Albert Yonathan Setyawan

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1983　Born in Bandung, Indonesia

Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Education

2016 – 2020　PhD./Doctorate Program in Ceramic Art Department, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan

2014 – 2016　 MFA in Ceramic Art Department, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan

2012 – 2014　Research Student in Ceramic Art Department, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan

2010 – 2012　 MFA in Ceramic Art Studio Program, Faculty of Art & Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia

2002 – 2007　 BFA in Ceramic Art Studio Program, Faculty of Art & Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia

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Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Architecture of Affects
2023
terracotta
240 × 240 × 6 cm (1909 pcs)

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Form Constants - Spatial Tessellation No.5
2023
terracotta
127.5 × 84 × 4.5 cm (238 pcs)

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Form Constants - Spatial Tessellation No.4
2023
terracotta
130 × 83.5 × 4 cm (304 pcs)

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Light & Ardor I
2022
terracotta
⌀ 103 × 3.5 cm (168 pcs)

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Serpent's Tails II
2023
terracotta
⌀ 132 × 3 cm (132 pcs)

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Purging Tongues
2021
terracotta
132 × 80 × 4 cm
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Hypnagogia - Inside Looking In (Staircases)
2021
gouache on paper
51.5 × 72 cm
Image courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Hypnagogia - Inside Looking In (Arches)
2021
gouache on paper
68.5 × 61.5 cm
Image courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Radiance of Being
2019
terracotta
Ø 152 x 5 cm (216 pieces)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Luminiferous
2019
terracotta
Ø 132 x 5 cm (168 pieces)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Radial Incantation
2019
terracotta
Ø 132 x 5 cm (162 pieces)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Hypnos
2019
terracotta
Ø 132 x 5 cm (204 pieces)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Subliminal Fire Mandala
2019
terracotta
113.5 x 121 x 5 cm (198 pieces)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Seers
2019
terracotta
115 x 117 x 5 cm (196 pieces)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Spectral Tower
2019
gouache on paper
90.5 x 72.5 cm (framed), 84 x 64 cm (unframed)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Hallucinatory Archway
2019
gouache on paper
90.5 x 72.5 cm (framed), 82 x 64 cm (unframed)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Phantom Chambers
2019
gouache on paper
78 x 95.5 cm (framed), 69 x 87 cm (unframed)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Mind Corridors
2019
gouache on paper
77.5 x 66.5 cm (framed), 66.5 x 57 cm (unframed)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Mind Tessellation
2019
gouache on paper
72.5 x 90.5 cm (framed), 64 x 82 cm (unframed)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Albert Yonathan Setyawan
Vertigo Hypnosis Portals
2019
gouache on paper
102.5 x 55 cm (framed), 93 x 46 cm (unframed)
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Gnosis (detail)
2018
terracotta
277 x 162 (1440 pieces)

Momentary Reason for Eternity
2018
terracotta, seed, planting materials, and ribbon
19 x 13.5 x 4.5 cm

L-R: Gnosis; Momentary Reason for Eternity.
Installation view: “Radiance”, 2018, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan

L-R: Chrysopoeia; Providentia.
Installation view: “Radiance”, 2018, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan

Chrysopoeia (detail)
2018
terracotta
Ø 115 cm (127 pieces)

Providentia (detail)
2018
terracotta
Ø 90 cm (97 pieces)

Helios
2017
ceramic, dimensions variable
photo by Kioku Keizo
courtesy of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
Installation view: “SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now”, 2017, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
© Albert Yonathan Setyawan

L-R: New Lystra: The Burning Jasmine; New Lystra: The Burning Oracle; New Lystra: The Flaming Serpents; Gates of the burning mountains
2017
gouache and gold paint on paper
59 x 42 cm each

TERRENE (installation view), Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo, Saturday 7th October - Sunday 5th December 2017 (C) POLA MUSEUM ANNEX

