Born in Bandung 1984, Bachelor in Education from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (grad. 2007) Majoring in French Language teaching, Masters in Fine Art at Institut Teknologi Bandung (grad. 2012). Working on multi medium, video, moving image, VJ, digital imagery, to paper cutting, my artistic practice is based on the awareness of the self as viewed by others and as we view others, whilst embedded in our interchanging roles daily as both the spectacle and the spectator., I am able to prompt viewers to question the state of this duality and their awareness of vision as a form of social control
Curriculum Vitae
Muhammad Akbar
Born: Bandung, 25 Januari 1984
Formal Education
2009 – 2012 : Magister School of Visual Art, FSRD ITB. Bandung.
2001 – 2007 : French Language Teaching, FPBS UPI. Bandung.
Website
Makbarmakbar.net
Instagram
@mmmakbar
Twitter
@mmmakbar_akbar
HicetNunc
https://www.hicetnunc.xyz/mmmakbar
Solo Exhibition
Gaze [The Unseen]. Selasar Sunaryo Artspace. 2013
“Blue Screens”. At Hicetnunc. 2021 (coming soon)
Prize & Awards
2007 1st Prize, ASEAN New Media Art Competition. Kemdikbud, Galeri Nasional.
2013 2nd Prize, Bandung Contermporary Art Award #3. Lawangwangi Creative Artspace
2013 Madya Award, Indonesia Art Award. YSRI, Galeri Nasional
Residencies
Topicallab: Land. LaSalle College of Art, ICAS. 2012
Media Art/Kitchen. Galeri Nasional, Ruang Rupa, Japan Foundation. 2013
Centre Intermondes artist in residence. La Rochelle, France. 2014
Monsoon Platform, Kobalt Works & Europalia Indonesia. Vooruit, Ghent, BE. 2017
Selected Exhibition
2021
ARTJOG MMXXI: Arts in Common – Time (to) Wonder. Curated by Agung Hujatnikajennong & Ignatia Nilu, Jogja National Museum. Jogjakarta.
2020
‘Strange Things’ Twnty Twnty, 2CavanRoad. Singapore Arts Club. SG
‘Kilas Balik’ Selasar Sunaryo Artspace. ID
‘Matter matters’ Cans Gallery. Jakarta. ID
‘Karya Normal Baru’ with @SowanProject, Jakarta, Jogja, Makassar Biennale. Online.
‘Seni Rupa Kontemporer?’ Sakarsa Artspace & ArtSociates, Bekasi. ID
‘Immediacy of Image’ Galeri Idealoka, Telkom University. ID
‘There’s no place like’ Yavuz Gallery, Singapore. ID
‘Playfest 2020’ Narasi TV. Online
2019
‘Assemblage’ Lawangwangi Creative Space, Art Sociates, Bandung ID
‘Liber Primus’ Semarang Gallery, Semarang ID
‘Counterbalance’ Universitas Negeri Jakarta. Jakarta ID
‘Art Unld’ Bekraf & Artjakarta. Jakarta. ID
2018
‘XYZ Art Unlimited’ Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung, ID
‘Pameran Besar Seni Rupa: Panji’ Balai Kota. Kota Batu, ID
‘Open P.O.’ OmniSpace, Bandung, ID
‘Manifesto 6” Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, ID
“Soemardja Sound Art Project” Galeri Soemardja, ITB. Bandung
2017
“Monsoon Platform” Kobalt Workz & Europalia ID. Vooruit Ghent, BL
“Re-Emergence” Selasar Sunaryo Artspace. Bandun. ID
2016
“Neglected Ordinaries” RedBase Foundation. Yogyakarta. ID
“Fast Forward” Video work exhibition, Cemeti Arthouse, Yogyakarta. ID
“Historia Docet, Historia Vitae Magistra” with A Stone A, D’Gallerie, Jakarta. ID
“Kolektif Kolegial” Cemeti Art House. Yogyakarta. ID
“SEA+ Triennale” Galeri Nasional, Jakarta. ID
2015
“Looping Loopholes” Yeo Workshop. Gillman Barracks, SG
“NO WORRIES: Halal Curated by Rifky Effendi. Vanessa Qang. Paris. FR.
