ARAHMAIANIBorn 1961 in Bandung, Indonesia. Lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

EDUCATION
1983

BFA, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.

1985

Paddington Art School, Sydney, Australia.

1992

Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Enschede, the Netherlands.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018

The Past has not Passed, Museum Macan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2016

Shadow of the Past, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.

2015

Violence No More, Haus Am Dom, Frankfurt, Germany.

2014

Fertility of the Mind, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.

2013

The Grey Paintings, Equator ArtProjects, Singapore.

2009

I Love You (After Joseph Beuys Social Sculpture), Esplanade, Singapore.

2008

Slow Down Bro, Jogya National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

2007

Make-Up or Break-Up, Artspace Sydney, Australia.

2006

Stitching the Wound, Jim Thompson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

2005

Lecturing on Painting, Valentine Willie Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2004

Wedding Party (LAPEN Wedding), Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Un-titled, PSI Conference #10, Singapore.
Soho Baby, 2nd Dadao Live Art Festival, Beijing, China.
Breaking Words, Nagano Expo, Japan.
Breaking Words, FIX04 Belfast, Ireland.

2003

Fusion & Strength, Gallery Benda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
MIP (International Performance Manifestation), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

2002

Visit to My World, Asian Fine Arts Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

1999

Dayang Sumbi: Refuses Status Quo, CCF Bandung, Indonesia.
Rape & Rob, Millennium Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1993

Sex, Religion, and Coca Cola, Oncor Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1987

My Dog is Dead and then He Flew, Centre Culturelle Française, Bandung, Indonesia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019

Second Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China.
Bruised: Art Action and Ecology in Asia, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Gallery, Melbourne,Australia
Embodied Histories - Entangled Communities. Southeast Asian and Western Approaches to Narratives andPerformance Art, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum for Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s - 1990s, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore

2017

Art Turns, World Turns, The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Asian Diva: The Muse and the Monster, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.

2016

SEA+ Triennale 2016, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Die Kunst Ist Schon In Der Kirche. Uber Readymades., St. Michael, Berlin, Germany.
In & Out of Context, Asia Society Museum, New York, NY, USA.
Concept, Context, Contestation: Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta,Indonesia.
When Things Fall Apart – Critical Voices on the Radar, Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark.
Costume National: Contemporary Art from Indonesia, AXENÉO7, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and Galerie
SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Manifesto V: Arus, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2015Concept Context Contestation Hanoi: Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia, Goethe-Institut Hanoi,Vietnam.

2014

Chain of Fire, prologue exhibition for Honolulu Biennial 2016, Honolulu, HI, USA.

2013

Suspended Histories, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Women In Between: Asian Women Artists 1984-2012, Mie Prefectural Museum of Art, Mie, Japan; andTochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art, Tochigi, Japan.

2012

Lost in China, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia.
Marcel Duchamp in Southeast Asia, Equator ArtProjects, Singapore.
Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984-2012, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
Edge of Elsewhere 2012, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, Australia; and 4A Centre forContemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia.

2011

Edge of Elsewhere, Gallery 4A Sydney Festival, Australia.
Crossing Point, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Thread Stitching Wounds, Yogya Biennale, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
I Love You, Richmond Center for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Flag Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China.
Home, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia.

2010

Edge of Elsewhere, Sydney Festival, Sydney, Australia.
Contemporaneity, MOCA Shanghai, China.
Tough Love, Gallery Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal.
My Grandmother’s House, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
I Love You, Ana Tzarev Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
Crossing and Blurring the Boundaries, Andi’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Summer Now 2010, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam.
UNERWARTET/UNEXPECTED, Von der islamischen Kunst zur zeitgenössischen Kunstmuseum Bochum Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Edge of Elsewhere, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia.
Installation I, Sydney Festival, Campbelltown Art Centere, Campbelltown, Australia.

2009

No More Bad Girls, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria.
My Body, Andi’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Awareness, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2008

3rd International Calligraphy Biennale, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Die Wahren Orte, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Strategies Towards the Real, NUS, Singapore.

2007

Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Art Goes Heilligendamm, Rostock, Germany.
Balance, Bad Doberan, Germany.
Premonition, J&Z Gallery, Shenzhen, China.

