Lutfi Yanuar
Indonesia
Lutfi Yanuar Sartono (b. 1994, Bandung, Indonesia) is a Bandung-based artist working primarily in painting. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Art, Bandung Institute of Technology (2017, cum laude), Lutfi develops his practice through lived experiences spanning urban life in Bandung and rural life in Kebumen, Central Java. His work merges tradition, nature, and contemporary life, exploring human survival, memory, and relationality through material, gesture, and instinct. Marble dust, sand, ink, embroidery, and ecological motifs are employed to evoke corporeal topographies, while narrative metaphors—such as the story of Adam & Eve—explore separation, reconnection, and the interplay of individual and collective experience.
Lutfi’s work often investigates plural cultural identities and human existence within natural and social environments. In 2019, he was a finalist for the UOB Painting of the Year and the Barli Award #1, and in 2022, he participated in the 9th Beijing International Art Biennale at the National Art Museum of China.
He has held solo exhibitions including Menoreh Metafora (Orbital Gallery, Bandung, 2022) and Modern Eden (Yuan Gallery, Jakarta Art Hub, 2025). His work has also been featured in group exhibitions such as Bandung Painting Today (Grey Art Gallery, Bandung, 2024), Art Jakarta (2Madison Gallery, Jakarta, 2023), Art Moment Jakarta (2Madison Gallery, Gandaria City, Jakarta, 2023), MANIFESTO VIII: Transposition (National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, 2022), and THE LIGHT OF LIFE (9th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, 2022).
Artworks
Batik Artist Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 165 cm x 150 cm, 2025
Eco Sufism Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 165 cm x 150 cm, 2024
The Flow and The Float Within Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
Grace in Suspension Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
Legacy Land Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
Olympia Today Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
Sometimes We Need To Be Alone Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
Songwriter Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2024
The Living Eden Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
The Mechanic Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
The Painter and The Painted Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2024
The Quit Mind Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
Warm Up Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2024
Where It Begins Marble powder, hand embroidery and ink on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm, 2025
No One at The Center Only The Cycle Volcanic ash deposits from the 2019 eruption of mount Tangkuban Perahu Approximately 200 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #1 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #2 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #3 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #4 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #5 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #6 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #7 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #8 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #9 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #10 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 40 cm x 30 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #11 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #12 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 40 cm x 30 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #13 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #14 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #15 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #16 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #17 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #18 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 30 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #19 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #20 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #21 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #22 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #23 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
The Ground of Fire #24 Sterilized Volcanic Ash from the 2019 eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Marker, and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Paper 30 cm x 40 cm, 2026
Past Exhibitions