Akiq AW, a Yogyakarta-based artist and curator, is a member of the artist collective MES 56 and The Trengginas, a punk rock band also based in Yogyakarta. His works mostly talk about the daily life tactics of ordinary people. His first photo series, The Order of Things, is a story about how people live with their own creativity and imagination. This series contains photographs of ‘installations’ found on the side of the road, yards or visible private spaces.
His solo exhibitions include “The Order of Things” (2010) at Ruang Mes 56, Yogyakarta and “One Man Different God” (2011) at The Goods Dept, Jakarta. He participated in Jogja Biennale 13 in 2011 “Shadow Lines”. With Mes 56, he was part of exhibitions at CCP Melbourne (2013), Song Eun Gallery in Seoul, South Korea (2016). She exhibited her works in Special Focus at Art Dubai (2012), and at Unseen Amsterdam (2017). She participated in the 38th EVA International Ireland’s Biennale 2018 and Dak’Art 2018, The Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal, and the Contemporary World Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia in 2011). He was the Artistic Director for the Archives Festival Exhibition ‘Kuasa Ingatan’ organized by Arsip Seni Rupa Indonesia (2017) and Co-Curator of Jogja Biennale 15th Edition in 2019.
Solo Exhibition
2022 – I Loved You for So Many Fucking Years, Galeri Lorong, Yogyakarta
2019 – Courtesy of the Artists, LIR Space, Yogyakarta
2017 – Satu Langkah Seribu Langkah, Ark Galerie, Yogyakarta
2014 – Border V 2.0, Chan Contemporary, Darwin, NT, Australia – Border, Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
2012 – Lima Cerita Dari Rumah, Selasar Solo Project Series, Selasar Sunaryo Bandung
– To the Landscape and Beyond, Emmitan CA Gallery Surabaya
2011 – One Man Different God, Art Dept-Good Department, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta
2010 – The Order of Things, Ruang MES 56 Yogyakarta
Group Exhibition
2022
2021- Pause, Rewind and Forward #2, Kiniko Art, Yogyakarta
2019 – Contemporary World, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2018
2017 – ‘Father, Mother, Daughter, Son.’ Canvas Contemporary, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2014
Photographic print
2013
Photograph, Mounted on Foam Board or flat panel
2013
variable size Installation Photographs, binocular, monocular, carpet
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