F. Sigit Santoso

F. Sigit Santoso was born in Ngawi, East Java in 1964. In 1993, Sigit completed his art education at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta. Sigit's work first participated in a joint exhibition in 2001, in "Kecil Itu Indah 9", at Edwin's Gallery, Jakarta and "Art Singapore - Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition", in Singapore. From then on, Sigit's works are often displayed at various joint exhibitions in Indonesia. Sigit's work first took part in overseas exhibitions in 2003 during a joint exhibition of "Passion: Etno-Identity" in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Sigit performed his first solo exhibition in 2003, titled "Pain Think" at Edwin's Gallery, Jakarta. Sigit's other solo exhibitions include: "Paradox Boundary" at Edwin's Gallery, Sigit has received several awards: Best Works Dies natalis ISI V, Yogyakarta (1990), Best Work of Art Student Festival in Indonesia, Yogyakarta (1992), Best Work of Biennale IV Yogyakarta (1994), 10 Best Paintings "The Phillip Morris group Indonesian Art Awards (1994), Finalists of "The 2006 Sovereign Asian Art Prize", Hong Kong, and Finalists "The 2007 Sovereign Asian Art Prize", Hong Kong. Asikin Hasan, the curator of the exhibition with "Arus" (Jakarta, 2016), said that Sigit was one of the generation's artists who grew up between the 1980s and 1990s.At that time the majority of artists were oriented towards artworks that brought moral messages, Social and the good for the community, which is always considered to be part of the artist's identity, which can be able to encourage change, both personal, social, and cultural.Sigit's work entitled LI (F) E in the exhibition provides a straightforward message about the problem The identity of an artist.In the painting there is a person who holds a paintbrush and paint that has been scraped closing right in the letter "F" in the word LIFE located in front of his face is considered to convey a message about art that should have a firm value,And artists should be talking about the truth.