Heri DONO HERI DONO Born 1960 Jakarta, Indonesia Lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia Selected solo exhibitions* 2002 ‘Heri Provokes Heri’, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta 2001 ‘The Trap’s Outer Rim’, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta ‘Fortress of the Heart’, Gajah Gallery, Singapore 2000 ‘Heri Dono: Dancing Demons and Drunken Deities’, The Japan Foundation Asia Centre, Tokyo, Japan 'Humor Rumor (di) Republikartun', Nadi Gallery, Jakarta 1999 ‘Mythical Monsters in Contemporary Society’, Gajah Gallery, Singapore ‘Virtual Reality’, Erasmus Huis, Jakarta ‘Tirtara’, Alliance Français, Yogyakarta 1998 'Tanah Dari Merapi', Alliance Français, Yogyakarta 1996 'Heri Dono: Blooming in Arms', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Australia (site-specific installation and performance) 1993 ‘The Chair’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Australia (performance) 1991 'Unknown Dimensions', Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland 1988, '89 Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta 1988 Mitra Budaya Gallery, Jakarta Bentara Budaya Gallery, Yogyakarta Selected group exhibitions* 2002 ‘Heri Dono with Sutrisno Hartana and Friends’, Vancouver, Canada (live Internet performance) 'Asianvibe', Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castello, Spain 2001 ‘Unpacking Europe’, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Germany ‘Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art’, Japan ‘Floating Chimeras’, Edsvik Konst Och Kultur, Sollantuna, Sweden Artists Commission, The Asia Society, New York, USA ‘Double Pink’, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta ‘Between Tradition and Modern Trend: Young Artists from Indonesia’, Rautenstrauch Joest Museum, Cologne, Germany 2000 ‘Shanghai Biennale 2000’, China 7th Havana Biennial, Cuba ‘Sonic Boom: The Art of Sound’, Hayward Gallery, London, UK ’12 ASEAN Artists’, Balai Seni Lukis Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ‘Humanism in Art’, Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft, The Netherlands ‘Fuori Uso 2000: The Bridges’, Pescara, Italy 1999 ‘3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia ‘6th Yogyakarta Biennial’, Purna Budaya Art Center, Yogyakarta ‘Knalpot’, Fine Arts Exhibition, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta ‘SoundCulture ‘99’, Auckland Art Gallery, Aotearoa New Zealand ‘Makasar Art Forum ‘99’, Ujung Pandang ‘AWAS! Recent Art from Indonesia’, Museum Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Japan; Australia; The Netherlands; Germany ‘Faret Tachikawa Art Project’, Tokyo, Japan ‘Soul Ties: The Land and Her People: Art from Indonesia’, Singapore Art Museum 1998 ‘Resurrection of Topos 3’, Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, Japan ‘Art In Freedom’, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ‘Rupa Seni-Seni Rupa’, Museum Benteng Vredeburg, Yogyakarta 1997 'Exploring the Future of the Imagination', The InterCommunication Centre, Tokyo, Japan ‘Cities on the Move’, Secession, Vienna, Austria; France; Denmark; UK; Finland ‘Gift for India’, Lalit Kala Akademi Galleries, New Delhi, India ‘New Generation of Asian Art’, Yonago City Museum of Art, Japan ‘Sounding Sphere’, Harima Science Garden City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan ‘Innensite’, Projektgruppe Stoffwechsel, Kassel, Germany The InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1996 ‘Universalis. XXIII Bienal de Sao Paulo’, Brazil 'Traditions/Tensions’, Asia Society Galleries, New York, USA; Canada; India; Singapore; Korea; Australia; Taiwan Arctic Foundation, Eindhoven, The Netherlands ‘The Spiritual and the Social. Nine Artists from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines’, Brisbane, Australia ‘Jurassic Technologies Revenant: 10th Biennale of Sydney’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 'The Drunkenness of Semar', Freud's Arts Cafe, Oxford, UK 1995 'Visions of Happiness', The Japan Foundation Forum (organised by the Japan Foundation ASEAN Center), Tokyo, Japan 'Contemporary Art of the Non-Aligned Countries, 1995’, National Gallery, Jakarta ‘Orientation’, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia; The Netherlands ‘InfoART: 1st Kwangju Biennale’, South Korea 'Pameran Gambar', Di Mata