Rosit Mulyadi

Rosit Mulyadi, more commonly known as Ocid, was born into a conservative and deeply religious farming family in the southern coastal region of Bantul, Java. Before pursuing a career
in fine arts, he spent six years in an Islamic boarding school, where his first encounter with art
came through Arabic calligraphy. While most of his peers continued with religious studies, Mulyadi chose a different path, enrolling at the Institut Seni Indonesia (The Indonesia Institute of
the Arts) in Yogyakarta, where he majored in painting.

Rosit utilizes figuration, appropriation, and classical painting methods to explore distinctly contemporary, and at times ironic, social realities within his local context. Furthermore, his practice of distorting and obscuring Old Master works with paint and text also serves as a direct reference to the ubiquitous “remix culture” that characterizes everyday virtual communication on the internet.

Mulyadi’s work has been exhibited in numerous notable group exhibitions, including Noughties by Nature in Singapore, ARTJOG Resilience (2020), Kembulan at Studio Kalahan Heri Dono,
Jammin’ in the Name of the Lord at Masriadi Art Foundation, i:Observe at Jogja Contemporary, and the 26th Yogyakarta Arts Festival. He held his first solo exhibition, Still Life, at Jogja
Contemporary in 2017, followed by A Scanner Darkly at Gajah Gallery Yogyakarta in 2020. Mulyadi currently lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.