DADANG CHRISTANTO: Testimonies of Trees
OCTOBER 15 - NOVEMBER 13, 2005
CP ARTSPACE, JAKARTA




Biography
1957 Born Tegal Central Java, Indonesia
1975-77 Studied painting, Pawiyatan Sanggarbambu,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1975-79 Studied painting, Sekolah Menengah Seni Rupa, (SMSR)
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1980-86 Studied painting, Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI),
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1999-2003 Lecturer, School ofArt and Design,
Northern Territory University, Darwin
2004 Lecturer, College of Fine Arts,
University of New South Wales, Sydney
2005 Lives and works in Darwin

Solo Exhibitions
2005 | Testimonies of the Trees, CP Artspace, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Heads and Trees, Sherman Galleries, Sydney.
They Give Evidence, Asian Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney.

2004 | Heads from the North, permanent installation,
Marsh Pond, Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Australia,
Canberra, ACT.

2003 | Count Project, Northern Territory University Gallery, Darwin, NT.

2002 | Unspeakable Horror, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2001 | The Dark Century, Raft Art Space, Darwin, NT.

2000 | Beginning of the Dark Age, Centre de Reflexion sur l'Image
et ses Contextes, Sierre, Switzerland.
Reconciliation, 2 Hour Art Gallery, Darwin.
Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT.


1998 | Cannibalism or Memoir Jakarta-Solo May 13, 14, 15, 1998,
Guarrant Gallery, Canberra School of Art, ACT;
Switchback Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design, Gippsland, VIC.

1997 | About the Heads and Hearts, LIP Gallery Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

1996 | 1001 Earth Humans, Marina Beach-Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia.

1995 | Terracotta or The Case Land, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

1991 | Contemporary Indonesian Artist, University of South Australia,
Adelaide and Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne>.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 | They Give Evidence, opening exhibition for contemporary
Asian Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Country-bution, Yogyakarta Biennial, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Interpellation, CP Open Biennale 2003, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Witnessing to Silence: Art and Human Rights, School of Art Gallery,
Australian National University, part of a multi-institutional project
organised by the Humanities Research Centre.
Mourning Lost Paradise, Indonesian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy.
Austral-Asia Zero Three, Sherman Galleries, Sydney.

2000 | Kwangju Biennale 2000, Kwangju, South Korea.
From Asian Forests, Yokohama International Open Air Art Exhibition, Japan.

1999 | From Asian Forests, Kanazu Forest of Creation, Fukui, Japan.
The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.

1999 | Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane, QLD.

1998 | XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Begegnung 3:3 in Yogya, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Plastic (or Other Waste), Center of Resources, Chulalongkorn.
University, Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok Art Project, Bangkok, Thailand.
Heads and Trees, Sherman Galleries, Sydney.

1997 | Art in Southeast Asia 1997: Glimpses into the Future,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Hiroshima City Museum of
Contemporary Art, Japan.
Befragung Der Raume, Magdeburg Museum,Magdeburg, Germany.
Yokohama International Open Air Art Exhibition '97, Yokohama, Japan.

1996 | Tradition/Tension: Contemporary Arts in Asia, Asia.
Society Gallery, New York, travelling to Vancouver (Canada),
Perth (Australia) and Taipei (Taiwan).
Linkage and Leakage, The Tanks, Cairns, QLD.
Mata Perupa, Pagelaran Kraton Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

1995 | 4th Asian Art Show: Realism as an Attitude, Fukuoka.
Art Museum, travelling to Hakone, Akita, Tokyo, Japan.
Asian Peace Art, War and Art 1995, Osaka.
International Peace Centre, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka Triennial 1995: Sculpture, Dome exhibition Hall, Osaka, Japan.

1994 | Quinta Bienal de la Habana, Nasional Museum, Havana, Cuba.
Nur Gora Rupa, Taman Budaya Surakarta, Solo, Indonesia.

1993 | The First Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
The 9th Jakarta Art Biennial, Taman Ismail Marzuki,
Jakarta, Indonesia.

1992 | Binal, Senisono Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
New Art from South East Asia II, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space.
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Kirin Plaza,
Osaka, Japan.
Mobile, Museum City Project, Fukuoka, Japan.

Performances
2004 | Heads from the North, Marsh Pond, Sculpture Garden,
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

2003 | Family Portrait, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

2000 | Reconciliation, 2 Hour Art Gallery, Darwin.
Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT.

1999 | Api di Bulan Mei, The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial
of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery,Brisbane, QLD.

1998 | Violence, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA. br>For Those Who Have Been Killed, Switchback Gallery, Gippsland, VIC.

1997 | Violence, Western Port, Vancouver, Canada;
Magdeburg Museum, Magdeburg, Germany.
For Those Who Have Been Killed, Dock 11, Berlin, Germany.

1996 | Earth Man in Jakarta, Marina Beach-Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Violence, Cairns Regional Galley, Cairns, QLD.
Violence, Z Gallery, New York.

1995 | Man in Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

1994 | Earth Man in Solo, Solo, Indonesia.

1993 | For Those Who Have Been Killed, Queensland Art Gallery,
Brisbane, QLD.
Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta and UNS, Solo, Indonesia.

1992 | I'm Human Being, Daimaru Shopping Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
Earth Man in Tenjin, Tenjin Area, Fukuoka, Japan.

Recidencies
2003 | Artist in residence, School of Art, Australian University, Canberra, ACT.

1999 | Artist in residence, Ecole Cantonale d'Art du Valais (ECAV),
Switzerland.

1998 | Artist in residence, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Artist in residence, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, VIC.

1997 | Artist in residence, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada.
Artist in residence, Magdeburg and Berlin, Germany.

1991 | Artist in residence, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.

Grants and Awards
1997 | The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York.

Collections
Fukuoka Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kanazu Forest of Creation, Fukui, Japan.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Magdeburg Museum, Magdeburg, Germany.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Bibliography available on request.