Bold, experimental, filled with energy, Uji's imaginative works delve into the system of the global art market, with its inner working and power relations. Produced with etching as mode of expression, the composition is filled with movement and tension. The scene depicts an amalgam of creatures with its own motives, and the eye of the main monster is only able to read currency signs.
Uji 'Hahan' Handoko graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art at Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta, majoring in printmaking. His recent solo Speculative Entertainment No. 2 - Australian Edition, was organised by Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2020). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Indonesia and abroad including the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery / GOMA in Brisbane in 2012, and The Curious Deal, curated by Michael Schindhelm and Alia Swastika at Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany in 2019. He was awarded the top 30 Finalist of the 2017 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, awarded by the Sovereign Art Foundation.