Brief Biography Iwan Wijono Wijono was born in a few decades ago, under the Soeharto regime in the

city of Solo, Central Java, in the strong moslem Javanese family, where the influence of the feudal culture is still strong. Also where the global culture situation (from the west) is dominated and becomes the standard of existence for the middle class to the top. While studying international law (graduated from Indonesian Islamic University) and painting (Indonesian Institute Of Art) in Jogjakarta (Indonesia), Wijono became active in the prodemocracy movement against the Soeharto regime, who was known to be KKN (Collusion, corruption and nepotism) and to guard against the continuation of the power of the Soeharto government who were known to be feudalistic, capitalistic and militaristic. And morover the young Indonesians who had a new ideology that is 3M : Microsoft-Macintosh, Mc Donalds, MTV. In the 1990s he became known as a pro-democracy street performer with (or without) political demonstration. Besides a political awareness, Wijono gained an aesthetic understanding that performance art was a milieu that could be undertaken anywhere and was not restricted by exhibition space, public or even the time of the activity. His early performance art interventions evolved to include arts events both locally and internationally throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. PUBLIC! I think public is dead! The public is dependant on the market that is controlled by multinational corporations, IMF, World Bank, and includes United Nations, Stock Exchange, TVs, political issues/rumors, etc! Public have no power anymore, all controlled by market and weapon, in other way- controlled by fear and consume! Iwan Wijono

Iwan Wijono has participated in several important art events, including: LIVE - Performance Art Biennale (Vancouver, 07), In The Context Of Art-The Differences (Warsaw, 06), TIPALive - Taiwan International Performance Art Festival (Taipei, 05), FOI - Future Of Imagination (Singapore 03), AIM Artist Investigation Monuments (Singapore 00 & 02), ASIATOPIA Performance Art Festival (Bangkok Chiangmai 99,02,05,07), NIPAF - Nippon International Performance Art Festival (City Tour Japan 99,04,10), Havana Biennale (Cuba, 01), Currency Festival (Manhattan, New York 05), 7a*11d International Performance Art Festival (Toronto 02), RIAP Recountre Internacional Arte de Performance (Quebec City, 04), Novena Muestra Internacional de Performance (Mexico City, 00). Wijono actived in various seminar and political art workshop that been held in various campuses and institutions - galleries internationally, beside various exhibition in Indonesia and overseas, including: Paricutin (Action in Site) Exhibition, at Gallery of Klnstlerhaus Hamburg - Bergedorf, Germany (02), May 08 on photo performance and video work in exhibition - Soedjojono & Indonesian Social Realism, in NUS Museum, Singapore. Participated in local group exhibition also, included The Highlights: from Medium through Transmedia The Indonesia Institute of Art Exhibition. Once solo exhibition in 05 Kedai Kebun Forum, Jogjakarta, photo performance, drawing and painting Route to Babilon: After the Dark rising Sex, Drug, & Rock N Roll. The 2 nd solo exhibition Revolution Preparation been held in December 2008 at JNM Jogja National Museum. The3rd solo exhibition Farmer Series, September 2009 Tembi Contemporary, Jogjakarta. Late 2009 early 2010 tour art program in France & Europe (working together with Indonesian artist Miko Malioboro & Association Matasia): IMPRESSIONS Galerie (Paris), performance - History Of Blood in De Fabriek art space (Eindhoven), Passau University (Germany), LAntidote Caf Associatif & espace culturel (Bordeaux), in Brno (Chezh Republic), & Romania.

In 12 March 11 April, 2010 been held Chaotic Victory performance & painting exhibition, with the Thailand artist, Vasan Sitthiket, in Whitespace gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. Lately participate the PAN ASIA Crazy Wisdom art event, Korea tour (Incheon Gwangju), Sept 2010. Oct Nov 2010 also participated in NIPAF Nippon International Performance Art Festival in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagano (Japan). Crossroads Exhibition (parallel with Singapore Biennale 2011) in Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore with 3 other artists; Lynn Lu - Singaporean artist, Tuan Nguyen - Vietnamese artist, Kata Sanghae - Thai artist. Last activity was paricipated in PALA Performance Laboratory, aslo as Million Dollars Mummy in Undisclosed Territory festival, May April 2011, Solo, Indonesia. Wijono, president of the contemporary art organization in Jogjakarta, Performance Klub, which is organized monthly action art event as WED ACTION in 03 05, AMBULANCE ART FESTIVAL 05, annual action art activism in public communities as PERFURBANCE Performance Art Urban Festival, beside another public action art event in down town as CHAOS DAB! Widjono is member of TAV The Artists Village (Singapore), member international performance art movement New World Disorder International, member redaction board INTER arte actuel magazine, Quebec City (Canada), registered as spiritual healer in the World Pranic Healing Foundation. . ARTISTS A-Z

Wijonos art works collected by various persons & profesions since 90s, included : Rita Oeters (art teacher & artist from Germany), Herry Satriawan (member of Brotherhood Motorcycle Club elder brother of the artist S.Teddy D. from Indonesia), Valentine Willie (art collector & art organiser from Malaysia), Adhi Wibowo (art collector & art organiser from Indonesia), Rob T. Brake (art collector from Holland), Gustaf Sirait (staff of Indonesian Embassy in Paris, France), Iola Lenzi (Lenzi-Morisot Foundation, in Spore & France), KPH. Wironegoro (Director of Jogja National Museum, Indonesia), Timothy ODonoghue & Rachel Saraswati (art lovers, artists & art organiser), Herve & Anouk Roussely (art lovers, artist, music crew, & art organiser), Restaurant Chilien TACUABE (Bordeaux, France), Centre A-Asian Contemporary Art Center (Vancouver, Canada), Alternative Collective Community in Leognan (Bordeaux, France), Roland LIN Chih-Hung (UNESCO Consultant, Paris, France).

Contact Info: Iwan Wijono wijonoster@yahoo.com Performance Klub: performanceklub.blogspot.com HPCC-Hutan Pangan Cultural Center: www.hutanpangan.org

Tel. +628122767607 - +6281903717175