Iabadiou Piko ( Piko Sugianto ) was born in 1984 in Prabumulih, South Sumatera, Indonesia. He graduated in 2005 from Academic Design of Vision Yogyakarta Department ( ADVY ), Major in Diploma of Art Photography Design. He Self taught learning in painting. Heis now live and work in Yogyakarta. He had participated in selected group exhibition in Yogyakarta, Semarang, Solo, Padang, Jakarta and Surabaya Indonesia. His work has also been included in group shows at Cheim & Read Gallery, New York,Siena Art Institute Siena Italy, Bangkok Art and Culture Center Thailand, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, “The 40th World Gallery of Drawing, Osten Biennial of Drawing”, Skopje Macedonia 2012, Lotte Gallery Korea, Art Gallery The University Center, Colorado Mesa University USA, Rochester Contemporary Art Center New York, USA, Sanamchandra Art Gallery, Silpakorn University, Sanamchandra Palace Campus,Nakhon Pathom province. Bangkok, Thailand, Chiang Mai University Art Center, Chiang Mai Province. Bangkok, Thailand. Forum Fundacao Eugenio De Almeida Museum, Evora, Portugal, Richmond Art Gallery ( RAG ), Canada and Luhring Augustine, New York, USA.

His work portrays the memories in daily life in an abstract, figurative, and poetic atmosphere. He creates his work using the medium of Painting and Photography. His work is abstract, figurative, and intuitive, inspired by people he meet each day, things that happen himself, and places he have been. He capture memories, feelings and imagination as a visual diary. his work is an allegory and metaphor of what goes around his life.

A self - taught painter who majored in Art Photography, Piko is heavily inspired by his surrounding environment - expressing and translating reality into paintings using a rich visual language. “My work is an expression and the memory of behavior and personal feeling of anxiety about the perception of material reality, fantasy and human transformation. It is inspired by doodles, lines, images, impressions of forms, shapes, colors and environments that I have seen.” 20th century Western painting history with artists ranging from Picasso, Basquiat, Dubuffet and Twombly were inspirational to Piko’s recent series of paintings presented at the gallery. Piko explored their oeuvre mostly through books and documentary films – as there is no museum in Indonesia – yet – showing a substantial collection of (Western) modern and contemporary art. The artist is eager to express strong emotions through his paintings and free his personal feelings to reach the pinnacle of creativity. Here it is secondary if his inspiration stems from studying the „real“ paintings or their reproductions. Artists like Joseph Beuys and Antoni Tàpies as well strongly inspired Piko. Joseph Beuys as a performance, installation, and conceptual artist who considers the artists’ train of thought important. Antoni Tàpies, a self-taught artist as well and a representative of „Art informel“ or later „Matter painting” whose intuitive use of found objects and materials in his paintings emphasizes the aspect of chance and improvisation when working. Exploring the expressive capacity of abstraction, the works are both allegorical and metaphorical at the same time and function as a visual diary of sorts for the artist where he records and illustrates his emotions, experiences and memories. The paintings present an alternative reading of abstraction in the present context of Indonesia and the world. Art and life for Piko are therefore not only intertwined but inseparable. Iabadio Piko lives and works in Yogyakarta. He studied at Academic Design of Vision Yogyakarta Department ( ADVY ) 2005, majoring in Art Photography and is a self- taight painter. In 2014, “The Top 10 of Asia” magazine included Piko in the list of 10 visual artists emerging in Asia. He has exhibetd in Bandung, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Solo, Padang, Jakarta and Surabaya Indonesia, as well as in Taiwan, Europe and the US. Residencies include Transit #3 Residency at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space Bandung and Luzhunan Historical House, Miaoli, Taiwan.

1984 Born in Prabumulih, South Sumatra, IN
Lives and works in Yogyakarta, IN

EDUCATION

2002-2005 Academic Design Vision of Yogyakarta

(Selected Exhibitions, Residencies 2012-2018)

2018

Tegak Lurus Dengan Sunyi, Orbital Dago , Bandung, ART DUBAI 12TH Edition, Medinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE (solo)
The Storm of Perception, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan (solo)
“ Art Dubai Residency Programme for 12th Edition ”, Ware House 421 , Abu Dhabi , UAE
Celebration of the future, AB.BC Building, Bali
Positions International Art Fair, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin with Nosbaum Reding, at 60 Halle Victor Hugo, Luxembourg Art Week
Art Taipei, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
Small thing: high value, Visma Art Gallery, Surabaya
Art Jakrata, D Gallerie, The Ritz Carlton, Pacific Place, Jakarta
Red raw III: Ugahari, Edwin's Gallery, Jakarta
Volta 14 Basel, Nunu Fine Art
Rituals: ink, oil, cotton, and thread, Nova Contemporary, Bangkok Thailand
Pick Season, Simply Life, Art Jakarta, Melia Purosani, Yogyakarta
Zaman now, Bakaba # 7, Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery,Yogyakarta
To landscape and... , Museum Dan Tanah Liat, Yogyakarta
Manifesto 6.0: Multifolar, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta
Art fair Ph feb'18, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei, Philippine
Art Stage Singapore, Gajah Gallery, Marina Bay Sand, Singapore