Gallery, Yogyakarta 1994 ‘9th Asian International Art Exhibition’, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan 'Adelaide Installations: Beyond the Material World', Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Australia ‘Kuda Binal’, 24 HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, Australia (performance) ‘9th Asian International Art Exhibition’, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan ‘4th Asian Art Show Fukuoka 1994: Realism As An Attitude’, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan ‘Museum City Tenjin ’94, Fukuoka, Japan. Super Suburb’, Japan 1993 ‘Indonesian Modern Art’, De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ‘International Festival of Puppetry', Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta ‘1st Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia ‘Biennale Seni Rupa Jakarta 9’ 1992 ‘Sanggar Dewata', Museum Nyoman Gunarsa, Yogyakarta ‘7th Asian International Art Exhibition’, Gedung Medeka, Bandung ‘Kuda Binal’, Alun-Alun Utara, Yogyakarta (performance) ‘New Art from Southeast Asia 1992’, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Japan ‘Sama Sama: 15 Artists from Indonesia and the Netherlands’, Erasmus Huis Jakarta, Indonesia; The Netherlands 'Pameran Internasional Seni Rupa Asia 7', Bandung 1991 'Wayang: From Gods to Bart Simpson', University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (performance) ‘Man and Human Expression’, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ‘Wayang Top’, Desa Apuan, Tabanan, Bali (performance) 'Unknown Dimensions', Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland 'Indonesian Contemporary Art: From Origins to Distant Shores', The IMF Visitors' Center, Washington DC, USA ‘Destructive Images’, Seni Sono Gallery and Malioboro, Yogyakarta (performance) 1990 ‘Modern Indonesian Art: Three Generations of Tradition & Change, 1945–1990’, Sewall Gallery, Rice University, Houston, USA 1989 ‘Wayang Imaginative, Mendut Temple, Java (performance) 1988 ‘Wayang Legenda’ (shadow play), Seni Sono Gallery, Yogyakarta Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft, The Netherlands 1987 ‘Sandiwa’, Kulay-Diwa Gallery, Paranaque, The Philippines 'Three Indonesian Artists', De Schone Kunsten, Heemstede, The Netherlands 1986 '5th Biennial of Indonesia Young Artists', TIM, Jakarta 'Experimental Music and Visual Art', Seni Sono Gallery, Yogyakarta 1985 '3rd ASEAN Art Awards', Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta 1984 '4th Biennial of Indonesia Young Artists', TIM, Jakarta 1982 ‘Art on the Environment’, Parangtritis Beach, Yogyakarta Qualifications, grants & awards* 2002 Artist-in-residence, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada 2000 UNESCO Prize for Promotion of the Arts (3rd Shanghai Biennale) Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, USA 1999 Cyfuniad, International Artists Workshop, Wales, UK Artist-in-residence, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia Artist-in-residence, Elam School of Art, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand 1998 Prince Claus Award, Prince Claus Fund for Culture & Development, The Netherlands 1996 Artist-in-residence, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Australia 1995 Artist-in-residence, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK 1994 Artist-in-residence, 24 HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, Australia 1993 Artist-in-residence, Canberra School of Art, Australia 1992 Lempad Prize, Sanaggar Dewata 1990–91Christoph Merian Foundation International Artists' Exchange Programme, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland 1987–88 Studied wayang kulit (leather puppets) under Sukasman in Yogyakarta 1981, '85 The Best Painting Award, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta 1980–87 Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta Collections* Artoteek den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel, Switzerland National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Singapore Art Museum Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands Okinawa Art Museum, Japan The InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan *All Indonesia unless otherwise stated Selected bibliography Bollansee, Esmeralda & Marc. 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