Samuel Indratma Explained

Samuel Indratma (born December 22, 1970^[1]) in Central Java, Indonesia, is a community visual artist^[2] and muralist, who studied graphic art between 1990 and 1996 at the faculty of Fine Art, Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

He was a prominent member of the left wing,^[3] activist group of artists, Apotik Komik, operating between 1997 and 2005, creating public art in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The group considered their public art as a tool of social communication.^[4] Indratma also co-founded the Jogjakarta Mural Forum, which formed in 2005.

Solo exhibitions

• Mural Blues (Yogyakarta, 1997)
• From Horror to Hope (Yogyakarta, 1998)
• Begadang III (Yogyakarta, 2001)
• The Interpretation of Sureq La Galigo (Singapore, 2004)
• Urban Apartment (Melbourne, 2007–2008)
• Agro Metal (Jogjakarta, 2009)

Group exhibitions

• AWAS! Recent Art from Indonesia (Traveling exhibition, which visited Indonesia, Australia, Japan, and Europe (1999-2001))^[5]
• Four Member of Apotik Komik (Singapore, 2000)
• 36 Ideas from Asia: Contemporary South-east Asian Art (Traveling exhibition, which visited Singapore and Europe (2002-2003))
• Melbourne connection Asia (Melbourne, 2003)
• Exploring Vacuum II (Jogjakarta, 2003)
• CP Open Biennale 2003 (Jakarta, 2003)
• 15 Tracks: Contemporary Southeast Asian Art (Traveling exhibition, which visited Japan (2003-2004))
• Reformasi (Singapore, 2004)
• Olympics Art Exhibition (Jakarta, 2004)
• Contemporary Heroes (Yogyakarta, 2008)
• The Highlight (Yogyakarta, 2008)

Art Projects

• Melayang (Exhibition of comic murals, Yogyakarta, 1997)
• Sakit Berlanjut (Public art project with venues in various public spaces of Yogyakarta, 1999)
• Les Paravent (Stage artistic for Theater Garasi, Jakarta, 2000)
• Galeri Publik Apotik Komic (Founding of a public street gallery for the duration of one year, involving input from six young artists from Jakarta and Jogjakarta, 2000–2001)
• Sama-sama City Mural Project (Various public spaces of Jogjakarta, 2002)
• Sama-sama / You're Welcome (Indonesian - American Art collaboration between Apotik Komik and the Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, various public spaces of Jogjakarta,).
• Intersection (San Francisco, 2003)
• Gesalt (Gestalt: (n)a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts., 2003)
• Art & Peace Project (Collaboration with Haverford college students, Pennsylvania, 2003)
• Tanda Mata Mural Art Projects (Workshop mural for 6 slum area in Jogjakarta, including at Fly Over Lempuyangan,^[6] 2007–2008)
• Kode Post Sign Art Projects (Workshop Sign Art for 12 kampong in Jogjakarta, 2008)
• School Art Project (Workshop involving high school students to make sculpture for public spaces, 2008)

Residencies

• 2003 : Clarion Alley Mural, San Francisco for 2 months.
• 2007 : ArtPlay Melbourne and Tasmania for 2 months.

External links

• Agor Metal Review Tembi Contemporary Gallery Site (English)
• Tempo Interaktif Article (Indonesian)
• Suara Karya Article (Indonesian)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samuel Indratma.
2. Dovey, K. (2010) Becoming places: urbanism/architecture/identity/power, p.186, Taylor & Francis, . Retrieved July 2011
3. Lloyd, G. & Smith, S.L. (2001) Indonesia today: challenges of history, p.128, Rowman & Littlefield, . Retrieved July 2011
4. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/1999/10/24/social-criticism039s-role-contemporary-art.html Jakarta Post
5. http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/22756 The Green Left
6. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/10/samuel-indratma-writing-on-the-walls.html Jakarta Post