Arya Sukapura Putra

Indonesian painter and video artist, Yogyakarta.

Introduction

Arya Sukapura Putra is an Indonesian painter and video artist based in Yogyakarta, whose practice — centered on the theme “Hacking the Complexity of Mind” — lets emotion and the sub-conscious mind take charge in the process of painting, and won him Best Video at the 6th Jakarta International Video Festival in 2013.

I let my emotion and sub-conscious mind fully incharge in process of painting.

Exhibitions

Solo: “Bahagia Bersama,” ViaVia Alternative Artspace, Yogyakarta (2008). Group exhibitions include Art|Jog, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta (2010–2012); “Death Matters,” Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (2011); WRO Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, Poland (2015); and the 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2016).