Made Wianta
Made Wianta was born in Apuan, Bali. An artist who possesses
a solid academic background, Wianta studied Balinese Traditional Music -
Karawitan, at Karawitan Conservatory at SSRI Denpasar. This was followed
by visual art studies at the Indonesian Institute of Arts – ASRI in
Yogyakarta. Soon after his graduation in 1974, he embarked on a two year
artistic journey taking him to Brussels, where he worked and staged painting
exhibitions both in Brussels and several other European countries. He has
exhibited his work in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, India, USA, Switzerland,
France, Malaysia, Germany, and numerous venues and prominent galleries across
Indonesia. In 1994 Wianta was included in “The Best of Indonesia” Exhibition
by the Ministry of Culture and Education. Over the years Wianta has been
the focus of dozens of publications and critiques, illustrating his poetry
and art.
Wianta is an exceptional artist who truly embraces the very essence
of spirituality. He is actively engaged in social and environmental awareness.
This is expressed in his installation works such as “Forest and Life”.
In December 1999 and on World Peace Day he staged a monumental Millennium
Performance, involving 200 young dancers dressed in white against black sand – a
choreographic answer to the foaming waves of the sea. Wianta uses the natural
environment both as a stage and symbolism such as using black and white colours
in his art.
Wianta has also donated several of his paintings in support of
many social causes. These include a fundraising exhibition together with
other artists at the Bali Cliff Hotel to help poor regions of Bali (1995),
and funds from the sale of several paintings were donated to help AIDS research
in San Francisco and the earthquake victims of Flores, Indonesia (1993).
Wianta’s artistic, social and environmental works have been widely
recognized by many different states. He has received numerous awards: Professor
for Correspondence of Academe from the Academia Internationale Gressi - Marino,
Italy (1996), the Dharma Kusuma Award from the Bali Provincial Government
(1999), Most Admired Man of the Decade in 1998 by the American Biography
Institute, and MURI – Museum Record Indonesia in 2000.
Wianta’s
work is meticulously intricate and technically controlled and yet beautifully
abstract and enlightening.
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