Angki Purbandono has devised a kind of pictorial mediated reality by scanning objects or photographs as part of his art. These scanographic works were unveiled in the Space and Shadows: Contemporary Art from South-east Asia at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, in 2005. In 2005 to 2006, he was living in Seoul under the Asian Artists Fellowship programme from South Korea’s Museum of Contemporary Art. He has had residencies also in Hong Kong, Singapore and Fukuoka in Japan.
Angki is no stranger to Malaysia, having been showcased in the Kissing The Methods at Richard Koh Fine Art in Kuala Lumpur in 2009. His other notable solos include Invisible Cities, Hong Kong (2013), Angki Purbandono and PAPs, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore (2014) and Top Pop at Soo Bin Art Plus Gallery, Singapore (2011). He had taken part in the Fukuoka Asian Triennial in 2009. The year 2011 proved most busy for Angki, with participation in the Jakarta Biennale, Art Jog, Art Hong Kong, and Indonesian Eye, Fantasies & Realities, at Saatchi Gallery in London.
Born in Cepiring, Indonesia, in 1971, he lives and works in Yogyakarta. His art tutelage were in the Modern School of Design, Yogyakarta (1993-94) and the Indonesia Institute of Art, Yogyakarta (1994-99). He is also a board member of the alternative contemporary photography space, MES 56.