Heri Dono is an Indonesian
visual artist
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as artist painter, sculptor, and
installation art
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ist.
Life and work
Dono was born in
Jakarta on June 12, 1960. He studied at the Indonesian Art Institute (''Institut Seni Indonesia'') in
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
, where he won the Prize for the Best Painting in 1981 as well as in 1985. He presented his work worldwide in a great number of solo and group exhibitions.
[Verdens World]
biography
He is mainly active as an installation artist, and works with materials that come from varying places in the world. In his work, known influences can be noticed, like the life of the ''ordinary man'',
wayang kulit,
becak driver and
tau tau sculptures of the
Toraja
The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous people, indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency of ...
in
Sulawesi.
[Tropical Museum Amsterdam]
''Critical art from Indonesia
Dono, who lives and works in Yogyakarta, mixes humoristic comments in his work on political and social problems in Indonesia. In 1998, he won a
Prince Claus Award.
His style is often placed in the art form of ''new internationalism'', which is a recent art form of artists in the world that challenge the Western hegemony of art, in contrast with the New Art Movement in the seventies and eighties that chose in favor of a Western expressions in art, with it taking leave of local traditions.
Dono is represented by Baik Art, which has spaces in Los Angeles and Seoul.
Solo exhibitions
* 1988: Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Mitra Budaya Indonesia Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia; Bentara Budaya Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
* 1991: ''Unknown Dimensions'', Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland.
* 1993: Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT, Australia
* 1996: Blooming in Arms, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England.
* 2000: ''Dancing Demons and Drunken Deities'', The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Jepang
* 2001: ''Trap’s outer Rim'', Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
* 2001: ''Fortress of the Heart'', Gajah Gallery, Singapore
* 2002: ''Interrogation'', Center A, Vancouver, Canada
* 2002: Heri Memprovokasi Heri, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
* 2002: Free-DOM, Bentara Budaya, Jakarta, Indonesia
* 2002: ''Reworking Tradition I & II'', Singapore
* 2003: ''Upside Down Mind'', CP Artspace, Washington, VS
* 2003: Heri Dono, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
* 2003: Perjalanan Spiritual Heri Dono, Galeri Semarang, Indonesia
* 2004: ''Who’s Afraid of Donosaurus?'', Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta
* 2006: ''Broken Angels'', Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
* 2009-10: ''Critical Art from Indonesia'',
Tropenmuseum
The Tropenmuseum ( en, Museum of the Tropics) is an ethnographic museum located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1864.
One of the largest museums in Amsterdam, the museum accommodates eight permanent exhibitions and an ongoing series of tem ...
, Amsterdam
* 2011: "Madman Butterfly", Rossi & Rossi, London
References
External links
Heri Dono
Heri Dono at Baik ArtBaik Art and Ocula
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Indonesian painters
Indonesian sculptors
Living people
1960 births
People from Jakarta