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| About Iwan | Brief Biography Iwan Wijono Wijono was born in a few decades ago, under the Soeharto regime in the city of Solo, Central Java, in the strong moslem Javanese family, where the influence of the feudal culture is still strong. Also where the global culture situation (from the west) is dominated and becomes the standard of existence for the middle class to the top. While studying international law (graduated from Indonesian Islamic University) and painting (Indonesian Institute Of Art) in Jogjakarta (Indonesia), Wijono became active in the pro-democracy movement against the Soeharto regime, who was known to be KKN (Collusion, corruption and nepotism) and to guard against the continuation of the power of the Soeharto government who were known to be feudalistic, capitalistic and militaristic. And morover the young Indonesians who had a new ideology that is 3M : Microsoft, Mc Donalds, MTV. In the 1990’s he became known as a pro-democracy street performer with (or without) political demonstration. Besides a political awareness, Wijono gained an aesthetic understanding that performance art was a milieu that could be undertaken anywhere and was not restricted by exhibition space, public or even the time of the activity. His early performance art interventions evolved to include arts events both locally and internationally throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. “PUBLIC! I think public is dead! The public is dependant on the market that is controlled by multinational corporations, IMF, World Bank, and includes United Nations, Stock Exchange, TVs, political issues/rumors, etc! Public have no power anymore, all controlled by market and weapon, in other way- controlled by fear and consume!” Iwan Wijono Iwan Wijono has participated in several important art events, including: LIVE - Performance Art Biennale (Vancouver,Canada ’07), In The Context Of Art-The Differences (Warsaw,Poland ‘06), TIPALive - Taiwan International Performance Art Festival (Taipei,Taiwan ’05), FOI - Future Of Imagination (Singapore ’03), AIM Artist Investigation Monuments (Singapore ’00 & ’02), ASIATOPIA Performance Art Festival (Bangkok – Chiangmai, Thailand ’99,’02,’05,07), NIPAF - Nippon International Performance Art Festival (City Tour Japan ’99, ’04,'10), Havana Biennale (Cuba, ’01), Currency Festival (Manhattan, New York, USA ’05), 7a*11d International Performance Art Festival (Toronto, Canada ’02), RIAP – Recountre Internacional Arte de Performance (Quebec City,Canada ’04), Novena Muestra Internacional de Performance (Mexico City,Mexico ’00), PAN ASIA '10 Gwangju, Incheon (Korea). Wijono actived in various seminar and political art workshop that been held in various campuses and institutions - galleries internationally, beside various exhibition in Indonesia and overseas, including: Paricutin (Action in Site) Exhibition, at Gallery of Klnstlerhaus Hamburg - Bergedorf, Germany (’02), May ’08 on photo performance and video work in exhibition - Soedjojono & Indonesian Social Realism, in NUS Museum, Singapore. Participated in local group exhibition also, included The Highlights: from Medium through Transmedia –The Indonesia Institute of Art Exhibition. Once solo exhibition in ’05 Kedai Kebun Forum, Jogjakarta, photo performance, drawing and painting “Route to Babilon: After the Dark rising Sex, Drug, & Rock N Roll. The 2nd solo exhibition “Revolution Preparation” been held in December 2008 at JNM Jogja National Museum. The3rd solo exhibition “Farmer Series”, September 2009 – Tembi Contemporary, Jogjakarta. Lately have tour art program in France & Europe (working together with Indonesian artist Miko Malioboro & Association Matasia): IMPRESSIONS Galerie (Paris), performance - History Of Blood in De Fabriek art space (Eindhoven), L’Antidote – Café Associatif & espace culturel (Bordeaux), in Brno (Chezh Republic), & Romania. In 12 March – 11 April, been held “Chaotic Victory” performance & painting exhibition, with the Thailand artist, Vasan Sitthiket, in Whitespace gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. 9 - 24 March 2011, Crossroads exhibition in Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore, with Lynn Lu, Kata Sangkhae, Tuan Nguyen. Wijono, president of the contemporary art organization in Jogjakarta, Performance Klub, which is organized monthly action art event as WED ACTION in ’03 – ’05, AMBULANCE ART FESTIVAL ’05, annual action art activism in public communities as PERFURBANCE – Performance Art Urban Festival, beside another public action art event in down town as CHAOS DAB! Widjono is member of TAV The Artists Village (Singapore), member international performance art movement New World Disorder International, member redaction board INTER arte actuel magazine, Quebec City (Canada), registered as spiritual healer in the World Pranic Healing Foundation. . ARTISTS A-Z Wijono’s art works collected by various persons & profesions since ‘90s, included : Rita Oeters (art teacher & artist from Germany), Herry Satriawan (member of Brotherhood Motorcycle Club – elder brother of the artist S.Teddy D. from Indonesia), Valentine Willie (art collector & art organiser from Malaysia), Adhi Wibowo (art collector & art organiser from Indonesia), Rob T. Brake (art collector from Holland), Gustaf Sirait (staff of Indonesian Embassy in Paris, France), Iola Lenzi (Lenzi-Morisot Foundation, in S’pore & France), KPH. Wironegoro (Director of Jogja National Museum, Indonesia), Timothy O’Donoghue & Rachel Saraswati (art lovers, artists & art organiser), Herve & Anouk Roussely (art lovers, artist, music crew, & art organiser), Restaurant Chilien TACUABE (Bordeaux, France), Centre A-Asian Contemporary Art Center (Vancouver, Canada), Alternative Collective Community in Leognan (Bordeaux, France), Roland LIN Chih-Hung (UNESCO Consultant, Paris, France). YM: wijonoster Twitter: chaoticlights Skype: chaoticlights http://iwanwijono.blogspot.com/ performanceklub.blogspot.com www.hutanpangan.org |
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