User:Bestrizalbesta/Bestrizal Besta

Bestrizal Besta (born 17 July 1973) is an Indonesian artist who focuses mainly on painting. . Previously residing in Pekanbaru, Riau, Besta now live and works in Yogyakarta.

He studied and graduated from the Padang High School of Fine Arts (SMSR Padang) in 1993.

His works mainly uses charcoal as the medium, and, in some of his paintings, Besta uses splashes of colour as accents to his black and charcoal works. He is known for his large canvasses choice that takes up space with a photo-realist approach and adding up surrealist elements that talk about humanity, science, and art as the themes which allow him to present his moral messages and, hence, his personality.

Solo Exhibition

 * Seeing The Unseen at Primae Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano, Swiss (2020)
 * Profile_Photo_Besta.jpgMother Nature at ArtPorters Gallery, Singapura (2019)
 * Hopes and Fears at Semarang Gallery, Indonesia (2013)
 * Changes at Gallery Semarang, Jakarta Art District (2011)
 * Cybernetic Blues at Gallery CGartspace, Jakarta (2009)

Group Exhibition

 * S.E.A. Calling at Contemporary Art from South East Asia (2022)
 * ArteFiera Bologna at Primo Marella Gallery (2022)
 * Miart 2022 at Primo Marella Gallery (2022)
 * GrayScale! at ArtPorters Gallery Singapore (2021)
 * Artissima at Art fair in Turin, Primo Marella Gallery (2021)
 * Art Fair Philippines 2021 at Primo Marella Gallery (2021)
 * MIART di Milan (2021)
 * ASIA NOW at Paris Asian Art Fair, Primo Marella Gallery (2021)
 * Arte Fiera Bologna 2020 at Primo Marella Gallery (2021)
 * Art Geneve 2020 di Primo Marella Gallery (2021)
 * Art Jakarta 2019 at Indonesia (2019)
 * Artissima 2019 at Torino Italia, Primo Marella Gallery (2019)
 * ASIA NOW at Paris Asian Art Fair, Primo Marella Gallery (2019)
 * Indonesian Identities at Primo Marella Gallery, Milano, Italia (2018)
 * Bricolage at D Gallerie, Jakarta (2018)
 * BAKABA#7 at Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta (2018)
 * (Final) Challenges at Gallery Semarang, Semarang (2018)
 * Bakaba 2, Antara Pintu dan Halaman, Sakato Art Community, at Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta (2012)
 * Complicated Green at Artspace, Jakarta (2012)
 * Art Stage, Singapore (2012)
 * Biennale Jakarta 14, Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta (2011)
 * Indonesia Art Motoring Exhibition at Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta (2011)
 * Almost White Cube The 12th Anniversary of CGartspace, Jakarta (2010)
 * Percakapan Masa at Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta (2010)
 * Indonesian Art Award at Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta (2010)

Awards

 * Finalist of Indonesian Art Award (2010)