FX HARSONO
Born in1949 Blitar (east Java), Indonesia.
Education
1969-’74 studied painting at STSRI ‘ASRI’, Jogyakarta (Indonesia), 1987-’91 at IKJ (Jakarta Art Institute). 2005 - now, lecturer, the Faculty of Art and Design, Pelita Harapan University, Tangerang (west Java). Lives and works in Jakarta (Indonesia).
Artist in Residences
2002-2003 The Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, Netherland
1992 School of Art, the South Australian University, Adelaide, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Things Happen When We Remember / Kita Ingat Maka Terjadilah, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia
2013 “what we have here perceived as truth we shall some day encounter as beauty” Jogja Nasional Museum,
Jogyakarta
2012 Writing In The Rain, Tyler Rollins, New York, United State of America
2010 FX Harsono: Testimonies, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Re:petisi/posisi, Langgeng Art Foundation, Jogyakarta
2009 The Erased Time, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta
Surviving Memories, Vanessa Art Link, Beijing, China
2008 Aftertaste, Koong Gallery, Jakarta
2007 Titik Nyeri/ Point of Pain, Langgeng Icon Gallery, Jakarta
2004 Mediamor(e)phosa, Puri Galllery, Malang, Indonesia
2003 Displaced, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta
Displaced, Cemeti Art House, Jogyakarta
1998 Victim, Cemeti Art Gallery, Jogyakarta
1996 Suara (Voice), Cemeti Art Gallery, Jogyakarta
1994 Suara (Voice), National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta.
Selected Group Exhibition
2015 Tell Me My Truth, group exhibition artists from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia
2014 The Roving Eye, Contemporary Art From Southeast Asia, Arter Space for Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Past Traditions / New Voices in Asian Art, Hofstra University Museum, New York, United State of America
Market Forces 2014, From Conceptualism to Abstraction, Osage Art Foundation & City University of Hong Kong
2013 Concept Context Contestation, Art and the collective in Southeast Asia, Bangkok Art And Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand Seeing Painting: Conversations Before The End of History, Sangkring Art Space, Jogyakarta. Indonesia
Jogja Biennale XII, Jogja, Jogja Nasional Museum, Jogyakarta. Indonesia
Collection: Photography | screenings "Writing in the rain" National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Sip! Indinesian Art Today, Group show at ARNDT Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Quota 2013, Langgeng Art Foundation, Jogjakarta. Indonesia
Outspoken. Group show at Biasa Art Space, Bali, Indonesia
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back — Us and Institution, Us as Institution, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
Sip! Indinesian Art Today, Group show at ARNDT Gallery, Berlin. Germany
Indonesian Painting I, Group show at Equator Art Project, Singapore
2012 Beyond Geography by South
Asian Visual Art Centre (SAVAC) at Art Toronto, Canada
What is it to be Chinese? Group exhibition at Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Encounter, Royal Academy In Asia, group exhibition at Institute Of Contemporary Art, Lasalle, Singapore
Edge of Elsewhere, group exhibition artists from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia
Archive-Reclaim doc, group exhibition at National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta
Migration, ARNDT, Sydney Contemporary Indonesia, Ben Brown Fine Arts London, London, UK
2011 Edge of Elsewhere, group exhibition artists from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia
Closing The Gap, Melbourne Institute Of Fine Art (MIFA). Melbourne, Australia
Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia,
1991 – 2011 Singapore Art museum, Singapore.
Beyond The Self, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Asia: Looking South, ARNDT Gallery, Berlin, Germany
NOW INK: A Call For New Perceptions - a special project at 5th SH Contemporary, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
4th Moscow Biennale, Moscow Russian
Beyond The East, Macro, Rome Italy
2010 Contemporaneity/Contemporary Art in Indonesia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
Recent Art From Indonesia: Contemporary Art-Turn, SBinArtPlus, Singapore
Pleasures of Chaos, Inside New Indonesian Art, Primo Marella Gallery, Milano, Italy
Digit(all): Indonesian Contemporary New Media Practices, Umahseni, Jakarta, Indonesia
Homo Ludens, Emmitan CA Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia
2009 Beyond The Dutch, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Nederland.
Face Value, Exhibition of 4 artists, Agus Suwage, Budi Kustarto, Astari Rasyid and FX Harsono at SIGIarts, Jakarta, Indonesi TechnoSign, Surabaya Art Link, Surabaya, Indonesia
Milestone, Vanessa Art Link, Jakarta
2008 Highlight, ISI, Jogya National Museum, Jogyakarta
Art With Accent, Group Exhibition four country China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia, Guang Zhou, China
ALLEGORICAL BODIES, A-Art contemporary space, Tai Pei City, Taiwan.2008
Res Publicum, Canna Gallery, Jakarta
3rd Nanjing Triennialle, Nanjing, China.
Manifesto, National Gallery, Jakarta. Indonesia
Space/spacing, Semarang Gallery, Semarang. Indonesia
2007 Quota 2007, Langgeng- Icon Gallery, Jakarta. Indonesia
Artchipelago Alert, Tonyraka Contemporary Art Gallery, Ubud Bali. Indonesia
Imagine Affandi, National Archive Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia, Organize by Semarang Gallery
2006 Out Now, Singapore Art Museum. Singpore
The Past Forgotten Time, Cemeti Art House, Jogyakarta. Indonesia
Anti Aging, Gaya Fusion Contemporary Art Space, Ubud Bali. Indonesia
Public Collection
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Ullen Foundation Collection
Singapore Art Museum
National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore
Sherman Foundation, Sydney, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Australia
OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
Arthub Asia, Far East Far West collection, Shanghai
The National Gallery of Indonesia
Awards
2015 Joseph Balestier Award For the Freedom of Art, from U.S. Embassy Singapore – Art Stage Singapore
2014 Prince Clause Fund Laureate award
2014 Anugrah Adhikarya Rupa 2014 Award, from Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia