About


You would not know from looking at the confidently composed art for the latest series, Panorama, by Satria Nugraha that there is a singular notion from whence the germ of his ideas spring from. He wanders his neighbourhood haunts, selecting a variety of found objects. Items most people would walk past without a second glance, superfluous branches, shattered timber, damaged masonry and cracked concrete, all of them items labeled obsolete due to each of their intrinsic deficiencies; whether broken or decayed, they all represented the residue of our built-up environment. Satria lugs them off, back to his studio where he uses these metropolitan castoffs as either texture, or outlines or both.

The pieces evoked deep seated memories and explained forgotten times. For each works it’s different, there was childhood seaside adventures and Bali based mountain climbs. There is a confident simplicity in all the pieces that ultimately leaves room for the viewer to weave their memories to create their own unique interpretation.

Satria sees things differently, through opportunity or occasion, he sees beneath the surface of things, he sees below the immediately identifiable to a purer form. Chance has a heavy hand in what municipal remnants he finds and carts off to create his incredible Panoramas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         – Panorama; Solo Exhibition at the Deus Gallery, Anthony ‘Ano’ McInerheney,2021

Satria T. Nugraha's (b.1986, Indonesia) dreamy compositions juxtapose various landscapes and objects to depict the conflicted relationship between man and nature, particularly seen in how the forces of tourism has both benefitted and negatively changed in his surrounding environment. Revealing the simple beauty of natural forms alongside the damaging effects of human intervention, these works are his visual journals, exemplifying how one should stay open to the interplay between place and memory. His works transposes us to a surreal landscape where the tropical fragrance lingers long. We look up at a towering gift of nature, swaying in the breeze underneath the rays of a divine sun. Combining elements of photography, screen printing and hand stitching, the multiple layers of this work mirror the shifting of reality, carrying one off into a dream.

– Art Agenda (Reminiscence: Fragmented Spaces,2021)

Satria - mostly known for his revolving theme around the beach culture and the accelerated development of industries around it – invites us to uncover his visual journals’ process – an act of simplifying the shapes and patterns of his subject matters (coastal sceneries, moon/sun, and construction sites). Satria’s silkscreen printing and sewing techniques can be found in his works as an exploration of hopes to find balance between ‘chaos and control’ or ‘humans and nature’. 

His works showcases Satria’s unity between his need to regain control, to surrender and find acceptance. The repeated act of sewing has also provided Satria a space to be in touch with his meditative state. While his silkscreen printing techniques brings forth his alignment with the act of experimentation – finding the unity in surrendering and acceptance of the basic nature of being. This unity of techniques in one raw canvas then again portrays Satria’s humble effort in finding sights in Beings.  

– Janice Anya Lee, Ruci Art Space , 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Sat currently lives and works in Bali. His daily routine encompasses making art and other areas of visual design especially product design. Across the gambit of disciplines, we see the common theme of the beach environment. Academically speaking, Sat trained as a graphic art. In his graphics, the works of Mooi Indie often work their magic into the aspirations he includes in his art. 

His works often offer a sublimation of the beauty of the sunset entwined with a mixture of other emotions. We see an inclination towards geometrical objects in his work. Satria often uses found items in his media pallet. Old paper, scraps, bits and bobs and even used construction materials are fair game. For him this is a direct response to the criticism that Mooi Indie is selling beauty. Sat has often made a subtle and more often than not, hidden critique of the impact of tourism in Bali through his works. 

– Project Bale (Art jakarta, 2019)


“I am predominantly seen as an artist who is using printmaking techniques, such as screenprint and other technical combinations of mixed media, collages, video montage, installations etc.  My visual achievements are influenced by simple things as well as my surrounding environment. It is family, friends, music, insights into human nature and my relationship to these things.                      For me, art is the practice of freedom both in idea and activity, where it represents the expectations of eternal harmony between humans and nature.”  