“ArtMoments” Jogja National Museum, YK. ID
“Pameran Pasca Kekuatan” with A Stone A. OmniSpace. Bandung. ID
“Sehat Wal Afiat” curated by Chabib Duta Hapsoro. Mes56. Yogyakarta. ID
“Getok Tular” OmniSpace. Bandung. ID
“No Other Color” #martell300. ArtdeptID, Kuntskring Gallery.Jakarta. ID.
“Bipolarity to Multipolarity. Contemporary Art from Bandung” Langgeng Art Foundation. Jogjakarta. ID
2014
“Lumieres,” Espace Art Contemporain, La Rochelle, FR
“Melihat Indonesia,” Ciputra Art World, Jakarta, ID
“Garden Art Festival,” Goethe Institut, Bandung, ID
2013
“Dance Your Eyes: NMA Festival,” Gedung Indonesia Menggugat, Bandung, ID
“Arte: Indonesia Arts Festival,” Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, ID
“Media Art Kitchen (M/AK),” Galeri Nasional, Ruang Rupa, Japan Foundation, Jakarta, ID
“Indonesia Art Awards (IAA) 2013,” Galeri NasionaI, Jakarta, ID
“Bandung Contemporary Art Award #3,” Lawangwangi Creative Space/ArtSociates, Bandung, ID
“Gambar Idoep,” Semarang Gallery, Semarang, ID
2012
“What do Pictures Want?” Art:1 Gallery, Jakarta, ID
“Manifesto #3: Orde & Konflik,” Galeri NasionaI, Jakarta, ID
“Good Old Days,” Galeri Kita, Bandung, ID
“Tropical Lab: Land,” LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, SG
“Inside the Moment Film Festival,” Crane Arts, Philadelphia, US
“Extraonema,” Galeri Padi, Bandung, ID
2011
“Selametan Digital,” Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, ID
“Sweet Agony,” Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace, Jakarta, ID
“Derau: Sound Art Exhibition Nu-Substance,” Common Room and Studio Rosid, Bandung, ID
“Contemporary Landscape,” Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, ID
“Bayang: Islamic Contemporary Art,” Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, ID
“Voyeurisme,” Galeri Gerilya, Bandung, ID
“Membajak TV,” Galeri Salihara, Jakarta, ID
“Let’s Die Together in 2012,” Common Room, Bandung, ID
“OK Video: Flesh,” Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, ID
“The Other ‘I’ – Contemporary Art Fashion Exhibition,” Padi Artground, Bandung, ID
2010
“Codex Code,” Kedai Kebun Forum, CO2 and Ruang Rupa. Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Jakarta, ID
“Crash Project: Image Factory,” SigiArts, Jakarta, ID
“Pameran Video Musik Eksperimental Jerman – Indonesia,” GoetheHaus, Jakarta, ID
“Sang Ahli Gambar dan Kawan-kawan: A Tribute to S. Sudjojono,” Padi Artground, Bandung, iD
“Mini Screning” VideoLab & S.14. Bandung. ID
“INFLUX: Multimedia Art Strategy in Indonesia – Decompression #10,” Galeri Cipta II, Jakarta, ID
2009
“Deer Andry: A Tribute to Andry Mochtar,” S.14, RuangRupa, Mess56, Bandung, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, ID
“We’re All Millionaires,” A.O.D. Gallery, Jakarta, ID
“OK Video: Comedy,” Galeri NasionaI, Jakarta, ID
“Jogja Art Fair #2,” Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, ID
2008
“Video Sonic Art,” Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, ID
“Cellsbutton 2,” House of Natural Fiber, Yogyakarta, ID
“15 X 15 X 15: Metaphoria,” Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, ID
“Nu-Substance,” Galeri Kita and Common Room, Bandung, ID
“Vidiot – Holland-Indonesia Video Festival,” Rumah Seni Yaitu, Semarang, ID
2007
“Asean New Media Art Competition,” Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, ID
“OK Video: Militia,” Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, ID
“Basic Frame: Yogyakarta International Video Festival,” House of Natural
Fiber, Yogyakarta, ID