HERI DONO (INDONESIA)

Heri Dono has been a leading figure in Indonesian art since the early 1980s and is now one of the most prominent contemporary South-East Asian artists. Since graduating from the Indonesian Institutue of Arts in 1987, Heri Dono has exhibited extensively and participated in countless artist residences and workshops around the world.  

Heri Dono is best known for his mixed-media installations derived from his experiments with popular Javanese folk theatre - Wayang.  Heri Dono’s installations are a creative re-invigoration of traditional art practices that have been rooted in Indonesian culture for centuries.  His performances merge elements of storytelling, mythology, humour, music and interactivity to engage audiences in a dialogue with the work.

Heri Dono was Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces’ UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary laureate in 2005; a residency developed in partnership with UNESCO’s International Fund for the promotion of Culture and the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria — Department of Premier and Cabinet.

This information was current at the time of his residency.