2017

Menumpuk Di Atas Hamparan, D Gallerie, Jakarta, Indonesia (solo)
Gajah open house, Gajah Gallery, Yogyakarta
Menolak Sekaligus Merengkuh, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta,
Mini bakaba, knowing incompleteness, Gajah Gallery, Yogyakarta
Art jog 10, Changing Perspective, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
Cumulus Blimp: A Transnational Platform of Discourse, Rinne Abrugena - Iabadiou Piko, 1335 Mabini Gallery, Manila, Philippine
Yes we are, Nalarroepa Ruang Seni, Yogyakarta
Art Fair PH 16-19 feb'17, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, at Makati Manila, Philippine
Top10 Recognition Featured Personality In The Top 10 Of Asia Publication “ASIA’S MOST INSPIRING VISUAL ARTISTS“, By Top Asia Corporate Ball, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2016

Proporsi Biru - Der Anteil des Blaus, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, DE (solo)
“ Luzhunan Historical House ”, Luzhunan, Miaoli , Taiwan
Art Stage Jakarta, Bale Project, Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel, Jakarta, IN
Redbase Young Artist Award, REDBASE, Yogyakarta, IN
Third Space, Transit #3, In Collaboration with Selasar Sunaryo Art Space ROH
Projects, curated by Roy Voragen, text by Chabib Duta Hapsoro, Jakarta, IN
Cadiak Indak Mambuang Pandai, Bakaba #5, Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, IN
Red Raw II: Discovery. Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, IN
Contrroled Coincidence, Nunu Fine Art, Taipei , TW
Mulat Sarira Nagri Parahyangan, Nu Art Sculpture Park, Nyoman Nuarta, Bandung, IN
Art Fair Philippines, Galerie Michael Janssen at Makati Manila, PH
Invisible Force, Kekuatan yang Tersembunyi, Langit Art Space, Yogyakarta, IN
Art Stage Singapore, Galerie Michael Janssen at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, SP

 2015

Kabar Angin Gambar-gambar Iabadiou Piko,  LOTF LOTF, Bandung, Indonesia (solo)
“ Transit #3 ”, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung
Towards The Days of Tomorrow, An Abstract Paintings Exhibition, curated by Ignatia Nilu, Green Art Space Green Host, Boutique Hotel, Yogyakarta, IN
UOB. Painting of the Year, Thamrin Nine Ballroom UOB Plaza, Jakarta, IN
Transit #3 “Horison, Artists in Residence Exhibition, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, IN
Breakthrough Indonesia – Malaysia Art Exchange Exhibition, Kersan Studio, Yogyakarta, IN
Soulscape in Progress #3 Abstract Road Show, Bentara Budaya, Bali, IN
Bakaba #4 “Randang dan Rendang“, Jogja Gallery, Sakato Art Community , Yogyakarta, IN
Yos - Thriving and Archiving, Antena Projects, Yogyakarta, IN

2014

The 16th Annual 'Postcard from the Edge' - A Benefit for Visual Aids, Luhring Augustine, New York, US
ASYAAF. Culture Station Seoul 284, organized by Chosun Ilbo, curated by Dain Oh, LVS Gallery, Seoul, KR
Nandur Srawung. Rupa – Rupa Seni Rupa, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, IN
On Klik, BKdP (Balai Keseharian dan Pemajangan), Yogyakarta, IN
Fitur & Figur, text by Deni Jusmani, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, IN
Bakaba #3 “Kini”, texts by Dio Pamola and Anton Rais Makoginta, Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, IN
YOS -14, Kersan Studio, Syllabus Studio, Yogyakarta, IN

2013

Memory: International Mail Art Exhibition and Swap, Richmond Art Gallery (RAG), Richmond, CA
The Work Without Border #2, HISFA, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, IN
Pameran Seni Rupa Dollanan #2, curated by Bambang ‘Toko’ Witjaksono, essay by Stanislaus Yangni, Museum Dan Tanah Liat, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
Portas Abertas Open Doors, Artistas Contemporaneos 60 Countries, Museum Evora, Forum Eugenio, Evora, PT
De Almeida, curated by Claudia Giannetti, PT
Pra Biennale – Jogja International Mini Print Festival ( JIMPF ), Galeri ISI Yogyakarta, Teras Print Studio, IN
6x6x2013 Cards Exhbition, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), New York, US
Dunia Ketiga Orang Ketiga, curated by Anton Rais Makoginta, Realita Ketiga, Taman Budaya Padang West Sumatera, IN
The 4x6/6x4 Postcard Charity Exhibit, University Center Art Gallery, Colorado Mesa University, Colorado, US

2012

The 40th World Gallery of Drawing, text by Pavle Pejovic, Osten Biennale of Drawing. Skopje, MK
The 5th Beijing International Art Biennale, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, CN
Overnight Sensation, Lotte Gallery, KR
Membunuh Kemenangan, curated by Anton Rais Makoginta,Barrack Art, PKKH Purna Budaya Gajah Mada University, Yogyakarta, IN
Mari Boeng....!!!! Caring the Spirit with Our Freedom, curated by Anton Rais Makoginta, Pekan Apresiasi Benteng Vredeburg Museum, Yogyakarta, IN
The 14 th Annual Postcards From the Edge - A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, US
The 3rd Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition to celebrate on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King’s 7 th Cycle Birthday Anniversary 5 th, Bangkok, TH
Chiang Mai, University Art Center, Sanamchandra Art Gallery, Chiang Mai Province, Bangkok, TH