moment” Art Exhibition, Singapore
“New Wave: The Road Of Memories” Art Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
“Writing an Image” Art Exhibition, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2014
Yogyakarta Open Studio (YOS), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore
Nandur Suwung, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
ASYAAF (Asian Student & Young Artist Art Festival), Seoul, South Korea
“BAKABA #3: Kini” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“ISI isi” Art Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
2013
Art Bazaar, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Agitasi Garuda” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2012
“Crossing Sign” Art Exhibition, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011
ASYAAF (Asian Student & Young Artist Art Festival), Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea
2010
Art For Our Life, Budapest, Hungary
“U(dys)topia” Art Exhibition, HfBk Postfach, Dresden, Germany
“U(dys)topia” Art Exhibition, Freie Museum, Berlin, Germany
“U(dys)topia” Stadt Museum, Cologne, Germany
Beijing Biennale 2010 National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
“Solitude of the Earth” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Jogja Art Share Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2009
“Man Talk About Love” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Diantara Nama dan Nama” Art Exhibition, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2008
“Bali Nang Padang Wae” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
JAF – Jogja Art Fair, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Metamorfosis” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Narration Of Nation” Art Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Most Wanted” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“AHAA” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Free Style” Art Exhibition, Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Brotherhood” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Dedication to the Future” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Seiring Sejalan” Art Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
2007
“Musim Panas Fantasi” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2006
“NISBIH” Art Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“No Limits” Art Exhibition, Vrederburg Fort Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Jalin Bapilin” Art Exhibition, Vrederburg Fort Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2005
“Skedios Ekstempore” Art Exhibition, Taman Budaya Solo, Solo, Indonesia
“Water Colours” Art Exhibition, Galeri Katamsi, ISI Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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