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.

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