Santi Saned Rupaku

Tracking Internal Logic: The Autonomous-Subjective Language

My visual work constitutes a personal investigation that delves through layers of experience, the depths of memory, and subconscious emotions, ultimately reaching a stratum of rationality that operates according to my own internal logic.
​I question whether pure spontaneity genuinely exists. Isn't even abstract reality—every gesture, every mark, and every expression—actually the mathematical result of complex interactions across dimensional planes or internal layers? These layers include: the 'undercurrent' (a realm of the illusive, emotions, and constructed value attributes) and the 'upper current' / rationality, along with the entire layering of internal cause-and-effect itself (Internal Logic).
​In the process of execution, my work might feel fluid, free, and instinctive—akin to how a child plays. However, this flowing process does not occur unfiltered; rather, it is the manifestation of my internal logic operating autonomously and subjectively.
​Every stroke, every placement of collage, or every decision regarding color, always passes through a kind of 'internal aesthetic system validation' that is intensely personal. This consideration takes the form of an 'instinct'...

Faculty of Psychology, Mercu Buana University, Yogyakarta
Faculty of Fine Arts, Indonesian Institute of Art, Yogyakarta

Solo Exhibition “Innocent Entrance” G-Printmaking Art Studio Yogyakarta
Duo Exhibition “In Motion” di Museum dan Tanah Liat Yogyakarta
Duo Exhibition “Dosis Ganda” di Ascos Yogyakarta
Drawing Kelompok Mata Gambar “Garis Imaji” G-Printmaking Art Studio Yogyakarta
Art and Exhibition “Come On Baby Light My Fire” di Ascos Yogyakarta
“Gaspol Rempol” Lapak 36 Artspace Yogyakarta
Kelompok Bunga-Bunga Besi di Survive Garage Yogyakarta
Yang Perempuan Yang Bergerak “Membatalkan Keperempuanan”
Menolak Malu bersama Srikandi di Taman Budaya Yogyakarta
Drawing Lover #1 di Galeri Fadjar Sidik, Seni Murni, FSR ISI Yogyakarta
Pameran Sketsa Bersama di Galeri Fadjar Sidik, Seni Murni, FSR ISI Yogyakarta