FJ Kunting

lahir 1982, Sragen
tinggal dan bekerja di Jogjakarta

Aktif di dunia seni rupa sejak 2002, Fajar Susanto atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai Fj Kunting merupakan salah satu seniman muda Yogyakarta. Karyanya beragam; lukis, instalasi, dan belakangan yang paling intens digeluti yaitu seni performan. Fj Kunting aktif berpameran dan rutin melakukan performans di berbagai kota di Indonesia dan Asia.  Dalam menampilkan karyanya, tak jarang Fj Kunting berkolaborasi dengan seniman lain, baik seniman video, foto, atau musik. Perjumpaannya dengan berbagai seniman dari berbagai latar belakang membawa karya-karyanya berbicara banyak hal, mulai hal yang subtil hingga prinsipil. Mulai dari hal keseharian hingga yang menguasai hajat hidup orang banyak. Karya-karyanya merupakan representasi kegelisahan banyak orang, karenanya karya tersebut bisa sangat personal sekaligus universal.


born 1982, Sragen
lives and works in Jogjakarta

Fajar Susanto who is more intimately known as FJ Kunting is a young Jogjakarta-based artist who has been creating performative works actively since 2002. Despite his intense attention towards live art, Kunting also expresses his concerns through paintings and installations. He actively showcases his works in group and solo shows as well as performance art festivals in Indonesia and around Asia. He keens towards collaboration projects in particularly with video artists, photographers as well as musicians. These energetic interactions and exchanges push his creative processes and thoughts into more variant approaches, ranging from the subtle to the principle. He speaks the language that is motivated by the commonplace which he believes to be pulling the strings of his audiences' intentions. This concludes his works as representations towards the common restlessness that is both personal and universally relevant.