Mohammed Harahap

I was born in Jakarta on January 1951 and I am a native of Medan, Sumatra. I have shown my talent in painting since age 8 and have won prizes on several painting competitions.
I was ultimately inspired by Balinese female beauty and evolve a sumptuous, romantic style dominated by proud women dressed in traditional clothing as well as nudes. I have also used my mastery of the difficult technique of applying burnished gold leaf to enhance the backgrounds and jewelry of his subject, resulting in metallic effects shimmers like those seen in the
decorative arts of the Byzantine era, whereas the composition and flatness, remind one of the renaissance frescoes.

1966 – 1969, After finishing my High School in Medan, Sumatra and Professor Sumarja of Bandung Institute of Technology Art Department was very impressed by my talent and took me on as a student of Art Bandung, then taken under the wing of Popo Iskandar for many years.
1970 – 1973, I studied at the Art Department IKIP Bandung under Popo Iskandar.
1973 – 1978, I also studied at the Art Department ITB.

INTERNATIONAL EXIBITIONS
1990 - Fukuoka Museum Japan
1990 - Guam - USA
1991 - Australia
1993 - British International School
1996/1997 - Tanglin Trust School Singapore
2005 - Yamagata, Japan
2006 - Tokyo, Japan
2007 - Paris, France
2012 - Frankfurt, Germany
2013 - Amsterdam, Holland