HERI DONO
Upside Down Mind
March 4 - April 4 2003
CP ARTSPACE, Washington DC, USA





Biography
1960 Born Jakarta, Indonesia
1980 Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1987 Studied Wayang Kulit with Sukasman in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1990 International Artists Exchange Program, Basel, Switzerland
1993 Artist in Residence in 24 Hours Art Gallery, Darwin, NT, Australia
1994 Artist in Residence in Canberra School of Arts, Canberra, Australia
1995 Artist in Residence in Museum of Modern Art Oxford with Institute of International Visual Art, London, England
1996 Artist in Residence in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia 
1999 Cyfuniad International Artists Workshop, Wales, England
Artist in Residence in Queensland Art College, Brisbane, Australia
Artist in Residence in Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 Artist in Residence in Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, USA
2002 Artist in Residence in Western front, Vancouver, Canada
Artist in Residence in the Queensland College of Arts and the
Queensland
University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Artist in Residence in the International Institute of Education,
Singapore.



Selected Solo Exhibitions
1988 | Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1988 | Mitra Budaya Indonesia Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1988 | Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1991 | “Unknown Dimensions”, Museum Der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland
1993 | “The Chair”, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Australia
1997 | “Blooming in Arms”, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
1998 | “Tanah dari Merapi”, French Cultural Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1999 | “Mythical Monsters in Contemporary Society”, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
1999 | “Virtual Reality”, Erasmus Huis, Jakarta, Indonesia
1999 | “Tirtara”, French Cultural Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia               
2000 | “Dancing Demons and Drunken Deities”, Tokyo, Japan
2000 | “Humor Rumor in The Republic of Cartoon”, Jakarta, Indonesia
2001 | “Trap’s outer Rim”, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2001 | “Fortress of the Heart”, Gajah Gallery, Singapore
2002 | “Interrogation”, Center A, Vancouver, Canada
2002 | “Heri Provokes Heri”, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia                       2002 | “Free D.O.M”, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Indonesia.                     
2002 | “Re-working Tradition”, Singapore Art Museum and Nanyang
2002 | “Up Side Down Mind”, Circle Point Art Space, Washington                 2002 | “Heri Dono”, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne                     
2002 | “Heri Dono A Spiritual Journey, Galeri Semarang, Central Java,


