Soni Irawan was born in 1975 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He graduated from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta, majoring in Graphic Arts.
Soni Irawan’s artistic practice is deeply influenced by his passion for rock music, which informs the energy and spontaneity of his visual style. Known also as a founding member of the experimental band Seek Six Sick, he merges the rawness of sound with visual language. His works often feature sketchy lines, symbolic figures, and layered fragments applied on canvas or wood, evoking an aesthetic rooted in street art and expressive subcultures.
He has held solo exhibitions at Artsphere Gallery and Art Moment in Jakarta, No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne as part of Mapping Melbourne, and at D Gallerie, Jakarta.
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