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Artworks
The Sailor and The Storm Above The Sea
Sailors and The Storm Above The Sea
Harvesting the Process
Fishing the Fish Market (From Hanging on the Wall Series)
Totem
In The Matrix, We Are The Number
Speculator #16
The Irony of the Protester (HK UMP 40 series)
Manner, Dinner, Lobster
Standing Up in the Market’s Barrels
Artist Bio
(b. 1983, Kebumen, Indonesia)
Uji Handoko Eko Saputro, widely known as Hahan, creates works that navigate the tensions between ‘high’ and ‘low’ art, seamlessly blending realism with decorative elements. His practice explores the intersection of urbanisation and agrarianism, as well as the local and the global—both critiquing and acknowledging complicity within the structures and mechanisms of the commercial art world. Themes of rejection and success are recurrent throughout his oeuvre, which spans painting, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Offering insight into the psyche of a post-boom Southeast Asian artist, Hahan’s works engage with the complexities of an expanding global art market.
In recent years, he has increasingly emphasised visitor interaction, exploring the relationship between contemporary art, its audiences, and global socio-economic structures. Rooted in an inquiry into value, time, and speculation, his practice presents a distinct visual language—layered with metaphor and imbued with satirical humour. Through his work, he examines the dynamics of production and consumption in the contemporary art market, exposing its ironies while maintaining a playful and spirited artistic approach.
Hahan is also a founding member of Ace House Collective, a Yogyakarta-based artists’ initiative and creative space. Established in 2011 as a self-funded endeavour, Ace House Collective functions as a youth art and cultural laboratory, supporting emerging artists and fostering contemporary artistic practices. The collective facilitates production, dialogue, and collaboration through forums, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary exchanges.
His works have been exhibited extensively in Indonesia and internationally, including in Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia at the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, 2019), the NGV Triennial (Melbourne, 2017), and APT7 at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, 2012). His works are held in several major museum collections, including the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).
Hahan currently lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
