Piko Iabadiou

Iabadiou Piko
Born 1984, Prabumulih, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Lives and works in Yogyakarta.
Iabadiou Piko is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice traverses painting, sculpture, and installation. Rooted in a deep engagement with memory, identity, and the archive, his work investigates the dialectics of light and shadow as enduring metaphors for human complexity. Piko’s layered compositions, defined by raw textures, stark tonal contrasts, and gestural mark-making, evoke the tensions between visibility and concealment, recollection and oblivion.
His process begins with intuitive sketches, expanding through experimental material exploration to arrive at spatial and emotional depth. Through this approach, Piko constructs meditative visual fields that resonate with questions around cultural memory, displacement, and the fragmentation of self. His ambiguous forms and structures act as vessels for unresolved narratives—where individual and collective histories converge and diverge.
Piko studied Art Photography and Design at Akademi Desain Visi Yogyakarta (2002–2005), and has participated in residencies including Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi (2018), Luzhunan Historical House, Taiwan (2016), and Transit #3, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Band...

. Education in Diploma III, in 2005, ADVY,
Major in Art Photography Design,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Self Learning in Painting in 2008

2019 ​“ SHANGHAI ART 021 “ HATCH ART PROJECT, Singapore
​“ GRENG, 100 TAHUN WIDAYAT “ MUSEUM DAN TANAH LIAT, Yogyakarta
​“ UNLEARNING AND RELEARNING TO SEE “ 1335 MABINI, Makati, Philippines
“ ART JAKARTA“ HATCH ART PROJECT , SINGAPORE, JCC SENAYAN, Jakarta
“ BEBAS “ SAKATO ART COMMUNITY , JOGJA GALLERY, Yogyakarta
“ KECIL ITU INDAH #3“ MIRACLE PRINT , YOGYAKARTA
“ SEPASANG “ ARKA ARTS , ART MOMENT, Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel
“ Tribute to OHD “ DELAPAN PULUH NAN AMPUH “ SYANG ART SPACE, Magelang
​“ EVERY DAY “ STABLE ART SPACE , “ As part of BEAUT, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
“ ART CENTRAL HK “ NUNU FINE ART, TAIPEI , HONGKONG
“ ART DUBAI “ MICHAEL JANSSEN , BERLIN, Medinat Jumeirah, DUBAI, UAE
“ ART FAIR PHILIPPINES “ NUNU FINE ART , TAIPEI
“ ART FAIR PHILIPPINES “ 1335 MABINI , Makati, Manila

2018 ​“ CELEBRATION OF THE FUTURE “ AB.BC Building , BALI
“ POSITIONS INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR “ MICHAEL JANSSEN , BERLIN with NOSBAUM REDING, at 60 Halle Victor Hugo, Luxembourg Art Week
“ ART TAIPEI “ NUNU FINE ART, Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
“ SMALL THING : HIGH VALUE“ VISMA ART GALLERY “ Surabaya
ART JAKARTA “ D GALLERIE, The Ritz Carlton, Pacific Place, Jakarta
“ RED RAW III : UGAHARI“ Edwi...