THE BIOGRAPHY OF KLOWOR ‘KUCING’ WALDIYONO
Name : Klowor Kucing First name : Klowor
Place of birth : Yogyakarta, Indonesia January 31th, 1968
Address : Jogonalan Lor RT.01/RW.16 Kel. Tirto Nirmolo, Kasihan, Bantul
City : Yogyakarta Zip Code : 55181 Country : Indonesia Telp number : + 62 81 2271 5550 / +62 81 7410 1244 www.klowor.exto.nl E mail : Klowor33@hotmail.com Klowor_painting@ yahoo.com
The first formal painting education is in SMSR (Art Senior High School), participated in Art Studio (Sanggar Bambu) and continued studying in FSRD ISI (Design and Art Faculty – Indonesia Art Institute) Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The first time Klowor interested in art was inspired by all of his family, anyone an art lover. Klowor’s father was famous traditional acrobatic player in his era and he was also painting puppet, so that he could support his 7 children. Klowor is the sixth of the seven children in his family. Five of the children are adhere to art, including himself.
His loving commitment to art was starting when he was still a child, he would draw anything using pencil or ballpoint pen and it promoted his ability in painting as his entered the elementary school. The only lesson that Klowor like when he was still in elementary school was drawing. At the time Klowor would draw anything which came to his mind. Klowor expressed all of his experiences and feeling in his painting. When Klowor entered his Junior High School (SMP), he wanted to be profesional painter. Klowor would do painting for living not only for hobby. As the graduated from SMP, he continued studying in Art School - SMSR (Art Senior High School). That was the starting point when Klowor really decided to be profesional painter and he started to have an exhibition and sold his painting theme. His last formal education was in ISI (Indonesian Art Institute). Klowor have graduated from pure art program and majoring in painting art. In the special education he chose “CAT” as the inspiration of all his works.
There are three changes on Klowor’s works, where the first dimention in “Decorative Cat” (which he called it as ‘Batman’). The cat I “Batman” is in the real form in which now he reform it into free style of cats. Now, Klowor make a deformation of cat in free form and not closely fight with the cat anatomy. The form af cat is a fantasy form and it is also symbolize real life.
For Klowor, painting is the expression of his inner abstract quality which is formed when his interact with the enviroment around him. Starting when Klowor have a black cat,
it is inspire him because of its good and shinny fur. When people see cat form its negative point of view, sometimes taking care of a cat is not giving any advantages. The character of cat ussually relates to its bad behaviour such as stealling, destroying roof and also its smelly dirt.
However, here Klowor try to see from the other point of view. In his opinion, a cat has positive side i.e. spoiled, tender, cute although sometimes its shows its wilderness. From this point of view Klowor try to explore the movements, behaviours and the interesting characters of a cat and mix those with the idea in his mind into his works.
In describing the cat movement, Klowor use the free style in his painting, which mean that cat appears in any forms either simple or complex forms of a cat. Therefore he could get the form of a cat that he wanted. The artistic consideration is that the form, which are presented will make people think and have our own fantasy. In Klowor’s works, he is not only using one kind of material, but he use any materials which is benificial, Klowor using oil paint, water colour, acrylic or even a pencil. However he is selective for the colour and quality of the material.
The tools that Klowor use in his painting are various. Klowor using paintbrush, knife pallete or pen or any kind of tools to form a desirable work. In the technical point of an artistic touch. So it will make unique form which cannot be found if we are only using one kind of material.
