Contact
hello@designani.com
Mailing
PO BOX 1109
Windsor VIC 3181
Australia
Links
Illustration website
Melbartdiary
Instagram
Nani Puspasari is an Indonesian visual artist and designer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her work explores the realitionship between identity, memories and fleeting experiences of a place. She builds the narrative of her stories by gathering memories, images or objects from the space around her, and mixing them with her personal perspective. Every working process is an opportunity to experiment, challenging her to think broader across various media, without being limited to a single style.
Visual Artist & Designer
B. 1986, Indonesia
lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
Education
2010 Master of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne
2008 Master of Design (Comm), Swinburne, Melbourne
2003 Bachelor of Visual Communication Design, UKPetra, Indonesia
Residencies + Workshop
2020 15th Arts Festival, Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok
2019 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, South Korea
2019 RMUTI International Art Workshop and Exhibition 2019, Korat, Thailand
2019 14th Arts Festival, Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok
2015 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Bali
Selected Awards
2019 3x3 International Illustration Award No.16 - Merit
2018 Japan Illustration Award - Fine Art Prize
2018 3x3 International Illustration Award No.15 - Merit
2017 Hiii Illustration Award - Best of Best
2016 Creative Quarterly 46 (Illustration) - Runners up
2015 Premio Combat Prize (Graphic Arts) - Shortlisted
2013 Illustrator Australia Award - Silver
2013 Letbridge Art Award (Painting) - Finalist
2008 Bank of Queensland Encouragement Award (Painting) - Winner
Solo Exhibition
2019 Somewhere Between, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Garden & Soul, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Girl & Animal, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Art & All, The House of Rotten Apple, Surabaya, Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibition
2019 Gong-jae & The Artists’ Self Portrait, Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea
2019 International Sumuk Exhibition, Haenam Culture & Arts Centre, Haenam, South Korea
2019 Square - Circle, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Femina Extravaganza, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Soft Toy City, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2018 Sphere, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
2017 Illustrating Life III, Beijing
2016 Letterman, Magic Jonston, Melbourne
2016 Art for Changes, YGAP, Melbourne
2016 Shark Week, Enough Space, Melbourne
2015 Premio Combat, Museo Civino Giovanni Fattori, Liverno, Italy
2015 TDKThumbsup, All Press Gallery, Auckland
2013 The Scribble Sketch Diary, City Library, Melbourne
2013 4th Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Carnivale, Space 39, Melbourne
2012 Dino Wars, Jurassic Lounge, Australia Museum, Sydney
2011 Folk Art, Fine Art, Contemporary Art, BSGallery, Melbourne
2011 Nursery Rhymes, Urba Cow Studio Gallery, Adelaide
2010 The Space that Measures Distance, Chinese Museum, Melbourne
2010 The Lazy Dog Jumps Over TQBF, Smarta Gallery, Jakarta
2010 Drawgasmic, Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, USA
2009 4inch, Babahogs, London, UK
2009 Small Works, BSGallery, Melbourne
2008 A Walk of Art, The Queen Vic Women’s Centre, Melbourne
2008 Fifth Snap to Grid, APWArts Gallery, Los Angeles
2008 BRAngerous Women Art, CCCL, Surabaya
2007 Fine Art East Java, Culture Park, Surabaya
2007 07 Joint, Busan, South Korea
2007 Fine Art: Wanita(h), Gallery Surabaya, Surabaya
2007 Graphic Art Modern, Culture Park, Surabaya
Selected Publications + Catalogues
2019 14th International Arts Festival & Workshop, Poh Chang Academy of Art
2018 ‘The artist creates fantasies challenge women’s reality’ Vice ID
2018 ‘Melbourne Art’ Uppercase 36, magazine
2018 Episode 02 Spektrum Podcast, Melbourne
2018 Catalogue Japan Illustrators' Association Annual
2017 ‘All Round Creative Cheerleader’ interview by ColourBox
2017 Home living, featured on The Herald Sun p.24-25, 30
2016 ‘An Obsession to Create’ interview, Tempo, March page 14-20
2016 Hotlist, featured on The Age newspaper ed.dec
2016 ‘Unframed Artist Speak’ interview by Nutcase
2016 ‘Young and Dangerous’ interview by Folksy p.28
2015 17,000 Islands of Imagination, UWRF catalogue
2015 Book: Snail Mail by Michelle Mackintosh, Hardie Grant Publisher
2015 ‘An Artist called Nani’ interview by Helen Brown
2015 Book: The Sketchbook Project World Tour by Steven Peterman
2014 Interview by Joy mag ed.Aug p.41
2012 Book: Arbeitende Orte (German Edition)
2011 ‘Culture’ interview by Nylon mag ed.Dec p.64
2011 Book: Great Big Book by Martin Dawber p.106, 143, 189, 214
2011 Interview by Innovated mag May-June p.17-21
2011 ‘Slowly She Sank to the bottom of her Imaginary World’ interview by LOTF
2010 ‘Artistic Artist’ interview, COSMOgirl mag ed.Oct page 85
2010 Book: Semi Permanent 2nd
2010 Novemberan, exhibition catalogue
2010 Weeked Plan B, ELLEGirl Korea mag ed.Nov
