Biography: FX Harsono Born 1949

Born in Blitar, East Java – Indonesia. Lives and works in Jakarta – Indonesia.

Education 1969 – 1974 Studied painting at STSRI ‘ASRI’, Yogyakarta – Indonesia.

1987 – 1991 Studied at IKJ (Jakarta Art Institute).

Professional Experience 1985 – 1997 Lecturer at the Faculty of Art and Design, IKJ (Jakarta Art Institute).

2005 – 2013 Lecturer at the Faculty of Art and Design, Pelita Harapan University, Tangerang – Indonesia.

Solo Exhibitions 2012 Writing in The Rain, Tyler Rollins, New York – United State of America.

2013 what we have here perceived as truth/we shall some day encounter as beauty, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta – Indonesia.

2014 Things Happen When We Remember (Kita Ingat Maka Terjadilah), Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung – Indonesia.

2015 Beyond Identity, Nexus Arts Gallery, Adelaide – Australia. Kata-kata, Eramus Huis, Jakarta – Indonesia. The Life and The Chaos Object, Images and words (Kehidupan dan Khaos; Benda, Citra dan Kata-Kata), Eramus Huis, Jakarta – Indonesia.

2016 Gazing in Identity (Menerawang Identitas), ARNDT Fine Art, Gilman Barracks – Singapore. The Chronicles Of Resilience, Tyler Rollins, New York – United State of America.

2018 Night Moment, Video ‘Writing in the Rain’ showned at 14 big screen in Times Square. Midnight Moment, Times Square Arts, New York – United Stated of America. Reminiscence, Sullivan & Strumpf, Gillman Barrack – Singapore.

2019 NAMA, Tyler Rollins, New York – United State of America.

2022 JEJAK, Can’s Gallery, Jakarta – Indonesia.

2023 SPINAE | DURI, BAIK Art Jakarta – Indonesia.

Group Exhibitions 2011 Edge of Elsewhere, Group exhibition arttist from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia. Closing The Gap, Melbourne Institute Of Fine Art (MIFA), Melbourne, Australia.. Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia 1991-2011, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore. Beyond The Self, National Potrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia. Asia: Looking South, ARNDT Gallery, Berlin, Germany. NOW INK: A Call For New Perceptions – a special project at 5th SH Contemporary, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai. 4th Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russian. Beyond The East, Macro, Rome, Italy.

2012 Beyond Geography, By South Asian Visual Art Centre (SAVAC) at Art Toronto, Canada. What is it to be Chinese?, Group exhibition at Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany. Encounter, Royal Academy In Asia, Group exhibition at Institute Of Contemporary Art, Lasalle, Singapore. Edge of Elsewhere, Group exhibition artist from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia. Archive-Reclaim doc, Group exhibition at National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Migration, ARNDT, Sydney, Australia. Contemporary Indonesia, Ben Brown Fine Arts London, London, UK.

2013 Concept Context Contestation, Art and the collective in Southeast Asia, Bankok Art And Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand. Seeing Painting: Conversations Before The End of History, Sangkring Art Space, Jogyakarta, Indonesia. Jogja Biennale XII, Jogja National Museum, Jogyakarta, Indonesia. Collection: Photograhpy | screenings “Writing in the rain”, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia. Sip! Indonesian Art Today, Group Show at ARNDT Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore. Quota 2013, Langgeng Art Foundation, Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Outspoken, Group show at Biasa Art Space, Bali, Indonesia. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Us and Institution, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China. Sip! Indonesian Art Today, Group show at ARNDT Gallery, Berlin, germany. Indonesian Painting I, Group show at Equator Art Project, Singapore.

2014 The Roving Eye, Contemporary Art From Southeast Asia, Arter Space for Art, Istanbul, turkey. Past traditions / New Voices in Asian Art, Hofstra University Museum, New York, United State of America. Market Forces 2014, From Conceptualism to Abstraction, Osage Art Foundation & City University of Hongkong.

2015 Videos from South-Easr Asia, Curated by Lola Lenzi, in the framework of Art Paris Art Fair 2015, Grand Palais and at the Silencio Clun, Paris, France. Tell me My truth, Group exhibition artists from Australia, Asia and the Pacific at 4A, Sydney, Australia.

2016 20th Biennale Of Sydney, Saydney, Australia. Art-Jog 2016, Jogja Nationa Museum, Jogyakarta, Indonesia, BACC International Exhibition: Concept Context Contestation: “art and the collective in Southeast Asia”, Cemeti Art House, Jogyakarta. Rethingking Home, Group show at New Dakota Art Space, Amsterdam.

2017 Rosa’s Wound, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan. Sunshower Art from Southeast Asia 1980s Now, National Art Centre Tokyo and Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan. After Darkness: Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History, Asia Society, New York, United State of America. Power & Other Things, Indonesia & ARt 1835 – Now, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium. Nomadic Traveler, showcases 8 Korean and Indonesian Contemporary artist, Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Korean Cultural Center in Indonesia, the Annual Korea Festival, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta. In Suspense, Group Show, Roh Projecy, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2018 Sunshower Art from Southeast Asia 1980s Now, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan. Moving pledges: Art and action in Southeast Asia, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore. 2019 Awkening : Art in Society in Asia, 1960s to 1990s. Museum of Moden Modern Art Tokyo, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seol, Korea. National Gallery of Singapore, Singapore. Concept Context Contestation, Art and the collective in Southeast Asia, Goethe Institute, Yangoon, Myanmar. Sunshower Art from Southeast Asia 1980s Now, Kaoshiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Organize by Mori Museum. Dunia Dalam Berita/ World in News, Macan Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia. Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

2020 “RAIL”, Jeju 4,3 Peace Memorial Hall, South Korea. Corporeal/Material: On Performance Art and Photography, ISA Art & Design, Jakarta, Indonesia. Turn Your Lights On, Suwon Museum of Art, Korea.

2021 “Errata”: Collection Entanglements and Embodied Histories, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand.

2022 Integral Historia, Space AfroAsia, Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Year on Democracies, Smith College Museum of Art, Bedford Terrace, Northampton, US.

Story: Tells a story from ancient times where it was very difficult for Chinese people living in Indonesia to get identity documents. Therefore the difficulty is depicted with a crown of thorns. Where the feeling of difficulty is like wearing a crown of thorns.