–Satria Nugraha, 2018


Within his works you are invited to join Satria Nugraha (Sat) on his journey. Never one to leave things well enough alone, he produces striking pieces of art by combining the techniques he has learnt on the ride of his life. Silkscreen printing techniques, spraypaint, drawing and collages are the background in which he and his art traverses. His art is as much of an expression and exploration of the boundaries of the techniques that  enrapture him as as they are of the subject matter and his frame of mind at the time of inception. 

He is as much about landscapes as he is in his  anatomical studies each an exquisite example of his need for balance in the shapes and patterns. This juxtaposition of the images, objects and cross-over mediums are essentially illustrating art as a practice of freedom both in idea and activity, where it represents the expectations of eternal harmony between humans and nature. 

– Anthony ‘Ano’ McInerheney, 2018

"Artist, Designer, Earthling."

– Peloton Supershop, 2017


Award

2007, Honorable Mention, 1st NBC International Screenprinting Bieannale, Tokyo - Japan

Solo Exhibitions

2021, "Panorama", The Deus Gallery, Bali - Indonesia

2018, "Mind Safari", Studio Eksotika - Potato Head, Bali - Indonesia

2018, "Pilgrimage", The Deus Gallery, Bali - Indonesia

Duo Exhibitions

2021, "Reminiscence: Fragmented Spaces, by Anastasia Astika & Satria T. Nugraha, Jakarta - Indonesia

            "Unity of Being", By Agugn & Satria T. Nugraha, Ruci Artspace, Jakarta - Indonesia

2020, “Wild Skids”, Collaboration with Denny Novikar nasution, MIMPI Collab Environment, Bali - Indonesia

2017, "A Week Up West", Collaboration with Harry Mark Photography, Deus ex Machina, Bali - Indonesia

Selected Exhibitions

2023, "SOWWW", Stem Projects, Yogyakarta - Indonesia

              "The Growth", Ruang Arta Derau, Bali - Indonesia

             "Under the Sun", Art Agenda, Bali & Jakarta - Indonesia

              "Art Jakarta Gardens", Bale Project, Jakarta - Indonesia                              

2022,  "Art Jakarta, Lano Art project & Bale Project, Jakarta - Indonesia

              "Ubud Print Fair", Lanö Art Project x Titik Dua Ubud, Bali - Indonesia

              "Tarung Grafis", presented by Artsociates, Lawangwangi, Bandung - Indonesia

             "Art Jakarta Gardens", Hutan Kota by Plataran, Jakarta  - Indonesia

            "The Back Room Show", The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

            "Svasita" by Cakravala, Titik Dua Ubud, Bali - Indonesia     

            "Fraksi Epos" with Cakravala, Bali - Indonesia                                    

2021"POSTHUMAN" International Poster Exhibition,  ITTelkom, Purwokerto - Indonesia

            "12: Printmaking", Sika Gallery, Bali - Indonesia

            "Art Moments Jakarta", Puri Art Gallery, Jakarta - Indonesia            

2020"Pameran Seni Rupa 12", Sika Gallery, Bali - Indonesia 

            "Art Jakarta" with Bale Project, www.artjakarta.com. Indonesia

            "There & Then", Sakarsa Art Space & Artsociates, Jakarta - Indonesia

            “Stranded”, The Slow, Bali - Indonesia

            ”SCOPE Vol.1” , Bale Project, Bandung – Indonesia

            "#1 Step by Step", Rumah 23, Bali – Indonesia             

2019, "Bunch of Hunch", The Deus Gallery, Bali - Indonesia

            "Art Jakarta", JCC Senayan, Jakarta - Indonesia

            "Today, Tomorrow, The Future", Public Art at Senayan City 13th Anniversary, Jakarta - Indonesia

            "2D|3D Interaction|Intersection", Ruci Gallery, Jakarta - Indonesia

2018, "Potong Tempel', International Collage Day, Presents by Kolaj Magazine, Cata Odata, Bali - Indonesia

2015, ”Lipat Ganda’, DiA.LO.GUE Artspace, Jakarta - Indonesia           

2014, ”Running Linchpin,” Artsphere Gallery, Jakarta- Indonesia

2013, “Supplantabuntur,” Deus ex Machina Gallery, Bali - Indonesia

               ”Faux Medicaments,” Institut Francais Selected Artists Exhibition Tour : Muse de la Contrefacon (Paris - France), MetaHouse (Phnom Penh & Vientiane PharmacyUniversity (Vientiane - Laos),                Idecaf (Ho Chin Minh City - Vietnam), Universite de Pharmacie de hanoi (Hanoi - Vietnam).Battambang - Cambodge).

