Biography
Nani Puspasari is an artist, illustrator and graphic designer living in Melbourne who recently completed a Master of Fine Art at RMIT University, Australia. She also have over 5 years experience as freelancer and working in a variety of media. Her illustrations, photography and paintings have appeared in magazines throughout the world and have exhibited in Australia and internationally. Nani’s work will combine different tales and imaginary visions into a single image story building a story-line in every artwork. Each story line is based on personal childhood memories, nature, animals, surreal worlds, fictional creatures, popular culture and notions of femininity to communicate feelings of innocence, naivety, loss and sorrow. She is currently seeking FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT at a studio to taking on the challenges that any professional creative environment will provide. Also, She is currently working on her first fashion illustration book for a London-based published. Nani’s studio sneak peek, art-making self portraits and video profile.
Contact
Available for freelance opportunities, commission, collaboration, interview. Contact me directly bonjour.nani@gmail.com
Representation for Indonesia: Ververeps
Clients
Nylon / Photoshop Project Magazine (Australia) / Catarina Coletivo Criativo (Brazil) / Green Goose Design (India) / Holy Cow.Inc (USA) / Yahoo! (Singapore) / Hair by Ange (New Zealand) / Fibo Clothing (Indonesia) / WDCA Magazine (Melbourne) / Willis Car (Wellington) / GoGirl Magazine / Transporter (Jakarta) / Panyingkul Publisher (Indonesia) / Peroxide Event Organizer (Indonesia) / Satu Atap Studio (Indonesia)
Awards
2008 1st winner of BANK OF QUEENSLAND ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS, AU [Painting-student category]
Qualifications
2003 Bachelor of Visual Communication Design, Petra Christian University, East Java
2008 Master of Design (Communication), Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Master of Fine Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Australia
2012 Autumn Screen Printing Workshop, Harvest Textiles
Other spaces Blog | MelbourneArtDiary | EtsyShop | Society6 | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Flickr | Lookbook | Behance | TheLoop | Vintageshop
Upcoming Shows
2012 02/03-12/03 Art Book Exhibition “Absurdly Realistic” // Jakarta, ID
2012 10/10-25/10 The Sketchbook Project 2012, Federation Square // NGV Studio, Melbourne, AU
Solo Exhibition
2011 23/08-04/11 Girl and Animal, Solo Exhibition // First site gallery, Melbourne, AU
2007 08/12-16/12 ART & “ALL” DESIGNANI // House of Rotten Apple, Surabaya, ID
Selected Group Exhibition
2011 26/08-08/11 Folk Art | Fine Art, Contemporary Art // Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2011 05/01-28/01 Nursery Rhymes // Urban Cow Studio Gallery / Adelaide, AU
2010 08/11-22/11 Tiap November, Surabaya Hancur Lembur// House of Sampoerna, Surabaya, ID
2010 22/10-06/11 The Space that Measures Distance // Chinese Museum, Melbourne, AU
2010 18/09-16/10 The Lazy Dog Jumps Over The Quick Brown Fox // Smarta Gallery, Jakarta, ID
2009 06/06-19/07 Small Works // Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2009 22/01-24/01 Abandoned III, House of Rotten Apple, Surabaya, ID
2008 03/12-05/12 Design Character-Kembali ke masa kecil // Gallery Surabaya, Surabaya, ID
2008 26/10-22/11 A Walk of Art // The Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne, AU
2008 01/04-15/04 BRAngerous Women Art Exhibition // CCCL, Surabaya, ID
2008 27/12-05/01 Srikandi Nusantara // Graha Amerta, Surabaya, ID
2007 19/11-21/11 P.Art One Fest:Reborn of the freedom / / PCU, Surabaya, ID
2007 05/11-10/11 07.Joint // Busan / South Korea, KR
2007 16/09-27/09 Fine Art:Wanita(h) // Gallery Surabaya, Surabaya , ID
2007 10/07-31/07 Collab:T-shirt // House of Sampoerna, Surabaya , ID
2007 01/07-10/07 Curhat // Balai Pemuda, Surabaya, ID
2007 19/05-25/05 Fine Art East Java 2007 // Taman Budaya, Surabaya , ID
2007 09/04-12/04 Graphic Art Modern // Taman Budaya, Surabaya, ID
2006 01/09-30/09 PostcART // House of La Paste, Surabaya, ID
2007 22/06-27/06 Photographic // UKPetra, Surabaya, ID