2007 Gelar Akbar Seni Rupa Jawa Timur, exhibition catalogue
Guest Lecture
2015 Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Collection
Sooyun Art Space, Haenam, South Korea
Poh Chang Academy of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Thailand
Private Collections: USA, Australia, Japan, Indonesia
Visual Artist & Designer
B. 1986, Indonesia
lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
Education
2010 Master of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne
2008 Master of Design (Comm), Swinburne, Melbourne
2003 Bachelor of Visual Communication Design, UKPetra, Indonesia
Residencies + Workshop
2020 15th Arts Festival, Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok
2019 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale, South Korea
2019 RMUTI International Art Workshop and Exhibition 2019, Korat, Thailand
2019 14th Arts Festival, Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok
2015 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Bali
Selected Awards
2019 3x3 International Illustration Award No.16 - Merit
2018 Japan Illustration Award - Fine Art Prize
2018 3x3 International Illustration Award No.15 - Merit
2017 Hiii Illustration Award - Best of Best
2016 Creative Quarterly 46 (Illustration) - Runners up
2015 Premio Combat Prize (Graphic Arts) - Shortlisted
2013 Illustrator Australia Award - Silver
2013 Letbridge Art Award (Painting) - Finalist
2008 Bank of Queensland Encouragement Award (Painting) - Winner
Solo Exhibition
2019 Somewhere Between, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Garden & Soul, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Girl & Animal, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Art & All, The House of Rotten Apple, Surabaya, Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibition
2019 Gong-jae & The Artists’ Self Portrait, Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, South Korea
2019 International Sumuk Exhibition, Haenam Culture & Arts Centre, Haenam, South Korea
2019 Square - Circle, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Femina Extravaganza, Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Soft Toy City, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2018 Sphere, Off the Kerb, Melbourne
2017 Illustrating Life III, Beijing
2016 Letterman, Magic Jonston, Melbourne
2016 Art for Changes, YGAP, Melbourne
2016 Shark Week, Enough Space, Melbourne
2015 Premio Combat, Museo Civino Giovanni Fattori, Liverno, Italy
2015 TDKThumbsup, All Press Gallery, Auckland
2013 The Scribble Sketch Diary, City Library, Melbourne
2013 4th Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Carnivale, Space 39, Melbourne
2012 Dino Wars, Jurassic Lounge, Australia Museum, Sydney
2011 Folk Art, Fine Art, Contemporary Art, BSGallery, Melbourne
2011 Nursery Rhymes, Urba Cow Studio Gallery, Adelaide
2010 The Space that Measures Distance, Chinese Museum, Melbourne
2010 The Lazy Dog Jumps Over TQBF, Smarta Gallery, Jakarta
2010 Drawgasmic, Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, USA
2009 4inch, Babahogs, London, UK
2009 Small Works, BSGallery, Melbourne
2008 A Walk of Art, The Queen Vic Women’s Centre, Melbourne
2008 Fifth Snap to Grid, APWArts Gallery, Los Angeles
2008 BRAngerous Women Art, CCCL, Surabaya
2007 Fine Art East Java, Culture Park, Surabaya
2007 07 Joint, Busan, South Korea
2007 Fine Art: Wanita(h), Gallery Surabaya, Surabaya
2007 Graphic Art Modern, Culture Park, Surabaya
Selected Publications + Catalogues
2019 14th International Arts Festival & Workshop, Poh Chang Academy of Art
2018 ‘The artist creates fantasies challenge women’s reality’ Vice ID
2018 ‘Melbourne Art’ Uppercase 36, magazine
2018 Episode 02 Spektrum Podcast, Melbourne
2018 Catalogue Japan Illustrators' Association Annual
2017 ‘All Round Creative Cheerleader’ interview by ColourBox
2017 Home living, featured on The Herald Sun p.24-25, 30
2016 ‘An Obsession to Create’ interview, Tempo, March page 14-20
2016 Hotlist, featured on The Age newspaper ed.dec
2016 ‘Unframed Artist Speak’ interview by Nutcase
2016 ‘Young and Dangerous’ interview by Folksy p.28
2015 17,000 Islands of Imagination, UWRF catalogue
2015 Book: Snail Mail by Michelle Mackintosh, Hardie Grant Publisher
2015 ‘An Artist called Nani’ interview by Helen Brown
2015 Book: The Sketchbook Project World Tour by Steven Peterman
2014 Interview by Joy mag ed.Aug p.41
2012 Book: Arbeitende Orte (German Edition)
2011 ‘Culture’ interview by Nylon mag ed.Dec p.64
2011 Book: Great Big Book by Martin Dawber p.106, 143, 189, 214
2011 Interview by Innovated mag May-June p.17-21
2011 ‘Slowly She Sank to the bottom of her Imaginary World’ interview by LOTF
2010 ‘Artistic Artist’ interview, COSMOgirl mag ed.Oct page 85
2010 Book: Semi Permanent 2nd
2010 Novemberan, exhibition catalogue
2010 Weeked Plan B, ELLEGirl Korea mag ed.Nov
2007 Gelar Akbar Seni Rupa Jawa Timur, exhibition catalogue
Guest Lecture
2015 Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Collection
Sooyun Art Space, Haenam, South Korea
Poh Chang Academy of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Thailand
Private Collections: USA, Australia, Japan, Indonesia