Made Me Dirty : Ardi Gunawan Solo Show: at ISA Art Gallery

Made Me Dirty, a solo exhibition by Ardi Gunawan -  The show reflects Gunawan’s use of painting as both a physical and political act. For the artist, painting is a physically immersive act — one that leaves his body marked with paint, splashes, and dirt. Often working half-naked in worn underwear, he embraces the messiness of the process as a deliberate contrast to the clean, structured routines of institutional life. As an academic navigating the precarity of the systems, Gunawan finds in painting a form of resistance — a refusal to conform to the expectations of order, efficiency, and presentability that define white-collar environments.

In parallel to his artistic pursuits, Ardi contributes to the field of Visual Communication Design as an Assistant Professor at Pradita University. Notably, he served as a teaching associate at Monash University (Drawing) and RMIT University (Landscape Architecture) in Melbourne, Australia, from 2010 to 2011. His works have been hosted at prestigious venues such as the Gertrude Contemporary Australia (2008, 2009) ,National Gallery of Indonesia (2013), and Objectifs in Singapore (2017). His artistic endeavors have been prominently featured and acknowledged in various publications, ranging from the Jakarta Post to Art Monthly Australia.

Curated by Hendro Wiyanto