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Wianta was born in the village of Apuan, Tabanan, Bali.
Possesed of an intense concentration of energy, he is bubbling
and constantly moving. His creation flows from the depth of his
psyche. Over two decades, some 14,000 works of art have emerged
from his energy and creativity. Those art works are widely known
and have been exhibited nationally as wet as internationally at
prestigious galleries and museums. Wianta is a Balinese
multi-modal artist. His mastery of color and form on
canvas is matched by his mastery of words in poetry; body movement
in dance and sense of rhythm in music. He often combines all three
into "installations" or "happening" art such
as will happen at the upcoming Art and Peace event.
Wianta
is an artist with strong sense of environmental awareness and
social responsibility. His environmental awareness has materialized
into several art instaltations/happenings such as "Forest
and Life" in Apuan, Tabanan (1999) "Sound and Nature"
in Apuan, Tabanan (1997); "Water, Fire, and Air" in
Apuan, Tabanan and Gajah Wong river, Yogyakarta, Central Java
(1995). His strong sense of social responsibility prompted him
to hold several exhibitions to donate his paintings for sate in
support of many social causes. These include a fundraising exhibition
together with other artists at the Bali Cliff Hotet to help poor
regions of Bali (1995) and the sale of several paintings to help
AIDS research in San Francisco and the earthquake victims of Flores,
Indonesia (1993). Since 1992, through his "Wianta" Foundation,
he has collaborated with the Ford Foundation to help preserve
endangered traditional art and culture in Bali. And, in 1991,
he staged an "Art Camp" in Apuan to bring together many
Indonesian and international scholars and contemporary artists.
As
an appreciation for the breath of his creativity and the depth
of his social and environmental awareness, Wianta has been awarded
the Dharma Kusuma Award by the Bali Provincial Government (1999).
He holds the title of Professor for Corrrespondence of Academie
from the Academia Internationate Gressi- Marino, Italy (1996).
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