Farhan Siki
Indonesia
Farhan Siki (b. 1971) in Lamongan, East Java Province, Indonesia. He lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
A self-taught artist, he has graduated from the History Department of Cultural Science Studies, University of Jember, Indonesia. He was the winner of the Jakarta Art Award in 2010. He has exhibited his works in Indonesia as well as abroad in several shows, among which Indonesian Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, Cultural Brigde, Wendt Gallery, New York, and Implosion: Imperfect Signs, Promo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy, in 2011.
Recognized as a street artist and an activist who works intesively on issues facing the urban community, in his works, Siki reflects about the pop culture of the 21st Century, exploring textual elements, collecting logos, brands, and symbols of mass culture, in order to put them on canvas, charging them with hyperbolic attributes and parody. In his artworks, the urban life and the ever-increasing consumerist culture we encounter in our daily life crash in a loud splash of colour, satirizing the contemporary art system that, for certain artists, has become a sort of "star system".
Selected Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
2020: “Synchronicity”, Latar Art Space,Menara BTPN, Jakarta, Indonesia
2018:“MAL”, Galerikertas, Studio Hanafi, Depok, Indonesia
2016:“Trace”, Banca Generali,Piazza Sant’ Alessandro4, Milan, Italy
2015:“Allegory”, Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2013:“Iconology”, Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2012:“I (Bang) You”, Asia One, Art Hong Kong 2012, HKCEC, Hong Kong
2011:“Implosion: Imperfect Signs”, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010:“294cans/9999brands/@ll items!”, Emmitan CA Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia
Group Exhibitions:
2021:
“ Melukis Asa",UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition2020, Jakarta, Indonesia
2020:
“Indonesia Project2020: Stelleconfuse X Siki Pecah, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Indonesian Waves”, virtual exhibitionatwww.outletofart.com
Primae NoctisArt Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland “When the Globe is Home”, Imago MundiTreviso, Italy
“Sejurus”, Museum Virtual Lukisan Covid 19, Bandung, Indonesia“
Solidaritas PerupaIndonesiaLawan Corona”, virtual exhibition at www.bumbungbudaya.id" Indonesia
Pameran Amal Covid 19”, Lesbumi, RuangDalam Art & NalarRoepa, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Covid 19 ArtChallenge”, Amador Arts Projects, Singapore
“Abstract vs Optical, Virtual Exhibition, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
“Suluh /Torch”, Komaneka at Keramas Beach Bali, Indonesia“
Bologna Arte Fiera 2020 with Primo Marella Gallery, Bologna Exhibition Center, Italy
2019
“Inclusivity”, Bintaro Design District, South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia“Asia Now”, 9 Avenue Hoche, Paris, France
“Monument of Hope”, Jember University, Jember, Indonesia
“Environmental Art”, Desa Sumber Canting Wringin, Bondowoso, Indonesia
“Art Moments Jakarta”, Sheraton Grand GandariaCity, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Graffiti & Street Art Masters, Artspace, ART:1 New Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
“MIART”, Fiera Milano City, Milan, Italy“Pa(r)tron”, Miracle Prints Studio, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Street Art Jamming with 2501 (Italy)”, Kota Gede, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Bobo; The Travelling Hound”, Collaboration with Hanafi, Grand Kemang Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Challenging Autonomy”, Latar Art Space, Menara BTPN, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Arte Fiera Bologna”, Bologna Exhibition Center, Italy
2018
“Art UNLTD: XYZ”, Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung, Indonesia
“167 Art Project”, Quartiere 167B, Lecce, Italy
“Indonesian Identities”, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
“Asia Now”, 9 Avenue Hoche, Paris, France
“Imago Mundi -Art Theorema #1, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
“Bangkit / Arise”, Clarion Alley Mural Poject, ISI Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“100 Years of Hendra Gunawan”, Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Redraw III: Ugahari”, Edwins Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Lontar Art Benefit”, Lontar Foundation Office, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Workshop Seni Media”, Seni Ruang Publik, Terminal Blok M, Jakarta, Indonesia
“Collaboration 2501-Italy and Farhan Siki-Indonesia, Borobudur, Magelang, Indonesia
“Arte Fiera Bologna 2018”, Bologna, Italy“Kembulan”(Lesbumi), Studio Kalahan Heri Dono, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
“Maya Sanur Mural Project”, Maya Resort Sanur, Bali, Indonesia