Born in Semarang, 1998

Dionisius Caraka is a visual artist currently living and working in Yogyakarta. His practice revolves around the notion of temporality—how time, memory, and change shape our understanding of reality. He sees science and scientific approaches as systems of knowledge that often feel rigid and detached from everyday experience. From this tension, Dionisius seeks to dismantle and reinterpret scientific language into forms that are more fluid, accessible, and humorous.

Working across drawing, text, painting, and object-based installations, Dionisius constructs visual experiments that blur the line between scientific observation and personal reflection. His use of found and manipulated objects functions as a bridge between the laboratory and the domestic sphere—presenting science not as something grand or exclusive, but as another way to sense and navigate the everyday.

His artistic approach playfully challenges the seriousness of knowledge, invites questions about how facts, humor, and absurdity coexist within the same field of discourse. Through his works, Dionisius explores not only how we perceive time and scientific logic, but also how human curiosity continuously searches for meaning between them.