“Being sensitive and responsive to life experiences is an asset and to express that in an aesthetic way is art.”
Afdhal is an emerging Indonesian artist from Padang, West Sumatra. Nature and the interaction of all environmental and social factors that affect human survival is Afdhal’s central theme and predominant subject of expression. Human relationship with the surrounding environment yields to the reciprocal law. While the perception of each individual in understanding and interpreting the world around distinguishes one person from another, the immediate environment also directly determines the way a person thinks and behaves. Everything is interrelated and follows the laws of cause and effect; Future consequences are inevitably shaped by present actions - we reap what we sow. Afdhal’s works are all figurative and semi-abstract representations of this theory.
Afdhal is inspired by the likes of Anselm Kiefer, the famous German painter and sculptor who addressed the taboos and the controversial issues of the society through his works.
“Hantar-Sampai” Nalar Roepa Art Space Yogyakarta
“Representative”, Pendopo Art Space, Yogyakarta
“BAKABA #8 Bebas” Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
“Tribute to OHD (delapan puluh nan ampuh)” Nalar Roepa Art Space, Yogyakarta
“Art Jakarta” with Artemis Art, The Ritz-Carlton, Pacific Place, Jakarta
“ArtJog Enlightenment” Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
“BAKABA #7 Zaman Now” Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
“Simply life” Pick Season Melia Purosani Hotel Yogyakarta
“Estrellas” Breeze Art Space Serpong, Tangerang
“Menolak Sekaligus Merengkuh” Nadi Gallery, Jakarta
“Bakaba #6 IndONEsia” Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
“Deepest Imagination” Raintree boutique Villa and Gallery, Yogyakarta
“Ping Project #3” Studio Yunizar, Yogyakarta
“If Time Stopped” Gajah Gallery, Yogyakarta
“Kecil Itu Indah” Edwins Gallery, Jakarta
“Archaeology Of The Present” Gajah Gallery, Singapore
“Bakaba #5” Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
“BAKABA#4” Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
“Instinct Fang” Gallery Ciputra World, Jakarta
“Bakaba #3 KINI” Sakato Art Community, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
“ArtJog Maritim Culture” Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
“Bakaba #2” Sakato Art Community, Sangkring Art Space Yogyakarta
Behind The Surface One East Asia Singapore
“Homo Ludens 2”, Emmitan ca gallery, Surabaya
“BACCA (Bandung Contemporary Art Award), Lawang Wangi, Bandung
“IAA ( Indonesia Art Award )”, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta
“Let's fly an arrow” TujuhBintang Art Space, Yogyakarta
“PACKAGING” Philo Art Space, Jakarta
“BAKABA #1” Sakato Art Community, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
“Jogja Exposign”, JEC, Yogyakarta
“September Ceria” Jogja Gallery , Yogyakarta
“Tujuh Bintang Art Award” Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
“Nostalgila” Nostalgia Community, Tujuh Bintang Art Space,Yogyakarta.
“Pesta Gagasan”, Ars Longga, Yogyakarta.
“Di Antara Nama&Nama” Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
“Dies Natalis Sanata Dharma - Pendidikan, Kemanusiaan, Kebangsaan”, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta.
“Family Life”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta.
“InnerScape”, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta.
“Nostalgia” Joglo Seni Art Sociates, Yogyakarta.
“New Age-New Blending: New Generation Chinese & Indonesian Artists Exchange” New Age Gallery, Beijing China.
“Kecil Itu Indah”, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta.
“Missing Trees” Ide Global Art Bika, Jakarta.
“Kaba Rang Rantau”, Ego Gallery Jakarta.
“Komedi Putar” Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta.
“Kebangkitan Bangsa, Wangsa Manggala University, Yogyakarta.
“Global Warming”, GWK (Garuda Wisnu Kencana), Bali
Finalist of BACCA ( Bandung Art Contemporary Art Award )
Finalist of Indonesia Art Award
Finalist of Tujuh Bintang Art Award
Finalist of Philip Morris Award.
Lukis Cat Air Terbaik ISI Yogyakarta
Gambar Bentuk Terbaik ISI Yogyakarta
The Best Sketch, ISI Yogyakarta
Lukis Cat minyak terbaik SMSR Padang, West Sumatra