Budi Agung Kuswara

1982　Born in Bali, Indonesia

Lives and works in Singapore and Bali, Indonesia

Education

2009　Bachelor in Fine Art, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Budi Agung Kuswara
Fusion Dialogue “Never Fade Away" The Images File Under The Sun Series
2024
cyanotype, acrylic, ink, gold leaf 24k on canvas
140 × 260 × 5 cm (diptych, 140 × 130 cm × 5 each)

Budi Agung Kuswara
Transcending Shadows Cyanotype Chronicles of Colonial Echoes
2024
cyanotype, acrylic, ink, 24k gold leaf on canvas
200 × 145 × 3.5 cm
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
The Theater of Timeless Memories
2023
cyanotype, acrylic, ink, gold leaf on cotton paper
89 × 115 cm (unframed), 104 × 130 × 7 cm (framed)

Budi Agung Kuswara
Balinese Baroque #5
2023
cyanotype, acrylic, ink, 24k gold leaf on kamasan canvas
202.5 × 147 × 4.5 cm

Budi Agung Kuswara
Grace
2021
cyanotype and acrylic on cotton paper
115 × 80 cm

Budi Agung Kuswara
Residual Memory: Mining The Walls
2022
cyanotype, ink, acrylic, gold leaf 24k on paper
300 x 200 cm, triptych (100 x 200 cm each panel)

Budi Agung Kuswara
Residual Memory Mining The Walls
2022
Exhibition view at 'ARTJOG MMXXII: Arts in Common - Expanding Awareness', 2022, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Budi Agung Kuswara
Balinese Baroque The Fruits Seller From The East #2
2022
cyanotype, ink, acrylic, 24k gold leaf on cotton paper
150 × 113 cm

Budi Agung Kuswara
Empowerment Over Hierarchy (Residual Memory Series)
2022
cyanotype, ink, acrylic, 24k gold leaf on cotton paper
155 × 305 cm (triptych, framed); 151 × 100 cm (each, unframed)

Budi Agung Kuswara
Fertility Icon, Coloured Version (Anonymous Ancestors Series)
2021
cyanotype, silk paint, and Chinese ink on cotton paper
279 × 258 × 1.5 cm (set of 18 pieces, 93 × 43 × 1.5 cm each).
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Defragmentation #2
2021
cyanotype, acrylic on kamasan canvas
200 × 145 × 3.5 cm
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Defragmentation #1
2021
cyanotype, acrylic on kamasan canvas
200 × 145 × 3.5 cm
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Defragmentation #6
2021
cyanotype, acrylic on kamasan canvas
200 × 145 × 3.5 cm
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Defragmentation #7
2021
cyanotype, ink, watercolour and glitter on cotton paper
115 × 80 cm (unframed), 125 × 90 × 3 cm (framed)
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Juxtapose #1
2021
cyanotype, ink, watercolour and glitter on cotton paper
115 × 80 cm (unframed), 125 × 90 × 3 cm (framed)
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Defragmentation #5
2021
cyanotype, ink, watercolour and glitter on cotton paper
80 × 115 cm (unframed), 90 × 125 × 3 cm (framed)
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Balinese Baroque #3
2021
cyanotype, acrylic, and ink on kamasan canvas
199 × 143.5 × 3.5 cm
© Budi Agung Kuswara, courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Tumbuh Hasrat di balik kepala
2020
cyanotype and acrylic on canvas
145 × 250 cm

Budi Agung Kuswara
Summer Blooming (deep blue mirror series)
2020
cyanotype and acrylic on canvas
250 x 145 cm
© Budi Agung Kuswara
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Budi Agung Kuswara
Eastern Fortune (deep blue mirror series)
2019
cyanotype and acrylic on canvas
250 x 145 cm
© Budi Agung Kuswara
courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Gallery

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Tiba Anak Cucu, The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2023

Repose: Under The Sun, Kiniko Art Room, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2021