Transitory Nature of Earthly Joy
2017
clay, compost and planting soil, various plant seeds, acrylic containers, LED
40 x 25 x 25 cm each
photo by MIYJIMA Kei
Installation view: “TERRENE”, 2017, POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan

Transitory Nature of Earthly Joy (still image)
2017
five-channel digital video (02:07, 01:44, 01:50, 02:00, 03:09)

Earthly Radiance
2016
ceramic
120 x 120 cm
photo by MIYJIMA Kei
Installation view: “TERRENE”, 2017, POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan

The Three Headed Harbinger #2
2016
monotype, mixed media on Hahnemühle paper
31.5 x 23 cm

Labyrinth of Solitude
2016
terracotta and silica sand
dimensions variable (approx. 320 x 320 cm)

Mandala Study #4（detail)
2015
terracotta and marble sand
dimensions variable

Solar Worship
2015-2019
terracotta
dimensions variable

Solar Worship
2015
gold ink on paper
48 x 48 cm

Mandala Study #4
2015
terracotta and marble sand
dimensions variable

Mandala Study #3
2015
ceramic
dimensions variable

Metaphor of the Human Condition: Meditation on Silence – The Dissolving Bowl (still)
2015
video installation
60 mins

Silent Circle
2015
dry point on Hahnemühle paper
32 x 25 cm

One For Sorrow, Two For Joy..
2015
aluminium, lithography on Hahnemühle paper
49.5 x 33 cm

Messengers of the Sun
2015
aluminium plate lithography, hand-coloured
39.5 x 33 cm

Vertebrae
2014
ceramic and decals
63 x 285 x 6 cm

Unknown Sanctuary
2014
ceramic
360 x 21 x 6 cm

Incandescence
2014
ceramic and decals
65 x 95 x 3.5 cm

Morning Star
2014
ceramic-slip casting
60 x 180 x 4 cm

Nature's Scintilla
2014
ceramic
100 x 100 x 5 cm

Demigods
2014
ceramic
80 x 50 x 8 cm

Mystic Flowers
2014
ceramic
150 x 105 x 3.5 cm

Golden House
2014
ink, pencil, gold paint on paper
20.5 x 30.5 cm

Double Specter
2014
pencil, ink, gouache and gold paint on paper
48 x 63 cm

Moths
2013
ceramics-slip casted
dimensions variable

The Sacred Choir
2013
pencil on paper
22 x 33 cm

Solo Exhibitions

2024

「Transitory Nature of Earthly Joy」 Tumurun Museum, Solo, Indonesia

2023

「Capturing Silence」Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2022

「Speaking in Tongues」Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2020

「Mirror Image」Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2019

「Variations on Symmetry」Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2017

「Terrene」POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan

2016

「Terrene」Strathnairn Arts Association, Canberra, Australia

2015

「Apotheose」Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2014

「Enshrined」Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo

2012

「Cosmic Totems」WTF Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

「Grammar of Meditation」Galeri Canna, Jakarta, Indonesia

「Sacred Veranda」Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia

2011

「Temple of Threshold」Valentine Willie Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

2010

「Liminal Being」The Japan Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia

「Cosmic Mantra」SIGIarts Gallery, Jakarta

2009

「i am a bird now, am i?」Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2024

「The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art」Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

「ART WEEK TOKYO: AWT Focus “Earth, Wind, and Fire: Visions of the Future From Asia”」, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

「Lost & Found: Embodied Archive」Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

「Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2024: TOGETHER_Montaigne’s Cat」Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Icheon, South Korea

「Indian Ocean Craft Triennial 2024」John Curtin Gallery, Bentley WA, Australia

2023

「The Order of Things」Appetite, Singapore

「Figurative Abstraction」Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2022

「Romantic Progress」Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan

「AGAS Group Show 2022: A World At Every Turn」Gillman Barracks, Singapore

2021

「Invisible cities, Albert Yonathan Setyawan & Louise Rouse」 Hagiso, Tokyo, Japan

「How are we doing?」Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2020

「It’s done‽」Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2019

「TROPOSPHERE: Materials to open up a new world」Kyocera Museum, Kyoto, Japan

「Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia」National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

