Jumaldi Alfi

BIOGRAPHY

Jumaldi Alfi (b. 1973, Lintau, Sumatra) is one of the most dynamic and influential artists on the Indonesian contemporary art scene today. A painter pur sang, Alfi came to international attention in the late ‘90s as one of the founding members of the influential art group Jendela, whose focus on aesthetic and material exploration within a more formalist and personal territory introduced a fresh dynamic into the world of Indonesian contemporary art.

 

Alfi is particularly known for his compelling personal iconography of visual signs, reflecting existential and spiritual experience on both, an individual and collective level. In creating his comprehensive painting series such as Blackboard Paintings or, more recently, the series of Melting Memories, he draws on a scope of references from text to empirical objects of the natural world to Renaissance paintings and his own memories; the effect of his work being at once mysterious and intimate. Alfi lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and has exhibited extensively in Indonesia as well as internationally.

 

Education

2018 Residence, Victoria College of The Art, Norma Redpath Studio, University of Melbourne
2010 Artist in Residence, STPI (Singapore Tyler Print Institute), Singapore
1999 Indonesian Institute of Fine Arts (ISI, Institut Seni Indonesia) Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1993 Indonesian High School of Arts (SMSR), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

 
 

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EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions

2022

Taman Rasa, Kiniko Art Room, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Trajectory of Existential Memory, Galeri Ruang Dini, Bandung, Indonesia

2020
Footnote, SaRanG Building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Digital Spiritualism, SaRanG Building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2018
Blackboard Paintings, LATAR, Jakarta, Indonesia

2016
Sanata Dharma University Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2014
Myth Sisyphus, Art Basel Hong Kong with Edwin’s Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Melting Memories/Rereading Landscape, Mooi Indies, ARNDT Gallery, Singapore

2013

Jumaldi Alfi’s, Blackboard Paintings, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
Re-PLAY #3, Jumaldi Alfi, OFCA International, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2012
Asian One, Art Hong Kong with Sin Sin Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2011
Melting Memories #2, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Nightswimmer, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Melting Memories, STPI (Singapore Tyler Print Institute), Singapore

2010
Life/ Art #101: Never Ending Lesson, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Life/ Art #101: Never Ending Lesson, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008
Colour Guide Series, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2006
Alfi, iPreciation Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

2003
Cover, Centre Culturel Français, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Current Trend, Regent Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia

2001
Alfi-Lukis, Lontar Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Derau-Noise, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

1998
Rekonstruksi, Aikon, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2023
The Footprints We Carry Home, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Jakarta Gardens 2023 (Ruci Art Space), Hutan Kota by Plataran Jakarta, Indonesia
Seni AGAWE SANTOSA, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
Nyanyian Sunyi, Gedung Dakwah Muhammadiyah Pasuruan, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Wiwitan Pasa, Mapolda DIY, Indonesia
Jogfest, The Ratan, Sewon, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Soul for the Fine Arts (IKASSRI #6 ), Pendhapa Art Space, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Kita Berteman Sudah Lama, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Aesthetic Defence Mechanism, Galeri Teras Nuart Sculpture Park, Bandung, Indonesia
Wirid Kebangsaan, Kiniko Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2022
Mata Air Bangsa, OHD Museum, Magelang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
Flow Yogya Annual Art #7, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bakaba #8 Noise, SaRanG Building II, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Jakarta 2022, Jakarta Covention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
Nadi Gallery 22nd Anniversary, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Bridge of Colours, Indonesian Painting Exhibition, National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok
Self Potrait, Exhibition by Prasidha 93, Galeri R.J. Katamsi, ISI Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bentang Bontang, Sarinah Thamrin, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia
Can’s Gallery 21st Anniversary, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia

2021
Constellation #7, V-Room supported by Honold Fine Art, KS Tiang, Ubud, Bali
Influx: Inauguration, Ruang Dini, Bandung, Indonesia
Constellation #6, V-Room supported by Honold Fine Art, KS Tiang, Ubud, Bali
Twentyfive, Gajah Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
KSRJ (Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Art Basel Hong Kong (Gajah Gallery)
Yogya Annual Art #6, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Verstige, Sri Sasanti Syndicate, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Daya Hidup, Museum dan Tanah Liat, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2020
ArtJog 2020: Resilience, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
(Re) Imagining The Image, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Roots #1, Bilai Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Oppo Virtual Art Jakarta, Facade Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pameran Amal Covid-19, Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja, Kasihan, Indonesia
Pause, Rewind, Forward #1, Kiniko Art Room, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
PRASIDHA 93, Kiniko Art Room, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2019
CONNECTED, Honold Fine Art at Biasa Glass Cube, Kerobokan, Kuta, Bali
Recent Works, Cult Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mind, Kiniko Art Room, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
80 Nan Ampuh, Kiniko Art Room, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bebas, Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Representasi 3, Pendopo Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Incumbent, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Jakarta, Rachel Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2018
Art Taipei DangDai, Roh Project, Taiwan
Bakaba #7, Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Skectches & Drawing, Latar Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Redraw III, UGAHARI, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
September Art Project, Malang, Indonesia
Art Jakarta, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Prisoner Of Hope, 100 Years Hendra Gunawan, Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta, Indonesia
PostFest2018, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia

