TARFI ABDULLAH
H. M. Tarfi Abdullah (1944 Kelayu Lombok Timur Indonesia)
•Education: Academy of Fine Art ASRI Yogyakarta Indonesia
•Lives in Mataram Lombok Indonesia
•Studio in Mataram Lombok Indonesia / Tarfi Art Studio
Exhibitions (selection)
2006 - Tarfi Art Studio Mataram Lombok
2005 - Museum Negeri NTB Mataram Lombok
- Intan Lombok Village (The sign and touch of Humanity)
2002 - Museum Negeri NTB Mataram Lombok
2001 - Art Gallery Nasional Jakarta
2000 - Makassar, South-Sulawesi
- Taman Budaya Denpasar Bali
1999 - Museum Empu Tantular Surabaya
1996 - Lombok Intan Laguna Hotel Senggigi, Lombok
1993 - Gedung kesenian /Art Building Jakarta
1992 - Ubud Bali
1991 - Art Gallery Nasional Jakarta
From 1967 – 1990 shows in Yogyakarta, Bandung, Jakarta, Bogor, Mataram, Denpasar
Literature (selection)
Lombok Times, june 2005 by Barbara Lucas Higgs
Publication Intercultural Art Exhibition, juni 2005
Spirit of Asita, 2002
Berita Buana, 14 december 1993 by Cok Hendra
Angkatan Bersenjata, 14 december 1993 by Harta
Bali Post. 14 december 1993 by Rianto Rabbah
Harian Terbit Jakarta 1993
Bali Post by Made
Lombok Today
Collections: private collections in Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Germany, Belgie, the Netherlands and Indonesia
The Indonesian artist Tarfi Abdullah: “Painting must be started from the ideas that we want to send to other people. For me, those ideas I found from the environment and real objects from the daily life I was familiar with, or my obsessions about the events as narrated in the holy book”.
His education at ASRI Yogyakarta influenced his technical painting. But more important are his ideas about life which he finds in the stories of Lombok wayang and in traditional Lombok rituals.