Irfan Hendrian

Lives and works in Bandung, Indonesia | Born 1987
An artist and printmaker by profession, Irfan Hendrian has consistently explored and pushed paper’s formal qualities as well as its sculptural potential. In Hendrian’s hands, paper is no longer merely a planar support for representation; it becomes both pigment and canvas, shaped into objects and installations that have grown in intricacy and scale throughout Hendrian’s artistic practice.

He has held several solo shows; these include Incognito, The Arts House, Singapore (2024); Incognito at Art Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia (2022); Constructed _scape at Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore (2020); Some Other Matter at Aloft at Hermes, Singapore (2019); SANS, at Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore (2018); and Terenne at Jeonbuk Museum of Art, South Korea (2016). Hendrian's works are in the collection of Deutsche Bank, Germany; Jeonbuk Museum of Art, South Korea; Museum MACAN, Indonesia; Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; and Tumurun Museum, Indonesia.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2013 - 2016 MFA, Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
2007 - 2008 BA, Wanganui School of Design, Wanganui, New Zealand
2006 - 2007 LASALLE College of The Arts, Singapore
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Incognito II, by Sullivan+Strumpf, The Arts House Singapore,, Singapore
2022 Incognito, by Sullivan+Strumpf, Art Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
2020 Constructed _scape, Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore, Singapore
2019 Some Other Matter, Aloft at Hermes, Singapore
2018 SANS, Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore, Singapore
2016 Terrene, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea
2012 Logical Aesthetic, ViaVia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011 Secular World, Asbertos Artspace, Bandung, Indonesia
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Selected Groups Exhibitions
2025 Art Jakarta, ara contemporary, Jakarta, Indonesia
Titilaran, Kempinski, Jakarta, Indonesia
ruins and blueprints, ara contemporary, Jakarta, Indonesia
Senang Bersamamu, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia
We Begin with Everything, ara contemporary, Jakarta, Indonesia
2024 Indian Ocean Craft Triennial 2024, Curtin School of Design and the Built Environment, Perth, Australia
Unbearable Lightness, ROH Projects, Jakarta, Indonesia
PASCAMASA, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
2023 disini,d.l.l, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia
ARTJOG 2023: Motif - Lamaran, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Beneath the Layers, BAIK Art, Jakarta, Indonesia
2022 FORMLESS, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia
Material Memory, Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
A World at Every Turn, AGAS Group Show, Singapore
2021 Constructing Matter, Appetite, Singapore
S.E.A Focus, with Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore
2019 On/Out of Paper, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
S.E.A. Focus, Sullivan+Strumpf, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2018 SSAS/AS/IDEAS, Bale Tonggoh, Bandung, Indonesia
2017 ARTJOG 10: Changing Perspective, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, indonesia
2016 UOB Painting of the Year Award, Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta, Indonesia
Mild Encounter, Boston Gallery, Manila, The Philippines
Seek a Seek, Dialogue Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
Mulat Sarira Nagri Parahyangan, Nu Art, Bandung, Indonesia
2015 ASEAN 5, Wei-Ling Contemporary Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
Karyawisata, Jogja contemporary, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
All the fancies & all the dreams that flutter through consciousness & lodge in thought, all the hopes & all the beliefs we ever hold, the highest theories like the lowest superstitions, all these elements of error & knowledge come to mind from experience, Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia
2014 The Weight of Weightlessness, Dialogue Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia
2013 Bandung Contemporary: Disposition, Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung, Indonesia
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Residencies
2021 Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea
Collections
Deutsche Bank, Leipzig, Germany
Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea
Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia
Seoul National University Dental Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Tumurun Museum, Solo, Indonesia
Media
2025 ara contemporary Begins with Everything
Author: Manual Jakarta
https://manual.co.id/article/ara-contemporary-begins-with-everything/
2024 Irfan Hendrian
Author: IOTA24
https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/artists/irfan-hendrian/
2023 Irfan Hendrian Pakai 900 Kilogram Bekas Naskah Hukum untuk Karya Seni
Author: Detik
https://hot.detik.com/art/d-7114923/irfan-hendrian-pakai-900-kilogram-bekas-naskah-hukum-untuk-karya-seni
2023 Merangkum Keresahan Seni Masa Depan
Author: TEMPO
https://www.tempo.co/teroka/merangkum-keresahan-seni-masa-depan-818160
2019 You'll Never Expect That Indonesian Artist Irfan Hendrian's Artworks Are Made of Paper
Author: Tatler
https://www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/arts/aloft-at-hermes-exhibition-indonesian-artist-irfan-hendrian-creates-artwork-with-paper
2019 ‘Some Other Matter’ at Aloft at Hermès
Author: Art & Market
https://www.artandmarket.net/exhibition/2019/8/15/some-other-matter-at-aloft-at-herms
2018 Irfan Hendrian 'Piles of Inks on Paper'
Author: Singapore Art Museum
https://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/About/Our-Collection/Piles-of-Inks-on-Paper
2018 Karya-Karya Irfan Hendrian Tonjolkan Material Ketimbang Gambar
Author: Detik
https://hot.detik.com/art/d-4113061/karya-karya-irfan-hendrian-tonjolkan-material-ketimbang-gambar
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Selected Works

Foreign Build 3

risography, pen & dye cut on layers of paper, 48 x 56.3 x 9 cm

Foreign Build 2

2025, risography, pen & dye cut on layers of paper, 56.5 x 48.7 x 9 cm

Seroja, dreaming of being a lotus

2025, risograph and dye cut on layers of paper, 56.5 x 57 x 9.2 cm

Seroja, dreaming of being a lotus

2025, risograph and dye cut on layers of paper, 56.5 x 57 x 9.2 cm

Foreign Build 1

2025, risograph and dye cut on layers of paper, 56 x 69 x 9 cm

Chinatown Window Sample #4

2025, risograph and dye cut on layers of paper, 31 x 59 x 10 cm

Chinatown Window Sample #3

2025, risograph and dye cut on layers of paper, 31 x 42.5 x 10 cm

Chinatown Window Sample #2

2025, risograph and dye cut on layers of paper, 21 x 15 x 10 cm

Chinatown Window Sample #1

2025, risograph and dye cut on layers of paper, 15 x 15 x 10 cm

O◊O◊O

2025, layers of paper on board, 95 x 200 x 6 cm

Unearthly Matter 4

2024, risography & dye cut on layers of paper, 56 x 69 x 8 cm

incognito past the arches I

2023, risography, dye cut & ballpoint on layers paper, 110 x 140 x 10 cm

incognito classical roman ogee

2023, risography & dye cut on layers paper, 57 x 68 x 5 cm

Unobtainable Build

2023, offset lithography, risography, vinyl and dye cut on layers of paper, belt, aluminium and wood, variable dimensions

Exhibition