Heri Dono

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Heri Dono

Indonesian, born 1960

BiographyAn artist of international renown, Heri Dono is one of Indonesia’s best known contemporary artists. Dono was born in Jakarta on June 12, 1960. He presently lives and works in Yogyakarta. Influenced by both contemporary and traditional Javanese culture, Dono's work reflects on social, political and global issues. Dono's work takes various forms, including sculpture, painting, installation and performance art.

In the mid-1980s Dono studied at the Indonesian Art Institute (Institut Seni Indonesia) in Yogyakarta. He later left school to study independently with Ki Sukasman, a master of traditional Javanese puppetry and theatre. Since the late 1980s, Dono's international profile has risen steadily through a series of exhibitions and artist in residences around the world.

Dono has participated in 270 exhibitions including numerous international biennials, such as: Guangzhou Triennial (2011); Gwangju Biennale (2006 and 1995); Sharjah Biennial (2005); Taipei Biennial (2004); Venice Biennale (2003); Asia Pacific Triennial (2002 and 1993); Yokohama Triennial (2001); Havana Biennial (2000); Shanghai Biennale (2000); Sydney Biennale (1996); São Paolo Biennial (2004 and 1996). Key international museum exhibitions include: Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia 1991-2011, Singapore Art Museum (2011); Wind from the East, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (2007); Cities on the Move, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, traveled to Hayward Gallery, London, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Siam Centre, Bangkok (1999); Traditions / Tensions, Asia Society, New York (1996); New Art from Southeast Asia, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (1992); Man and Human Expression, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (1991); Modern Indonesian Art: Three Generations of Tradition and Change, 1945-1990, Sewall Gallery, Rice University, Houston, traveled to San Diego, Oakland, Seattle, and Honolulu (1990). In 2015 Dono represented Indonesia in the 56th Venice Biennale.

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