Hanafi (born in Purworejo, 5 July 1960) is widely known as a painter, despite working for decades with a variety of artistic media. Graduating from the Indonesian Fine Arts School, Yogyakarta in 1979, Hanafi has been involved in dozens of solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad since the early 1990s. He is an artist who often collaborates with other art practitioners, especially from literature, theater and architecture.
His solo exhibitions include: The Maritime Spice Road (Consulate General of New York, United States, 2017); Rear Door | Javanese Noise (National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, 2016); Under the Table Migration (Komaneka Fine Art Gallery, Ubud, 2013).