2005

INTOENNE Festival, Austria.
Magnetism – Suspension, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China.

2004

Twilight Tomorrow, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Reformasi, Sculpture Square, Singapore.
Asian Traffic, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia.
Art Summit, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
SENI, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.

2003

The Rest of The World, Pirmasens, Germany.
11 June 2003, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Don’t Call it Performance Art, Reina Sophia Museum, Madrid, Spain; and Andalusia Center forContemporary Art, Seville, Spain.
Transit, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Australia.
10th Biennale of Moving Image, Geneva, Switzerland.

2002

AWAS! Recent Art from Indonesia, Asian Fine Arts Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Text & Subtext, Sternersen Musset, Oslo, Norway.
Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil.
Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.
Site + Sight, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore.
Upstream Project, Amsterdam & Hoorn, the Netherlands.

2001

His-story on My Body, Hillside Terrace Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

2000

His-story on My Body, Text & Sub-text, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore; and Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney,Australia.
Corporeal Apology, Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France; and Werkleitz Biennale, Germany.
Le Petit du Chaperon Rouge, Le Ferme Du Biusson, Paris, France.
The Dog’s Dream, ISP Open Studio, Tribeca, New York, NY, USA.

1999

Burning Bodies, Burning Countries II, Cultural Centre Philippines (CCP), Manila, the Philippines.
Made In Indonesia No. I, - Un Ab Die Post, Postfuhramt Berlin, Germany.
Newspaper Man II, Semanggi Café, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Cities On the Move, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark; and Hayward Gallery, London,United Kingdom.
1998

Instalasi Gawat Darurat Pembangunan, 4+4 Begegnung, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Traditions/Tensions, Western Australia Museum of Contemporary Art, Perth, Australia.
Plastic & Other Waste (First Asia-Pacific Artist Solidarity Project), Center for the Arts, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Cities on The Move, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna Secession, Austria; Musée de l’Art
Contemporaine de Bordeaux, France; and P.S. I Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, USA.
Traditions/Tensions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan.
Burning Bodies, Burning Country, Musée de Castieva, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

1997

Womanifesto: Don't Prevent the Fertility of Mind, Concrete House, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sacred Coke - Cosmology of Mutilation, VI Biennale de la Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions, Vancouver Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
White Cases, Glimpses into the Future, Art from Southeast Asia, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo,Tokyo, Japan; and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan.

1996

Offerings from A to Z, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nation for Sale, Asia-Pacific Triennial, Brisbane, Australia.
Traditions/Tensions, Asia Society, New York, NY, USA.

1995

A Piece of Land for Sale, Artists Regional Exchange (ARX), Perth, Australia.
Sacred Coke, Contemporary Art from Non-aligned Countries, National Gallery, Jakarta,Indonesia.
Coke Circle, Claremont Art School, Perth, Australia.

1994

5+5 Indonesian & Dutch Artists, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; and Erasmus Huis, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Indonesia in Emergency Aid, Yogyakarta Biennial, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

1993

Four Faces, Biennal IX, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1992

From Pieces to Become One-Homage to Joseph Beuys, Enschede, the Netherlands.

1984

Fibre Art and Design, Sydney Textile Museum, Sydney, Australia.

1983

Independent Feast, Bandung, Indonesia.

1980

Accident I, Bandung, Indonesia.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES2017

Handle Without Care, Museum Macan, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Memory of Nature, Kayu, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2016

Shadow of the Past, Lasem, Java.

2015

Shadow of the Past, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2014

Breaking Words, Women in Photography Symposium 2014, School of Art, Design, and Media, NTU in
partnership with Middle East Institute of the University of Singapore, Singapore.

2013

Memory of Nature, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore.
Violence No More, Rapid Pulse, Chicago, IL, USA.

2011

Crossing Point, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Breaking Words, Richmond Centre for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.

2010

Violence No More, On Edge, Cairns, Australia.

2009

I Love You (After Joseph Beuys Social Sculpture), Esplanade, Singapore.
Breaking Words, Woodford Folk Festival, Brisbane, Australia.