2017
Art Stage Singapore with Nadi and Edwin’s Gallery, Singapore
WRITTEN IN THE SKY, Honold Fine Art at Tonyraka Art Space, Ubud, Bali
Alfi, Zakii, Jai, Cult gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Art Stage Jakarta with Edwin’s and Rachel gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, LATAR, Jakarta, Indonesia
LINKAGE 20th OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
Seninjong, Pelataran Djoko Pekik, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Suka Pari Suka, Pelataran Djoko Pekik, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Pink Project #3, Kiniko Art Management, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
BAKABA #6, organized by sakato art community, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2016
Ritiro, Kayu curated by Lucie Fontaine, Chicken Church, Magelang, Indonesia
Ritiro, Kayu curated by Lucie Fontaine, Rumah Wayang Topeng, Ubud, Bali
Art Taipei with Edwin’s gallery, Taipei, China
FOLLOW THE WHITE CUBE, Honold Fine Art at Tonyraka Art Space, Ubud, Bali
Bazaar Art Jakarta with Edwin’s gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Artists’ Engagement with Art History, Yogyakarta Open Studio, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Poetical State of Mind curated by Astrid Honold, NAFA galleries, Singapore
South East Asia Triennale Plus, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
THE SEA IS CALLING, Honold Fine Art, Bisma Eight, Ubud, Bali
The Fundamentals in Art, Part 1: Figure, ARNDT Gallery, Singapore
At the Still Point, curated by Tony Godfrey, LAF, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
BAKABA #5, organized by Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Art Basel Hong Kong with Nadi Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Redraw II: Discovery, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2015
70 Years Republic of Indonesia, curated by Jim Supangkat, National Gallery of Indonesia
Don’t Shoot the Painter, Villa Reale, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
Six Degrees of Separation, Canna Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pameran Dies Natalis, ISI Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Archive, Yogyakarta Open Studio #3, OFCA International,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bakaba #4, organized by Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Medium of Living, Martell Tricentennaire exhibition, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Art Basel Hong Kong with Arndt Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Art Stage Singapore with Arndt Gallery, Singapore
20+2 Years Anniversary Show, Arndt Gallery, Singapore

2014
Hospitality, Berlin Open Studio #1, Studio Fendry Ekel, Berlin, Germany
International Relations, Yogyakarta Open Studio #2, OFCA International, Yogyakarta
Intersection: Latin America and South East Asian Contemporary, Sangkring, Yogyakarta

Intersection: Latin America and South East Asian Contemporary, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
Intersection: Latin America and South East Asian Contemporary, Galeria Habana, Cuba
Art Stage Singapore with Arndt Gallery, Singapore
Pameran Fiesta Kota Tua, Jakarta, Indonesia
Art Basel Hong Kong with Nadi Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Bakaba #3, organized by Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2013
Map of Association, Yogyakarta Open Studio #1, OFCA International, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Peristiwa Sebuah Kelas, Forum Ceblang Ceblung, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Istanbul Art Fair with Yavuz Fine Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Pameran Seni Rupa di Rumah Warga, Jatiwangi Artfactory, Majalengka, Indonesia
10 Years After, Sin Sin Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Jiwa Ketok dan Kebangsaan, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Non Ekspresi, Surakarta, Indonesia
Kindred By Choice (w. Martin Kippenberger, Fendry Ekel, Andy Warhol, Entang Wiharso and Daniel Richter), Arndt Gallery, Singapore
ART JOG, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta
Me, Jumaldi Alfi and Heri Dono, Art Basel Hong Kong with Edwin’s Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Prague Biennale 6, curated by Nicola Trezzi, Prague, Czech Republic
Art13, London’s Global Art Fair with Primo Marella Gallery, London, UK
Indonesian Pavilion, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
Weight of History. The Collectors Show, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