Residual Memory, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2018

Anonymous Ancestors, Ubud Readers & Writer’s Festival, Bali, Indonesia

Arus Berlabuh Kita, Asian Civilization Museum, Singapore (in collaboration with Samantha Tio)

2015

After Paradise, Paradiso, Bali, Indonesia

2013

Jump!, Theatre Street Cones, The Esplanade, Singapore

Kebon Indah, Baba House, National University Singapore Museum, Singapore (in collaboration with Samantha Tio)

Weaving Dreams in the Wind, Community Wall, The Esplanade, Singapore (in collaboration with Samantha Tio)

2012

Floating Desires, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore

The 12th Winds of Artist in Residence, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

The Wax on Our Fingers, Indonesian Contemporary Arts Network, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (in collaboration with Samantha Tio)

2008

i.self, Komaneka Fine Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia

Group Exhibitions

2024

ARTSUBS 2024 – WAYS OF DREAMING, Pos Bloc Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia

Reconstructing Erotica via Post-tradition, Titik Dua Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Doxa & Episteme – In Search of the Real Deal, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2023

MAMALUNGSA, Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

wARTa #3, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Light to Night Festival ‘Residual Memory of The Walls’, Budi Agung Kuswara x Studio Batu, National Gallery Singapore (Gallery Façade), Singapore

2022

Good News from Bali, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

PANEL Blue, Galerie Dumonteil, Paris, France

ARTJOG MMXXII: Arts in Common – Expanding Awareness, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2021

Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Kleßen-Görne, Germany

Tonight the Air is Warm, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Baroque Archipelago, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2020

Rooted in Bali, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2019

Speculative Memories, Art Bali Building, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia

2018

Celebration of the future, Art Bali Building, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia

2017

Crossing: Beyond Baliseering, fortyfivedownstairs theatre, Melbourne, Australia

2016

Love Me in My Batik, ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Water and Land: International Showcases on Environmental Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

Guandu International Nature Art Festival, Taipei, Taiwan

2015

ECONOMY, Latent Spaces, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore

Genetik, ARMA Museum, Bali, Indonesia

Oktopost, The Esplanade, Singapore

Conversations Beneath the Skies, Biblioteca de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

2013

I Imagine, Jendela, The Esplanade, Singapore

Water, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

TEASE!, TAKSU Gallery, W Hotel Bali, Bali, Indonesia

2012

Nasi Campur, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore

2011

Peripheries, Asia Triennial Manchester, United Kingdom

Drawing Conversations, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy

Jogja Art Fair 2011, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Foreign Exchange, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, California, United States

Halo Halo 5, Manila Contemporary, Manila, Philippines

Bali, Making Choices, Indonesian National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2010

SDI Now, Toni Raka Gallery, Bali, Indonesia

ExpoSign, Jogja Expo Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Jogja Gumergah! Jogja Bangkit!, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2009

3 Young Contemporaries, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Seeing You, Seeing Me, Contemporary Portraiture, Manila Contemporary, Manila, Philippines

2008

Reinventing Bali, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Hybridity, Bali Art Now, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The Last Supper, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2007

KALIYUGA, Gallery TEMBI, Jakarta, Indonesia

Global Warming –Local Warming I Bumi, Garuda Wisnu Kecana, Bali, Indonesia

NEO-NATION, Jogja Biennale IX, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2006

Rotten Head, The Art Center, Bali, Indonesia

2005

Indonesian Art Festival, Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

Obesity (A performance art piece), Bali Museum, Bali, Indonesia

2004

Having Fun, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia

2003

Open Air, Borobudur International Festival, Magelang, Indonesia

Termogram, Neka Art Museum, Bali, Indonesia

Collections

Museum Azman, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

Tumurun Private Museum, Solo, Indonesia

Residencies

2016

GREEN ART: Water Ecology Project, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan

2012

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Residence Program, Fukuoka, Japan

TAKSU Kuala Lumpur, Artist Residency Program, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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