Hendra Priyadhani, also known as Hendra Blankon was born in 1981, Ponorogo, Indonesia. He lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He graduated from Visual Art Faculty majoring Graphic Art (Printmaking) at Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta. He is a visual artist rock musician who concern about reuse and recycle things, secondhand, vintage, flea market, assemblage, found object as source for the artwork media in 2D, 3D and also using media band as performance project. To put fashion, music and lifestyle in issue with popular culture way. And named as fine art rock. His works have been featured in several exhibitions, like his solo exhibitions, “Capulet Bar”, Kedai kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2010) and “Visualisation from Sangkakala Band”, Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2009), and group exhibitions, “Bandung Iyes!, In Absurdum Believe It Or Yes!”, Djarum Coklat, JNM Bloc, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2023), “Berdikari!”, Distrik Seni x Sarinah, Jakarta, Indonesia (2022), “Do We Live In the Same PLAYGROUND?”, Biennale Jogja, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2019), “Artjog 10”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2017), “Sorcerer”, Paris Hotel de L'industrie, France (2015), “Wangsa Marabahaya”, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2012), and many more. He also took part in several residencies such as, 3,14 Social Responsibility Project, Residencies, and Presentation, Hongkong (2019), Kaohsiung Steel and Iron Sculpture Festival, Taiwan (2017), and Nafas Residensi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2013).
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