Agan Harahap, began his career as a painter and illustrator when he was a graphic design student at STDI (Design and Art College) in Bandung, Indonesia. After graduate (2005), he moved to Jakarta. His first job is a digital imaging artist in Tarzan Photo Studio.
After a year, he quit and join a Trax Magazine ( Indonesian based music magazine) as a senior photographer. At 2008, he was one of a finalist for Indonesian Art Award. And a year later, his first solo exhibition was held in MES 56 Yogyakarta and he began to participated in numbers of photography exhibition. By the end of September 2011, he quit his job and now becoming a full time artist.
His works combined between fantasy and reality , satire parody of human life. He also participated in a numbers of exhibition in Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, Portugal, Colombia and Australia.
Solo Exhibition:
2012
“GARDEN FRESH” at Element Art Space, Singapore
2011
“Holy War” at Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
“Holy War” at Singapore Art Stage- Project Stage at Marina Bay, Singapore
“SUPERHISTORY” at Ion Art Space, Singapore
2010
“SUPERHISTORY “at Viviyip Artroom, Jakarta, Indonesia
2009
“SAFARI” at Ruang MES 56, Yogakarta, Indonesia
Selected Group Exhibition:
2014
SUPERHEROS at Galeries Forum Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
“SIASAT” at Jakarta Biennale. Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta
“FETART 15” at Arles, France
"Beast/Bloom for Thee: Biota Etc" at Canna Gallery, Jakarta
2012
“Saturations” at Element Art Space, Singapore
“TOP COLLECTION #3” at Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
“Zeitgeist” at Bataviasche Kunstkring, Jakarta
2011
“APOGEE- A Compilation of Solitude “. at POLISTAR, Tophane/ Istanbul Turkey
"Ruang Mes56: Contemporary Photography from Indonesia" , at CCP Melbourne Australia
“Month Of Photography Tokyo”, at Ricoh Ring Cube Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“FOTOGRÁFICA BOGOTÁ 2011”, at Galeria Christopher Paschall S.XXI , Bogota, Colombia
2010
“The 2nd Jakarta International Photo Summit” , Galeri Nasional, Jakarta
“Daegu Photo Biennale 2010” , at Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu- South Korea
" Mendamba Tubuh " [photography], at Goethe Haus, Jakarta
Cut 10 New Photography from Southeast Asia “PARALLEL UNVIVERSE ” at Valentine Willie Fine Art Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manila, Jogjakarta