2008

Breaking Words, Sillman University, Dumaguette, the Philippines.
Produk Gertoli, Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

2007

His-story on My Body, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Flag Performance 1, Rostock, Germany.
Toyota Era, Matsushiro Samurai School, Nagano, Japan.
Breaking Words, Davis Museum, Boston, MA, USA.

2006

Dancing Stitches, JT House, Bangkok, Thailand.
Breaking Words, Satu Kali, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Breaking Words, FOI, Singapore.
Breaking Words, Tokyo, Toyama, Japan.

2005

Learning to Swing, Valentine Willie Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
We Are Not Hungry, Ambulance International Performance Art Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia

2004

Wedding Party (LAPEN Wedding), Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Un-titled, PSI Conference #10, Singapore.
Soho Baby, 2nd Dadao Live Art Festival, Beijing, China.
Breaking Words, Nagano Expo, Nagano, Japan.
Breaking Words, FIX04, Belfast, Ireland.

2003

Fusion & Strength, Gallery Benda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
MIP (International Performance Manifestation), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Don’t Call it Performance Art, Reina Sophia Museum, Madrid, Spain; and Andalusia Center forContemporary Art, Seville, Spain.

2002

Visit to My World, Asian Fine Arts Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2001

His-story (III), Ist Woman Performance Art Festival, Osaka, Japan.
His-story (III), Hillside Terrace, Tokyo, Japan.
Violence - Hate No More, 3rd Performance Biennale, Israel.
Violence No More, Indonesia - Japan Exchange 2001. Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Jakarta, Indonesia.
Violence No More, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany.
Violence No More, Edsvik, Solentuna, Sweden.
Violence No More, Odense Performance Festival, Denmark.
Tell Me the Story, Za Hall, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society, New York, NY, USA; and Shiga Museum, Osaka,Japan.

2000

His-story (II), Werkleitz Biennale, Werkleitz, Germany.
His-story (II), Funkhouse, Dresden, Germany.
His-story, Jakarta International Performance Art Festival (JIPAF 2000), Jakarta, Indonesia.

His-story, NIPAF 2000, Taipei, Nagano, Nagoya, Tokyo, Japan.
1999

Show Me Your Heart, Und Ab Die Post, Postfuhramt Berlin, Germany.
Burning Bodies, Burning Countries II, Cultural Centre Phillipines (CCF), Manila, the Philippines.
Newspaper Man, Semanggi Café, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Dayang Sumbi Refuses Status Quo, France Cultural Center, (CCF) Bandung, Indonesia.

1998

Burning Bodies, Burning Country, Musee de Castieva, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Art Festival '98, Nagano, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Tokyo, Japan.
Festival de Winternachten, the Hague, the Netherlands.
Show Me Your Heart, Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Asian Series, Nagano, Nagoya, Tokyo,Japan.
Show Me Your Heart, JAXPA 98: Festival of Asian Performance Art I, Bangkok, Thailand.
Show Me Your Heart, Cemara 6 Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia; and Jamzz, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1997

Do Not Prevent the Fertility of Mind, Concrete House, Bangkok, Thailand.
Handle without Care IV, Havana, Cuba.
Handle without Care, Who Cares?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Point Zero - My Mind Gets Stuck, Marsi Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

1996

Offering from A to Z, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Handle without Care I, Brisbane, Australia.
Handle without Care II - You Love Me, You Love Me Not, Z Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
Handle without Care III, Maga City, Bangkok, Thailand.

1995

Friday Sermon, Claremont Art School, Australia.

1994

Frangipani on Water, with musician Wayan Sadra, Mojosongo, Solo, Indonesia.

1993

Four Faces, Biennale IX, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1992

Uwek-uwek, Ismail Marzuki Art Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1990

Knocking the Door, Malioboro Street, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

1987

My Dog is Dead and then He Flew, Centre Culturelle Française, Bandung, Indonesia.

1982

Black Bamboo and White Cloth, Bandung, Indonesia.

1981

Newspaper Man, Bandung, Indonesia.
Accident I, Bandung, Indonesia.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONSAsia Society, New York, NY, USA.
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Museum MACAN (Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara), Jakarta, Indonesia.