Arkiv Vilmansa

Indonesian painter and toy designer, Arkiv Vilmansa studied architecture in uni life back in the early 00’s. For a very long time, childhood memories have been the main subject of Arkiv’s art creation process and exploration. Bold, flowing brushstroke with vibrant colors inspired from Walt Disney cartoon character can be clearly seen on most of his work. 

Playing in the art field for more than half of his life, Arkiv feels that he has experienced the liberty, freedom and understood the boundaries that restrict him to go beyond the medium on his painting. In a recent Instagram post on @arkivvilmansa, he reminisced his first solo show abroad in Manila 2010, where he mentioned learning so many things from time discipline, communicating, to preparing an exhibition. Since then, he’s been repeatedly joining art exhibitions in more than 10 countries worldwide. 

His daily life is filled with drawing, painting, brainstorming for new arts to launch while spending time with his family. He admits, his kids have been inspiring his creations in many ways while also motivating him to realize his visions and bring arts to life. Arkiv describes himself as half animal and half dream. We personally think that this description reflects the same silliness and complexity of his art characters. Shocked or screaming cartoons giving you the mysterious stare and figures strangling each other are just some of the oddities that Arkiv paints with cheery colors and his signature curvy graphic style.