2012
The Window of Jendela, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
A Sign of Absence, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Earthly Evocation, Sin Sin Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2×2, Eilleen Kaminsky Foundation, New York
Estate, curated by Lucie Fountain, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Yogyakarta – 5 Artists From Indonesia, Marc Straus Gallery, New York
Reclaim.doc, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta
Legacy, Esa Sampoerna Art Museum, Surabaya, Indonesia

2011
Documenting Now: Person to Person, UPT Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Back to the Future, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
ARTJOG, Yogya Art Fair, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Homo Ludens, Emmitan Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia
Bayang, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta
Hong Kong International Art Fair with Nadi Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Art Stage Singapore 2011, Gajah Gallery; STPI, Singapore
Art Amsterdam, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam

2010
The Show Must Go On, 10th anniversary of Nadi Gallery, National Gallery of Indonesia
Unity: The Return to Art, Wendt Gallery, New York
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Nadi Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Homo Ludens, Emmitan Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia
Space and Image, Ciputra World Marketing Gallery, Jakarta
Transfiguration, Jakarta Art District, Jakarta
Masih Ada Gus Dur, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang and Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Bakaba, Sakato Art Community, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2009
Biennale Jogja X 2009, Sangkring Art Space II, Yogyakarta – Indonesia
Kado #2, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
Two Sides of Solitude: Jumaldi Alfi and Andy Dewantoro, Garis Art Space, Jakarta
Diverse – 40 x 40, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong, China
2nd Odyssey, Srisasanti Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Reach for the Heart, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
Awareness, Indonesian Art Today curated by Lely Oei, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam
The Topology of Flatness, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta
In Rainbow, Esa Sampoerna Art House, Surabaya, Indonesia
Shanghai Art Fair, Nadi Gallery, Shanghai, China
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Nadi Gallery, Hong Kong
Jendela – A Play of the Ordinary, NUS Museum, Singapore
Friendship Code, Syang Art Space, Magelang, Indonesia

2008
Ruang dan Waktu, V’art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Expose #1 by Deutsche Bank & Nadi Gallery, Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta
ShContemporary 08, Nadi Gallery, Shanghai, China
Manifesto, the National Gallery, Jakarta
CIGE 2008 (China International Gallery Exposition), Nadi Gallery, Beijing, China
A Slice Indonesian Contemporary Art, Soka Contemporary Center, Beijing, China
Indonesian Invasion, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong, China
Tribes _ Group 3, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong, China

2007
Shanghai Art Fair, Langgeng Gallery, Shanghai, China
Cilukba!/Peekaboo!, Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela, Valentine Willie, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fetish Part I, Biasa Gallery, Seminyak, Bali

Indonesia Time, V-Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
IVAA book aid vol. 01/07, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
Common Grounds, A glimpse of Indonesian contemporary art, Gallery Nasional, Jakarta
Contemporary Indonesian Art Now, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta

2006
ICON: Retrospective, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Tobacco Wedding and Art, Magelang, Indonesia

2005
Oven View, Biasa Gallery, Seminyak, Bali
Beauty and Terror, Loft Gallery, Paris, France
Indonesian Contemporary Art, iPreciation, Singapore
Re-Reading Landschap, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
The Ordinary, KSRJ (Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
Urban Culture, CP. 2nd Biennale, Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta

2004
Multi Sub Culture. Two Dimensional Indonesien Fine Arts, Auswärtiges Amt, Lichthof, Berlin
Wings of Words, Studio Budaya and Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia
Behind the Concept, Gaya Fusion Gallery, Bali
ARTSingapore 2004, Sun Jin Gallery, Suntec City, Singapore
Mempertimbangkan Tradisi, Sanggar Sakato, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta

Barcode, 16th FKY (Yogyakarta Arts Festival), Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Get the Book!!!, Fund Raising, KKF, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2003
Read Art Project, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Read Art Project, UGM Library, Yogyakarta , Indonesia
No Body, MonDecor Gallery, Jakarta

Borobudur International Festival 2003, H. Widayat Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
Bazart, 15th FKY, Benteng Vredeburg Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Membaca Ruang-Ruang, Muara Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Exploring Vacuum I, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Drawing, Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Interpellation, CP Open Bienalle, Gallery Nasional, Jakarta

10th Indonesian Art Awards, ASEAN Building, Jakarta
Infatuated, Sun Jin Gallery, Singapore
Passion: Etno Identity, Shanghai; Beijing; Jakarta

Awards

2003 Finalist of the 10th Indonesian Art Awards
1998 The Best Painting Awards, Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Finalist of the 5th Indonesian Art Award