Born in 1972 in Lintau, West Sumatra, Indonesia, a co-founder and member of the Jendela Art Group, Jumaldi Alfi has consistently been exploring new possibilities in painting traditional southeast asian art. He attended the Indonesian High School of Arts in Yogyakarta in 1993 and furthered his art education after that by attending the Indonesian Institute of Arts, also located in Yogyakarta, in 1999.

In the last ten years his painting has shown shifting theme and styles. He has come to the conclusion that is painting is a personal therapy by which to accommodate and control various issue troubling his mind. With such a mindset he began choosing certain themes and approaches to develop in series of paintings, combining expressionism, raw-art, and sometimes realism too. Alfi makes his paintings autobiographical notes and at once fields of experiments to keep exploring and testing various possibilities of painting - more as ideas than just the products of imagining on canvas.

Selected Solo Southeast Asian Art Exhibitions
2008
"Color guide Series", Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2007
"ALFI" IPRECIATION, Singapore

2006
IPRECIATION, Singapore

2003
"Cover" Lembaga Indonesia Perancis Yogyakarta
"Current Trend" Regent Hotel, Jakarta

2001
"Alfi-Lukis" Lontar Gallery, Jakarta
"Derau-Noise" Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta

1998
"REKONSTRUKSI", AIKON, Yogyakarta

Selected Group Southeast Asian Art Exhibitions
2009
"AWARENESS, Indonesian Art Today", Canvas International Art, The Netherlands
"REACH FOR THE HEART", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong

2008
"Friendship Code", Syang Gallery, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia
"Ruang dan Waktu", V’art gallery Jogjakarta, Indonesia
"Loro Bloyo Kontemporer", OHD Wedding, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia
CIGE Beiing, China
"SH Contemporary 08", Nadi Gallery, Shanghai, China
"Expose #1 – A Presentation of Indonesian Contemporary Art by Deutsche Bank & Nadi Gallery", Four Season Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Manifesto", The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Tribes", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
"Indonesian Invasion", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong

2007
Shanghai Art Fair, Langgeng Gallery, Shanghai, China
"Fetish Part I", Biasa Gallery, Bali
"TIME", V-Art Gallery, Yogyakarta
"COMMON GROUNDS", Nasional Gallery, Jakart

2006
"ICON: Retrospective", Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
"Tobacco Wedding & Art", Magelang, Central Java

2005
"Beauty & Terror", Loft Gallery, Paris, France
"Indonesian Contemporary Art", Ipreciation Fine Art, Singapore
"CP 2nd Biennale", Urban Culture Museum Bank Indonesia, Jakarta

2004
"Multi Sub Culture", Berlin, Germany
"Sanggar Sakato", Gallery Nasional, Jakarta

2003
"Read Art Project", Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
"Bazart FKY-XV 2003", Museum Benteng Vandenberg, Yogyakarta
"Membaca Ruang-Ruang", Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
"Interpellation", CP Open Bienalle, Gallery Nasional, Jakarta

2002
"Bertiga", Gallery Jogjakarta Fine Art Community, Yogyakarta
"Re-Reaksi", Museum H. Widayat Mungkid, Magelang, Central java
"Pose", Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta

2000
"Silaturahmi Budaya", PT. Semen Gresik, Gresik – East Java
"Keras kepala", Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta

1997
"NAMNAMA", TBS Surakarta & Ganesa Gallery, Yogyakarta

1996
"Lukis KECIL", Prasida 93

1994
"Lustrum II ISI", Yogyakarta
"PRASIDHA 93", Yogyakarta

1992
"FKY IV", Yogyakarta