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RIAR RIZALDI

RIAR RIZALDI

b. 1990, Indonesia
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Riar Rizaldi Biography

Riar Rizaldi works as an artist and filmmaker. His artistic practice focuses mostly on the relationship between technology, labour, and nature, worldviews, genre cinema, and the possibility of theoretical fiction.

His works have been shown at various international film festivals (including Locarno, IFFR, FID Marseille, Viennale, BFI London, Cinema du Reel, Vancouver, etc.) as well as Centre Pompidou Paris (2021), Museum of Modern Art (2024), Whitney Biennial (2024), Taipei Biennial (2023), Istanbul Biennial (2023), Venice Architecture Biennale (2021), Biennale Jogja (2021), National Gallery of Indonesia (2019), and other venues and institutions. In addition, recent solo exhibitions and focus programs of his works had been held at Z33 Hasselt (2024), Centre de la photographie Genève (2023), and Batalha Centro de Cinema Porto (2023) amongst others.

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Contemporary art exhibition Singapore Biennale 2025 Pure Intention at Singapore Art Museum
Singapore Biennale 2025 Pure Intention Singapore Art Museum 31 October 2025–29 March 2026
Singapore
Contemporary art exhibition Riar Rizaldi Mirage at Gasworks London United Kingdom
Riar Rizaldi Mirage Gasworks 3 October–22 December 2024
London

Representative Artworks

Exhibition view: Riar Rizaldi, Mirage, Gasworks, London (3 October–22 December 2024). Commissioned and produced by Gasworks. Photo: Dan Weill.
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Riar Rizaldi, Mirage – Metanoia (Prelude) (2023) (still). Single-channel video, 3:2, colour, stereo sound. 6 min, 4 sec. Courtesy the artist.
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Riar Rizaldi, Mirage – Eigenstate (2024) (still). Single-channel video, 3:2, colour, stereo sound. 29 min, 54 sec. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Riskya Duavania.
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Exhibition view: Riar Rizaldi, Mirage, Gasworks, London (3 October–22 December 2024). Commissioned and produced by Gasworks. Photo: Dan Weill.
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Riar Rizaldi, Mirage – Eigenstate (2024) (still). Single-channel video, 3:2, colour, stereo sound. 29 min, 54 sec. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Riskya Duavania.
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Exhibition view: Riar Rizaldi, Mirage, Gasworks, London (3 October–22 December 2024). Commissioned and produced by Gasworks. Photo: Dan Weill.
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Riar Rizaldi, Mirage – Eigenstate (2024) (still). Single-channel video, 3:2, colour, stereo sound. 29 min, 54 sec. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Riskya Duavania.
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Riar Rizaldi, Mirage: Theophany (2024). Illustrated by Arda Awigarda. Commissioned by Gasworks as part of the exhibition Mirage (3 October–22 December 2024). Courtesy the artist and Gasworks.
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