Was born in MagelangJanuary 20, 1966

Nature is the source ofInspiration in creating

a sculpture.Connection between human

And nature producingA positive energy.

I use this energy intuitivelyTo create my works of art.

The story of Noor Ibrahim…..

Noor Ibrahim, or Him, as he is called by his friends.While we both originate from the same city

Of Magelang in Central Java,We are from the different generation.I’ve known Ibrahim for a while now.

The first sculpture I bought from Noor IbrahimWas entitled “Ancient Animal”

And was made from unpainted wood.According to Ibrahim, this wood could resist

Rain damage and thus could be placed outside.After the sculpture stood outside for several

Years, the sculpture started to rot.It turn out that what Ibrahim advised was wrong.

His lack of knowledge about wood disappointed me.He paid me back by fixing the sculpture,

Painting it with striking colors of red, white and blue.Now this sculpture serves as a guardian to my house

And is located close to my front door.This location is better than my original one, as it is

Under the roof so as not to be rained upon or inDirect contact with the sun.

After this experience I heard that Ibrahim had leftThe sculpting profession to become a seller of antiques,

Sculpture and painting.He often tried to sell these paintings to me, but I

never found one that matched my tastes.More often than not, these paintings were doubtful in quality.

It was then that I realized that artists and art expertsAre two very different things.

Because he wasn’t successful with this new profession,Ibrahim came back to his natural profession of sculptor.

This time, however, his medium of sculpture hadChanged from wood to bronze, stainless steel and

Sheet metal that he folds and pounds intoVarious deformed figures.

Ibrahim discovered this style of sculpture by change.He once told me the story of one day when he askedHis daughter and wife to not disturb him in his work.

They left Ibrahim to be alone in the house so thatHe could concentrate.

Ibrahim worked the whole night without any results.As his frustration grew he started to hit the sculptureHe was working on and threw it outside the house,

Falling asleep soon after.In the early morning someone passing by returned

The sculpture to Ibrahim’s house.

When Ibrahim’s wife and child came, he was wokenUp by their comment on how good his new sculpture was.

From this experience Ibrahim’s new style was born.When he attended the exhibition entitled “Not Just the

Political” in the Museum H. Widayat in Mungkid Magelang,I was quite surprised with the development

Of Ibrahim’s new work.One of the sculptures he brought to Magelang was

Donated to our Museum with the title “Art begins here”.When I asked what he meant by this, he said that

If his work was set here, the development and journeyOf it would successful. At the same time he brought

Out a more impressive sculpture of a women facing the windMade from stainless steel called “Against the wind”.I immediately bought this and it is now placed on the

Roof of our Museum. I sincerely hope that Ibrahim’ visionOf “Art begins here” comes true.

(Oei Hong Djien)

MY WORKS

Selected Exhibition

1982• First Prize in Animal Painting in East Java at

Surabaya Zoo1987

• Group Exhibition Sendata at Surabaya Art Council1988

• Sculpture Exhibition at Surabaya Art Council• Sculpture Exhibition at Malang Art Council

• Lustrum Architecture Exhibition Brawijaya Malang University• Painting and Sculpture Exhibition Sendata at PPIA Surabaya

1989• Solo Exhibition at Surabaya Art Council

• Group Exhibition Sendata Art Centre Bali1990

• Painting Exhibition through out of Java At Bank Duta, Surabaya1991

• Painting and sculpture Exhibition at Mitra Balai Pemuda Surabaya

1992Sculpture Appreciation Work Shop

• At Toko Buku Gunung Delta Surabaya1996

• Solo Exhibition at Phoenix Heritage Hotel, Yogyakarta1997

• Trio Exhibition; Katirin, Noor Ibrahim and KloworAt Melia Purosani Hotel, Yogyakarta

2001• Group Exhibition at Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta

2002• No Just Political, at H. Widayat Museum

• Re-Kreasi, at H. Widayat Museum• Expression an Era, Bali Padma Kuta

• Joint Exhibition of Yogyakarta and South Sulawesi ArtistAt Sahid Hotel, Jakarta

• Indonesia Gemilang, at Menado2003

Borobudur-Borobudur at H. Widayat Museum

2003• Circle Point Biennale at Jakarta

2004• Mozaik Indonesia Exhibition at Vanessa Gallery

• Art Fair in Singapore• “Molimo” Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta

• Group Exhibition AUDI at Jakarta2005

• Individual memory at Langgeng Gallery

Photography by Ideal Rusli

Yogyakarta 2005