2012, “Bandung New Emergence Vol.4,” Selasar sunaryo Art Space, Bandung- Indonesia
            “Bandung Contemporary Art Awards #2,” Lawang Wangi Art & Science, Bandung- Indonesia

2011, “Headlights: Indonesia,” Valentine Willie Fine Arts,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

           “Printmaking Festival,” Lawang Wangi Art & Science, Bandung - Indonesia

          "Survey III: From Whom The Bell Tolls", Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

          “Bayang: Indonesian Contemporary Spiritual & Islamic Art,” Indonesia National Museum, Jakarta - Indonesia

          “The Weekend Project,” d’gallerie, Jakarta - Indonesia

2010, “ARTJOG: The Strategies of Being,” Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta - Indonesia

2009, “Prive : Liaison Art Project”, Vivi Yip Gallery, Jakarta - Indonesia

               “Cloak & Dagger ; Liaison Art Project,” Salihara Gallery (Jakarta) – Liaison Studio (Bandung) - Indonesia

2008, “Indonesia Printmaking Now”, Tembi Contemporary, Yogyakarta - Indonesia

2007, “Neo-Nation ; Jogja Biennale IX,”, Yogyakarta - Indonesia

              “ 1st NBC International Screenprinting Biennale,” Tokyo – Japan.

Collaborations
2022, "Indo Built Tech Expo" with CS Laminates, ICE Indonesia, Jakarta - Indonesia

2020, "Madah Tundra", Bandung - Indonesia

              "SAT X  The Find", Bali - Indonesia

              "SAT X Channel Islands Surfboard - Twin Pin 

2020,  "SAT X Motion Skateboards", Bali - Indonesia

2019, Dea "Through the Magic Scope", SAT X Dea Barandana, Berlin - Germany

            " SAT X Kle the Label, for Jakarta Fashion Week, Jakarta - Indonesia

2018, "SAT X Jobanshi (Sound Artist)", Tokyo - Japan

2017, ”Peloton Supershop X SAT ",Art Installation, Potato Head, Bali - Indonesia

2012, “Collage Collabs Show,” Birhaus, Bali - Indonesia

              “Personal Matters Sometime Meaningless,” Performance & collaboration with NYMPHEA Microbiology Community-Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung -Indonesia. 

               "Installation Art for Biyan",( collaboration with Liaison Artproject now Whatever workshop). The Edge, Bali - Indonesia

2011, “Practice of Will: Nothing is Wrong Everything is Permitted,” Colaboration Art, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia.

            "Installation Art for "Jakarta Fashion Week: Oscar Lawalata(IDN) & Justin Smith(UK)", collaboration with Liaison Artproject now Whatever workshop. Jakarta - Indonesia

Art Project etc
2022, "ATENSI" by Wild Skids, DaMaria, Bali, Indonesia

2020, "Raga Rhythm by Wild Skids", Titik Dua Ubud, Bali Indonesia 

2019, Installation for SOUNDRENALINE, GWK CUltural Park, Bali – Indonesia

2018, Art Contributor for Quarter Marks an Art Only Newspaper Vol.5, LA-USA

            Sat X Agugn, Bali Coconut Installation Commission Art

2011, “Bisa Gila: "I am Making Boring Art and I Like It; Free artwork for people like you, 100 limited edition of woodcut” 

              Clara Magazine: Premiere Edition. Art contributor.

2010, Bazaar Art Jakarta, Artwork exhibition.