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Resatio is a visual artist by day and designer by night, although it’s often the other way around. He is based in Adelaide, Australia, and originally from Bandung, Indonesia. Known for his fusion of GIFs with collage techniques, his work thrives on absurd juxtapositions, digital glitches, and the unexpected, turning familiar elements into something uncanny yet strangely compelling.
His art has been exhibited in physical spaces such as Selasar Soenaryo Art Space, Omnispace, National Design Centre Singapore, Superchief Gallery, and Theatre of Digital Art Dubai, as well as in digital showcases with Fakewhale.xyz, FuturaDrops, and Artgumi. He has also participated in numerous international exhibitions spanning Asia, Europe, and America.
In addition to exhibiting in traditional and digital art spaces, Resatio has explored blockchain-based art since 2021, minting on Tezos and Ethereum. Fun fact: he witnessed the sunset of H=N, a platform that fostered a raw, experimental energy in digital art.
All images used in his work come from the public domain. Rest assured, no copyrights were harmed in the making of his art.
His work playfully invites viewers to scratch their heads and wonder what exactly they are looking at. Some may even find themselves questioning the meaning of life.
Artist Statement
The work drifts through the messy corners of the unconscious, pulling everyday elements out of their usual contexts and stitching them into something strange and a little off-balance. Even in the chaos, a strange kind of structure holds things together — a leftover instinct from years of working with design.
Collected images — old photographs, forgotten ads, strange finds from thrift stores and public domain archives — are broken apart, bent, and pushed until they lose their original meanings. Drawing and mark-making slip into the layers, adding texture and traces of the hand that refuse to stay hidden.
The process is a loop of building, destroying, covering, and uncovering. It rarely follows a straight line; intuition does most of the steering. Some pieces end up dense with detail, others stay stripped back to almost nothing.
In a way, the work is a response to the endless flood of images from internet culture — the overload, the chaos, the strange beauty hiding underneath it all. It plays with perception, letting uncertainty breathe, reshaping it, or sometimes just letting it sit there, unanswered. Meaning isn’t the goal; it’s more about opening space for questions, collisions, and quiet pauses.
2016
Sobriquet at Omnispace, Bandung, Indonesia
2015
Flesh + Flora at Ghostbird+Swoon, Bali, Indonesia
2014
Structured Chaos at Viavia, Jogja, Indonesia
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2017
Judges Award, Unknown Asia, Osaka, Japan
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2025
BYOD² by NEORT, Miyashita Park North Parking, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Beyond Unique Transformation Twist with ArtGumi, Chignitta Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Exodus, November Edition with ArtCrush, pubic display all over Australia
Tezos Open Call with Superchief Gallery, Scope Art Fair, Miami, US
Everything But The Kitchen Knife with Superchief Gallery, NFC Summit, Lisbon, Portugal
2023
A Comedy of an Expensive Error, an immersive exhibition curated by Project 22, The Theatre of Digital Art, Dubai, UAE
GIFFest by Eye Yeah Magz, The National Design Centre, Singapore
Everything But The Kitchen Knife, Superchief Gallery, NYC, USA
2022
Crypto Art Week Asia, Singapore
2021
NFTUpdate Collage Show, The Boneyard hosted on Decentraland
2020
Arisan Karya Vol. 1, MACAN Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
Art Jakarta Virtual with Omnispace, artjakarta.com, Indonesia
2019
A4 4A Exhibition, 4A Gallery, Sydney, Australia
PasteUp Collage Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
Intention Please!, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2018
Art Unlimited XyZ, Gedung Gas Negara, Bandung, Indonesia
Small Size Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Unknown Asia, Herbis Hall, Osaka, Japan
Greenpeace – Seni Beraksi, Museum Surabaya, Indonesia
Broken Heart Gallery, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
2015
The Wrong (again) – New Digital Art Biennale
My Exquisite Corpse, Biasa Art Space, Bali, Indonesia
Getok Tular, Omnispace, Bandung, Indonesia
2014
Bandung New Emergence Vol. 5, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia
2013
Aqua: Temukan Indonesiamu, Energy Building, Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesian Art Festival, Esplanade, Singapore
2012
Art Act Kopi Keliling, 1/15 Coffee, Jakarta, Indonesia
2011
The Other I, Galeri Padi, Badung, Indonesia
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2023
A look into the surreal and tactile world of Resatio, published by The Weird Show
2018
Feeling Plants, Published by Design Media Publishing
2017
Lip Lap 35 Bandung Artists Under 35
2016
Jakarta Post: Creative Smarts: Bits & Pieces
The Artling: Artist of the Month, Singapore
Hai Magazine
Sarasvati Magazine
Pikiran Rakyat
2015
Kult Magazine, Singapore
2014
Nylon: Art Talk*
Kompas
Things Magazine
Free! Magazine: Intimate Session
Infinite Illustration Book
2012
Nylon: Art Talk*
Fur: Presensi dan Absensi Waktu, Indonesia
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2019
Museum of Contemporary Art Zine Fair, Sydney, Australia
National Young Writers Festival Zine Fair, Newcastle, Australia
Other World Zine Fair, Sydney, Australia
Halfway Print Festival, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Sticky Institute Festival of The Photocopier Zine Fair, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Singapore Art Book Fair with Studio Geometry
2016
Singapore Art Book Fair with Studio Geometry
Bandung Zine Festival, Bandung, Indonesia
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2017
Pasar Sarijadi, Bandung, Indonesia
2016
Gormetria Cafe and Restaurant, Indonesia
B.A.T.S Bar and Restaurant, Indonesia
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2017
Disarrangement — Live Collage and Group Exhibition, Art Market Jakarta 8, Jakarta, Indonesia (As Initiator and Manager)
Pagggges — A Group Collage Showcase, Omnispace, Bandung, Indonesia (As Initiator and Manager)
2016
Chaos of Memories — Zine and Self-Publication online and offline platform for visual artists (As Initiator and Manager)
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