Rukmunal Hakim Illustrations
Rukmunal Hakim (b.1983) is a self-taught artist and illustrator based in South Tangerang, Indonesia. he takes inspirations from all living, natural creatures, and personal anecdotes in his monochromatic visual artwork.
Being born with colour blind condition this does not stop him to keep creating and experimenting with artworks using color, both digital and traditional
His works have been exhibited in Jakarta, Bandung, Japan, Scotland, and the Netherlands, among others.
Life the Certainty of Uncertainty
"The life of a person who goes up and down, is uncertain" is another meaning of "Yang Rebah Bangun, Karena Terinjak". Summarizes the many things that have happened during my nearly eleven years as a self-taught artist. The collection of visual works here are stories of how I see the path of my journey as an artist who has never been on a flat and straight path. It is boring to hear about someone's struggles when they become an artist, such as the love and heartbreak pop songs that are repeated over and over again. This is also a question for myself, until when to make works that are always about self-internalization? How about a work in the form of social commentary? Does the work I create have a place and function for society? Or is it just an artist's creative masturbation?
These questions are part of my work journey. Intertwined with the inability to identify self-image, low self-esteem, to the urge to commit suicide. An extreme ride like a roller coaster. These ten works summarize the journey, as a visual record for me, a reminder that so far, the road has not been easy. Do I keep walking, taking a break, or stop?
The online solo exhibition showed 10 digital artworks that I created from 2019-2021. This collection is also special because apart from digital working techniques, these 10 artworks are also a collection of my works with color. A big step for me as an artist, after years of getting used to black-and -white and monochromatic color schemes. This solo exhibition is held on my personal website : www.rukmunalhakim.com