「Future Past: tradition and transgression in contemporary art from Asia」Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney, Australia

「ASEAN Crafts: Place, Scent and Atmosphere, Cheongju Craft Biennale」ASEAN Pavillion, Cheongju, South Korea

「SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now」Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2018

「Radiance」Albert Yonathan Setyawan & Miyanaga Aiko, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

「Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018」Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan

「DISINI Festival 2018」Gillman Barracks, Singapore

「Folkloristics」Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2017

「SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now」Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

「Y : Collect 2.0」 Ruci Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia

2016

「Tom Tandio – The Man Who Fell into Art: Collecting as a Form of Personal Narrative」SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul, Korea

「Constituent Concreteness」Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

「MULTIPLE JUNCTURES」Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

「Kyoto Seika University – Final Graduation Exhibition」Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

2015

「Kyoto Seika University – Graduate Program Exhibition」Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

「2015 Contemporary Asian Ceramics」China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

「Rev/Action: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia」Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, United States

「Unveiling Fundamentals in Contemporary Art Through Asia」 OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia

2014

「TRANSMISSION」Jim Thompson Art Center、Bangkok, Thailand

「Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia 2014」Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea

「Real way to connect with the world – ceramic art to look, see, and feel」Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

2013

「Sakti」The Indonesian Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

「L’oriente Dell’Occidente」 Palazzo Medici Ricardi － Sale Fabiane、Florence, Italy

2012

「Panorama: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia」Singapore Art Museum、Singapore

「Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Biennale #2」Museum of Fine Arts & Ceramics、Jakarta, Indonesia

2011

「1001 Doors」 Ciputra Marketing Gallery、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Survey 2.10」 Edwin’s Gallery、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Ekspansi – Pameran Besar Seni Patung」 National Gallery of Indonesia、Jakarta, Indonesia

「la composition seduisante」 Edwin’s Gallery、Jakarta, Indonesia

「The Equator － Biennale Jogja XI」 Jogja National Museum、Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2010

「Tribute to S.Sudjojono – Sang Ahli Gambar dan Kawan-kawan」 PLATFORM 3、Bandung, Indonesia

Critical Point, Edwin’s Gallery、Jakarta, Indonesia

「15 x 15 x 15 #3」 Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

「Halimun/The Mist: A Reflection Upon the Development of Indonesian Contemporary Art」 Lawangwangi Art & Science Estate、Bandung, Indonesia

2009

「ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival)」Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea

「Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Biennale #1」 North Art Space － Ancol、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Crossroads [part of residency program from The Japan Foundation」 Warehouse Bungoro Gallery, Shiga, Japan

「POST」 Place Gallery、Victoria, Australia

「We’re All Millionaires」 A.O.D Art Space、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Survey #2」 Edwin’s Gallery、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Contemporary Archeology」 SIGIarts Gallery、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Revisiting The Last Supper」 CG artspace、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Bandung Art Now」 National Gallery of Indonesia、Jakarta, Indonesia

2008

「Apocalypse Now!」 ARK Galerie、Jakarta, Indonesia

「Himpunan Senyap」 Emmitan CA Gallery、Surabaya, Indonesia

「Bandung New Emergence vol. 2」 Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (SSAS)、Bandung, Indonesia

「Invasi Bandung」 Galeri Canna、Jakarta, Indonesia

2007

「Inner Object」 Potluck Coffeebar and Library、Bandung, Indonesia

「Neo-Nation － Biennale Jogja IX」 Jogja National Museum、Yogyakarta, Indonesia

「Demi Mas(s)a, Pameran Seni Rupa Nusantara」 Indonesian National Gallery、Jakarta, Indonesia

Public Collection

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Museum Azman, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia

POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan

Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

Tumurun Museum, Solo, Indonesia

Residencies

2016

Strathnairn Arts Association, Canberra, Australia

2009

JENESYS Programme – The Japan Foundation, Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan

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