PartNER Yogyakarta was established in 2012 by Fanti Sulistyaningsih, Desrat Fianda and Taufik Ermas as an art event organizer based in Yogyakarta, managed by Fanti Sulistyaningsih.The main focus of PartNER Yogyakarta is supporting and cooperating with various circles, such as artists, curators, and other art institutions, to organize fine art programs and events. PartNER actively collaborates with Antena Projects in organizing the Yogyakarta Open Studio (YOS) program. Since 2012, PartNER Yogyakarta has intensively collaborated with OFCA International as the event organizer for a solo exhibition program called Re-PLAY. Re-PLAY has had a series of 6 solo exhibitions focusing on the work of Heri Dono, Entang Wiharso, Jumaldi Alfi, Abdi Setiawan, Anusapati, and Handiwirman. Recently PartNER Yogyakarta arranged the exhibition 3 SOLO SHOW – Desrat Fianda, Taufik Ermas and Wahyu Wiedyardini, curated by Sudjud Dartanto at Sangkring Art Projects, Yogyakarta.
YOS Insight
Presentation of Taufik Ermas working process
FOOT NOTE12 June 2015
03.00 PM – 05.00 PM
Artists with work at this Location:
Desrat Fianda (b. 1983, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia) graduated from Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI), Yogyakarta in 2009. Fianda’s most recent works are stone carvings of books and gouache painting on paper recording historical images. A finalist in the Indonesian Art Awards, Desrat has exhibited throughout Indonesia and South East Asia including such shows as SEA+ Triennale, 2013; Manifesto, 2014 and Sculpture Triennale, 2014, all at Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta. He lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Taufik Ermas (b. 1984, Bukittinggi, Indonesia) studied painting at Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in Indonesia and Asia in exhibitions including Fragment of Lie, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta and Manifesto and Sculpture Triennale, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta. He lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
T_KA – T_KI is part of the Trinodal Group, a 3-member international artist collective originating in England. T-KA_T-KI is an active member in the movement of Neuro-Physical Art. Trinodal Group has a policy not to make a list of exhibits or activities that have been carried out. They currently live and work in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Fendry Ekel (b. 1971, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia) studied fine art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the esteemed Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. As an outcome of his solo exhibition in HVCCA in New York in 2010, he was invited to participate in the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York in 2011. Fendry Ekel has exhibited his work internationally and has had reoccurring solo exhibition in Amsterdam, Jakarta, Milan, Valencia, Mexico City, and New York. Ekel lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Berlin, Germany.
Wahyu Wiedyardini (b. 1984, Wonosobo, Central Java) graduated from Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta in 2009. Wiedyardini has participated in various exhibitions including 3 SOLO SHOW- Desrat Fianda, Taufik Ermas dan Wahyu Wiedyardini, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta; IJOL: In Justify Our Love, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta; Overnite Sessation, Lotte, South Korea; Indonesia Art Motoring 1, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta; and It’s Popular Art, Zinc Art Space, Malaysia. She lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.