PAINTERS

HERI DONO, INDONESIAN PAINTER – Combining materials that come from varying places in the world.

A style that challenge the Western hegemony of art.

As the first Indonesian contemporary artist to break into the global art scene in the early 1990s, HERI DONO become Indonesia’s leading contemporary artist. Mixing humoristic comments in his work on political and social problems in Indonesia, he lives and works in Yogyakarta. Inside his paintings, you can find wild deformations and free fantasies, where emerge characters from the wayang stories mixed together with children’s cartoons. He like to form multimedia performances which interacting with the audience. His performances combine visual arts and singing, music and story-telling, close with a mythological story-based philosophy of life. He is one of Indonesia’s best known contemporary artists. Since graduating in the late 1980s, HERI DONO’S international profile has increased through a series of exhibitions around the world, becoming best known through his works which are influenced by the most popular Javanese folk theatre. His canvases are populated by astonishing characters, wherethe fantastic and absurd create vibrant stories. He was born in Jakarta on a June day, 1960. In Yogyakarta, he studied at the Indonesian Art Institute, where he won the Prize for the Best Painting in 1981.

The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these artists and that other people enjoy their works. To pursue this issue, you can digit: http://heridono.com/

Meeting Bench

Recent Posts

A DREAM LANDSCAPE SHAPED BY THE SUN AND THE TRAMONTANA

A nonconformist dialogue between painting, sculpture and poetry Get ready for an experience that goes…

6 days ago

AN UNEXPECTED LITERARY STAGE

Moving between connective tissues of words and stone You are about to meet the person…

2 weeks ago

INNOVATION AND CREATIVE FREEDOM

Explore the unconscious and challenge conventions, through art Roland Penrose, a central figure in British…

3 weeks ago

BOTTICELLI’S SPRING

Beauty, nature and harmony through a mythological allegory The Renaissance, a historical and cultural period…

4 weeks ago

NEW BEGINNINGS

An invitation to rediscover the world with eyes full of wonder Spring, a symbol of…

1 month ago

DREAMTIME

Australian Aboriginal and ancestral spirits who created the world "Leaving bitterness behind is a journey…

1 month ago