NURHIDAYAT
PainterNurhidayat was born in 1973 in Kuningan on the island of Java, Indonesia. He holds a degree in Visual Arts and Crafts from the University of Indonesia in Bandung. His highly personal and powerful drawings have helped shape the art trends in Bandung. From 1994 to 2005, Nurhidayat’s work was published in local and international media. He participated in numerous exhibitions and biennials in Indonesia, becoming one of his country’s most important contemporary artists. He finds inspiration in the collage process, “capturing” the images with which we are bombarded, which he transforms with his virtuosity into painted works of art. Since 2005, he has been pursuing his artistic career and research in France. He exhibited at the Galerie for the first time in 2015, and then many times afterwards, with a cabinet of drawings dedicated to him at Art Paris 2019.
Eloge de la minutie
“For the exhibition “The Vertigo of Detail,” Nurhidayat and Nicolas Pégon accepted my proposal for a two-person show because they both admire each other’s work. Both artists express themselves through drawing (Nurhidayat also paints) and have been exhibiting in my gallery since its inception. Masters of representation, their works are above all graceful. Nicolas Pégon creates a hyper-realistic universe, featuring unlikely combinations and the appearance of familiar objects that we come to recognize through his exhibitions. But he does not merely reproduce; he constructs a universe populated by tattooed, sexualized, grimacing characters, often drawn from his inner circle. Nurhidayat is guided by a dreamlike quality. Inspired early in his career by his native Indonesia, he breaks free from it but returns for the Lullaby series, set in the forests. He then creates hybrid characters, part human and part animal, within the poetry of nature. This contemporary surrealist, too, loves to surprise us with his improbable “collages.” I greatly admire these two artists and invite you to discover their worlds.” Valérie EymericSerie : Le Vertige du détail
Year : 2026
Medium : feutre and acrilyc
Price of works : 2500€ to 6000€
