Restu Taufik Akbar

Restu Taufik Akbar (b.1990, Bandung) completed his painting education at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design ITB in 2015 with the title Summa Cum Laude. Restu works with various mediums such as paintings, drawings, videos, sculptures and installations. His habit of adventuring in nature has inspired his works with the theme of the relationship between nature, humans and God. ‘Lucidity’ was his first solo exhibition held in 2015 at the ROH Project Jakarta Gallery. In 2017, Restu was selected as a finalist for Bandung Contemporary Art Award #5. In 2018 Restu again held the second and third Solo Exhibition in Bandung, namely at the Orbital Dago Gallery with the title '(IN) MATERIAL TRUTH' and at Hotel DE BRAGA by Artotel with the title 'The Other Hemisphere'. In 2019 Restu held his Duo Exhibition at Lawangwangi with Rendy Raka Pramudya with Title ‘Outlandish’. In 2022 Restu was Prized with Gold Price at UOB Painting of The Year in Establish Artist Category BIODATA Nama : Restu Taufik Akbar Date of Birth : November 28th, 1990 Address : Komplek Manglayang Regency ruko no RB 9, Cimekar, Kec. Cileunyi, Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat 40623 Phone : 087784514217 Website Link : Instagram @rest.to.rest indoartnow.com/artist/restu-taufik-akbar EDUCATION 1996 - 1997 TK Kuncup Harapan Bandung, Indonesia 1997 - 2003 SDN Banjarsari VI Bandung, Indonesia 2003 - 2006 SMPN 2 Bandung, Indonesia 2006 - 2009 SMAN 5 Bandung, Indonesia 2009 - 2010 Architecture Engineering, Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, Indonesian University of Education, Indonesia 2010 - 2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major Painting), Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia Summa Cum Laude WORKSHOP 2013 Local Art Jam , performance art workshop with Aliansyah Caniago,Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia SOLO EXHIBITION 2015 ‘Lucidity’, Roh Projects, Jakarta 2018 ‘(IN)Material Truth’, Orbital Dago, Bandung ‘The Other Hemisphere’, DeBraga by Artotel, Bandung DUO EXHIBITION 2019 ‘Outlandish’, Lawangwangi Art Space, Bandung AWARDS 2015 Finalist of ‘Nalar Sensasi Seni’ Galeri Nasional, Jakarta 2017 Finalist of ‘Bandung Contemporary Art Award #5, Lawangwangi Art Space, Bandung 2022 UOB Painting of The Year, Gold Price. Establish Artist Category EXHIBITION 2011 ‘Chrysalis’ TPB FSRD angkatan 2010, GSG ITB, Bandung 2012 ‘Autotaksonomi’ GALI ITB, Galeri Kita, Bandung ‘Interupsi’ GALI ITB, Galeri Padi, Bandung ‘Mixtemplate’ GALI ITB, Galeri Kita, Bandung ‘Folktober’, café siete, Bandung ‘Visual Art 13’ FSRD, studio lukis ITB, Bandung ‘Entitas’ Kampus FSRD ITB, Bandung ‘Site spesific ‘Visual Art 13’ FSRD, kampus FSRD ITB, Bandung 2013 ‘Blues Art’, Gedung Serba Guna RRI, Bandung ‘Urban Mobility’, kampus FSRD ITB, Bandung Fur Ruhe Group Exhibition ‘Playground Project’, Galeri Widje Blik, Bandung ‘Painting Exhibition’, Galeri Widje Blik, Bandung ‘Local Art Jam’, Galeri Gerilya, Bandung 2014 ‘Pameran Gambar 1’ kampus FSRD ITB, Bandung Art Performance ‘Malam Budaya ITB’ kampus FSRD ITB, Bandung ‘15x15x15 : collosal’ Galeri Soemardja, Bandung Art Performance ‘Peca Pala’ kampus FSRD ITB, Bandung ‘Magical For(rest) Series ; Final Project Exhibition’ Lawangwangi Art Space, Bandung 2015 ‘Nalar Sensasi Seni’ Galeri Nasional, Jakarta ‘Paradise’ Bumi Sangkuriang, Bandung ‘Better Outside’ Babakan Siliwangi, Bandung ‘Effervescence’ Gillman Barrack, Singapore ‘How To Draw 2’ Gedung Indonesia Menggugat, Bandung 2016 ‘Pindai/Senarai’ NuArt Sculpture Park, Bandung ‘Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016 ; ROH Projects’ Ritz Carlton Pacific Place, Jakarta 2017 ‘Bandung Drawing Festival’ NuArt Sculpture Park, Bandung ‘OPQRSTUDIO : Two Years In’, Roh Projects, Jakarta ‘Flow Into Now : Art Sampoerna 2017’ , Sampoerna Strategic Square, Jakarta ‘Art Jakarta 2017 ; Unity in Diversity - BEKRAF’, The Ritz Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place, Jakarta ‘Art Stage Jakarta 2017 ; ROH Projects’ Sheraton Gandaria City, Jakarta ‘BaCAA #5’ Lawangwangi Art Space, Bandung ‘Perupa Muda #2 ; November On Paper’ Bale Banjar Sangkring, Yogyakarta 2018 ‘MANIFESTO 6.0 : Multipolar, Seni Rupa Setelah 20 Tahun Reformasi’ Galeri Nasional, Jakarta ‘Art Jakarta 2018 ; Lawangwangi Creative Space’, Ritz Carlton Pacific Place, Jakarta ‘Spectrum Hendra Gunawan’, Ciputra World, Jakarta ‘Biennale Jateng #2’ Kota Lama, Semarang ‘Celebration Of The Future’, ABBC Building, Bali ‘ART_UNLTD : XYZ 2018’, Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung 2019 ‘BACAA : Assamblage ‘, Lawangwangi Art Space, Bandung ‘Beyond Memories’, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung ‘Opening Artotel Wahid Hasyim’, Artotel Artspace, Jakarta ‘Lukisan Gapilan’, Selasar Soenaryo Art Space, Bandung ‘Contemporary. Drawing. Expanded’, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung ‘Art Expo Malaysia 2019’,Booth Artsociates, Matrade Exhibition and Convention Center (MECC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2020 ‘Equidistant’, Srisasanti Syndicate, Yogyakarta ‘Arisan Macan #2’, Museum MACAN, Jakarta ‘MANIFESTO VII : PANDEMI’, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta ‘Seni Rupa Kontemporer?’, Sakarsa Art Space, Bekasi ‘Re-Bung’ Gallery Thee Huis, Bandung ‘Indonesia Calling 2020’, 16albermarle, Sydney, Australia 2021 ‘Hidup Berdampingan Dengan Musuh’ www.ciputraartpreneur.com ‘A showcase of visual dialogues on art toys’ Sika Gallery, Ubud ‘Nandursrawung #8’ Taman Budaya Yogyakarya, Yogyakarta ‘Bijaba ; Biennale Jawa Barat : Sintesis’ Gallery Thee Huis, Bandung 2022 ‘Bandung Artist’s Book Exhibition’ Gallery Thee Huis, Bandung ‘Art Jakarta Garden’ Booth ArtSociates, Jakarta ‘MANIFESTO VIII: TRANSPOSISI’ Galeri Nasional, Jakarta ‘Dazzling Wallacea’ Perth City Farm, Perth, Australia ‘Art Jakarta’ Booth ArtSociates, Jakarta