Prihatmoko Moki

Every year the Sultan hosts a grand carnival, called Sekaten, in honour of the Prophet’s birthday. In this work, Prihatmoko Moki depicts the interplay of Hindu, Kejawen, Javanese and Colonial practices that fold together in the rituals surrounding the palace and the Sekaten. The text in the lower corner reads Sekaten in Arabic.

Prihatmoko Moki works and lives in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is interested in rewriting historical narratives. Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, he uses historical myths and satire to discuss and re-question contemporary issues. He mostly works with printmaking mediums from silkscreen to batik, which he has extended into comic, mural, music and performances. He is one of the founding members of Krack Studio.

Since 2006, Prihatmoko Moki was part of the multidisciplinary art project PUNKASILA, performing in Indonesia, Australia, Lithuania and Cuba. In 2013 he co-founded Krack Studio in Yogyakarta and in 2017 formed the art collective GEGERBOYO. He has undertaken an artist residency at Megalo Print Studio Canberra (2014), was nominated for the young artist award, Redbase Foundation, Yogyakarta (2016), and selected to be a part of Europalia Art Festival in Belgium (2017). In 2019, 2021 and 2022 he curated FKY (Festival Kebudayaan Yogyakarta/Yogyakarta Cultural Festival). He was one of the Artistic Directors of the Biennale Yogya 2023.