EXHIBITION
1998 : Pandawa Group exhibition, Karta Pustaka Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: PKN ’88 Art – Statue Exhibition at Sono Budoyo Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1989 : Art Lover Group Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: SMSR Level IV Exhibition at Sasana Ajiyasa, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1990 : Sketches Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Pekan Maulid Art exhibition at Sasana Ajiyasa, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Art Exhibition at Museum Sribaduga, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia 1991 : Art Exhibition at IKIP Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Senisono Solidarity Art Exhibition at Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Sanggar Bambu Art Exhibition at Karta Pustaka, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : FKY III Art Exhibition at Vrederburg Castle, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Dies Natalis VII ISI Art Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Young Artist Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Sanggar Bambu Exhibition at Karta Pustaka, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Dies Natalis VII ISI Art Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Art Exhibiton at Dewan Kesenian Malang, East Java, Indonesia
1992 : Art Exhibitionat Gedung Migas, Cepu, East Java, Indonesia
: Dies Natalis VIII ISI Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Sanggar Bambu Art Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Solo, Indonesia
1993 : Sanggar Bambu Art Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1994 : Young Artist Exhibition at Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Pratisara Affandi Adikarya 1994 Exhibition at Purna Budya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : FKY VI Exhibition at Vrederburg Castle, Yogykarta, Indonesia
: Lingkar ’88 Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Lustrum II ISI Exhibition at Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Art Exhibition at Shini Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
: Lestari Alamku Group Exhibition at Natour Garuda Hotel, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1995 : Tugas Akhir Exhibition at FSRD ISI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Art Exhibition at Ancol Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia : Art Exhibition at BPPT Building, Jakarta, Indonesia
: Black – White Solo Exhibition at Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1996 : ASRI Group Exhibition at Mega Pasaraya Blok M, Jakarta, Indonesia : Art Exhibition of Three at Melia Purosani, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1997 : Exhibition at Sangrila Hotel, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia 1998 : YSRI Phillip Morris Exhibition at Jakarta, Indonesia
1999 : Rona Tiga Bersaudara Exhibition at Koong Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 2000 : YSRI Philip Morris Exhibition at Jakarta, Indonesia
: Art Exhibition of Four at Moom Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
: Art Exhibition at Arya Duta Hotel (For Larasati Auction), Jakarta, Indonesia 2001 : L’Animale in Arte Exhibition at Tinta Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : L’Animale in Arte Exhibition at Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : FKY XI Exhibition at Vrederburg Castle, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Yogya 2001 Exhibition at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2002 : Group Exhibition Deversity in Harmony at Socitet Building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Jula-Juli Yogya Art Exhibition at Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Exhibition at H Widayat Museum, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia 2003 : BazArt Exhibition at Vrederburg Castle, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Indonesian Asean Art Awards Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia : Indofood Art Awards Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
: IKAISYO Exhibition at Affandi Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Join Exhibition at Regent Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004 : Art for Love Exhibition at Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia : BazArt Exhibition at Vrederburg Castle, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Painting Exhibition at Bassel, Switzerland
: Painting Exhibition “Transformation” at UGM University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2005 : Exhibition at Werkart Gallery St. Gallan, Switzerland
: Exhibition for Aceh at Tidar Hospital, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia : BasArt at Vrederburg Castle, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Group Exhibition at Tembi Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Borobudur Indonesia Festival exhibition, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia 2006 : Group exhibition “Kunts mit Kleur” at Leeuwarden, Holland
2007 : Painting exhibition “Angel” at Hindeloopen, Holland 2008 : Exhibition at Senayan City, Jakarta, Indonesia
2009 : Exhibition Senang-Senang at Tujuh Bintang Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia : 50 th Sanggar Bambu, at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
AWARDS
1989 : Pratita Adikarya for Oil Painting Award, SMSR Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Best Skecth Awards for Pure Art Departement FSRD ISI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1990 : Second Best Skecht Award for Oil Painting of Pure Art Department, FSRD ISI
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
: Best Skecht Award for Pure Art Department, FSRD ISI Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1991 : Best Oil Painting Award for Pure Art Department, FSRD ISI Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
1998 : The Phillip Morris Art Award 2000 : The Phillip Morris Art Award
2003 : IAAA (Indonesian Asean Art Award), Jakarta, Indonesia : Indofood Art Award, Jakarta, Indonesia
PUBLICATION
1995 : Jogja Pos (December, 14th) : Berita Nasional (BERNAS), December 14th : Jogja Pos, December 12th
: Media Indonesia, December 14th
2001 : Wawasan, May 6th
: Berita Harian Malaysia, May 30th : New Straits Time, May 15th : New Straits Time, May 17th : Kedaulatan Rakyat (KR), July 9th : Media Massa Malaysia
: Utusan Malaysia (Sastra & Budaya), May 19th : Malaysian Tatler
Works from the artist on internet :
www.javafred.com/about-klowor.htm www.dutcartist.nl/artklowor www.artserver.nl/klowor www.jphpk.gov.my/English/May 2001%2030 www.agustiart.com/artist/klowor www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/k/klowor http://kloworwaldiyono.tripot.com www.wismaarys.com/artspace
Data Karya :
Karya : lukisan
Judul : Bercinta di hari Imlek Ukuran : 180 cm x 140 cm
Media : ink, pinsil,akrilik, oil di atas kanvas Tahun : 2009
Konsep Karya :
Seni, tradisi dan kebudayaan merupkan satu kesatuan yang sulit terpisahkan. Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari ada sifat siang-malam, kebaikan-keburukan,dsb.
Pada sifat manusia juga bisa ditemukan, pada binatang kucing disitu juga muncul karakter/sifat dan ada kesamaannya kelembutan, kasih sayang.
Dalam upacara tradisi Imlek, juga bisa terwujud ide-ide, gagasan yang muncul dengan tiba-tiba. Sesuai nurani kita…..