Selected Group Exhibitions
1982 | Art on the Environment, Parangtritis Beach, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1984 | 4th Biennial of Indonesian Young Artists, Taman Ismail Marzuki,
          Jakarta, Indonesia
1985 | 3rd ASEAN Youth Artists Exhibition, ISI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1986 | 5th Biennial of Indonesian Young Artists, Taman Ismail Marzuki,      
          Jakarta, Indonesia
1986 | Experimental Music and Visual Art, Seni Sono Gallery, Yogyakarta,
          Indonesia
1987 | “Sandiwa”, Kulay-Diwa Art Galleries/Cultural Center of the Philippines, 
          Manila, The Philippines
1987 | Three Indonesian Artists, De Schone Kunsten, Heemstede,
          The Netherlands
1988 | “Wayang Legenda” (shadow play), Seni Sono Gallery, Yogyakarta,           Indonesia  
1988 | Hedendaagsde Indonesische Kunst, Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara,           Delf, The Netherlands
1989 | “Wayang Imaginative”, Performance, Mendut Temple, Central Java, 1989 | Indonesia Competitive Exhibition of Young Indonesian Artists, Institute           of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia
1990 | “Modern Indonesian Art: Three Generations of Change”, 1945-1990,
1990 | Festival of Indonesia 1990, Sewall Gallery, Rice University,                     Houston (catalogue); travelled to San Diego, Oakland, Seattle and           Honolulu, USA
1991 | “Sama-Sama”, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Oosterpoort, Groningen, The           Netherlands (catalogue); traveled to Tillburg, The Netherlands,                     Yogyakarta and Jakarta, Indonesia
1991 | “Wayang: From Gods to Bart Simpson”, University of British Columbia,           Vancouver, Canada
1991 | “Man and Human Expression”, Tropen Museum, Amsterdam, The      
          Netherlands
1991 | “Wayang Top”, Performance, International Culture Camp Desa Apuan,           Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia
1991 | “Destructive Images”, Performance, Seni Sono Gallery and Malioboro,           Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1992 | Sanggar Dewata: Indonesian Art Exhibition, Museum Nyoman Gunarsa,           Yogyakarta Indonesia
1992 | 7th Asian International Art Exhibition, Gedung Merdeka, Bandung,           Indonesia
1992 | “Kuda Binal”, Performance, Alun-Alun Utara, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1992 | New Art from Southeast Asia 1992, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space           (catalogue); traveled to Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Osaka, Japan
1993 | Indonesian Modern Art: Indonesian Painting since 1945, Gate                     Foundation, De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (catalogue)
1993 | International Festival of Puppetry in the World, Taman Budaya,                     Yogyakarta,  Indonesia                              
1993 | 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery,           Brisbane, Australia
1993 | 9th Jakarta Biennial, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia
1994 | Adelaide Installations, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of           South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
1994 | “Kuda Binal”, Performance 24-HR Art Gallery, Northern Territory
1994 | Center for Contemporary Art, Darwin, Australia
1994 | The Jakarta International Art Exhibition 1994, The Indonesian Fine Arts           Foundation (catalogue), Indonesia
1994 | 9th Asian International Art Exhibition, National Museum of History,           Taipei
1994 | “Realism as an Attitude”, 4th Asia Art Show Fukuoka, Fukuoka Art           Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1994 | “Super Suburb”, Museum City Tenjin ’94, Fukuoka, Japan
1995 | “Vision of Happiness”, The Japan Foundation Art Forum, ASEAN Culture           Center, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
1995 | Unity in Diversity: Contemporary Art of the Non-Align Countries,                     National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia (catalogue)
1995 | “Beyond the Border”, 1st Kwangju Biennial 1995, Kwangju, Korea
          (catalogue)
1996 | “Modernity and Beyond”, National Museum of Modern Art, Singapore
1996 | “Orientation”, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands           (catalogue)
1996 | “Jurassic Technologies”, 10th Biennial of Sidney 1996, Art Gallery of           South Wales Sidney, Australia
1996 | “The Huid van De Witte Dame”, Arctic Foundation, Eindhoven,
          The Netherlands
1996 | “Drawing”, Institute of International Visual Arts, London, England
1996 | “Tradition/Tension”, Contemporary Art in Asia, The Asia Society,
          New  York, USA
1996 | “The Spiritual and The Social”, Nine Artists from Thailand, Indonesia           and The Philippines, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (touring                     exhibition), Australia
1996 | “Universalis”, 23rd Bienal Internacional Sao Paulo, Brazil
1997 | Sounding Sphere, Harima Science Garden City Opening, Hyogo
          Perfecture, Japan
1997 | “Innensite”, Projektgruppe Stoffwechsel, Kassel, Germany
1997 | “Exploring the Future of the Imagination”, The Intercommunication           Center, Tokyo, Japan
1997 | “Resurrection of Topos 3”, Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1997 | Asian Contemporary Art, Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1997 | “Cities on the Move”, Secession Vienna, Austria
1997 | “A Gift for India”, New Delhi, India
1998 | “Resurrection of Topos 3”, Collaboration between artists and architects,           Toyama Shimin Plaza, Toyama, Japan
1998 | “Images of Power”, Expressions of Cultural and Social Awareness in           South East Asia, Jakarta International School, Jakarta, Indonesia
1998 | “Tradition/Tension”, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural           Center, Perth, Australia; traveled to Taipei Museum of Modern Art,           Taipei
1998 | 50th Anniversary of Human Rights, Boijmann Museum of Art,                     Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999 | 6th Yogyakarta Biennial, Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1999 | “Media dalam Media”, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
1999 | “Cities on the Move”, Louisiana Museum of Moderne Kunst, Humlebaek,           Denmark and Hayward Gallery, London, England; traveled to Kiasma,           Helsinki, Finland
1999 | “Knalpot”, Fine Arts Exhibition, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta,                     Indonesia
1999 | Sound Culture, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 
1999 | “Makasar Art Forum ’99”, Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
1999 | “Awas”, Recent Work from Indonesia, Museum Vredeburg, Yogyakarta;           traveled to CCA., Melbourne and Canberra, Australia
1999 | Tachikawa Art Festival, Tachikawa Perfecture, Tokyo, Japan
2000 | “Sonic Boom”, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2000 | “12 Asian Artists”, National Art Gallery, Kualalumpur, Malaysia
2000 | “Humanism in Art”, Volkunkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft, The                     Netherlands
2000 | “Fuori Uso”, Pescara, Italy
2000 | “Awas”, Recent Work from Indonesia, Museum in Hokaido, Osaka and           Fukuoka, Japan
2000 | Havana Biennale, Pavillion de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
2000 |International Art Biennale, Museum of Shanghai, Shanghai, Republic of           China
2001 | Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
2001 | “Floating Chimeras”, Edsvik von Culture, Sollantuna, Sweden
2001 | “Artists Commission”, The Asia Society, New York, USA
2001 | “Membaca Frida Kahlo”, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2001 | The Opening of New Art Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2001 | “Unpacking Europe”, Museum Boijmann van Boningen, Rotterdam, The           Netherlands
2001 | “Awas”, Recent Art from Indonesia, W 139 Amsterdam, The                     Netherlands; traveled to Ludwig Forum Aachen and Koln, Germany
2001 | “Pink Project”, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 | “Interrogation”, shadow-play, Western Front Society, Vancouver,           Canada
2002 | “The Wild of Imagination”, Langgeng Gallery, Magelang, Central Java,           Indonesia
2002 | Swischen Tradition und Moderne Junge Kunstler aus Indonesien,                     Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Museen Dahlem, Kunst und Kulturen der           Welt Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
2002 | “Awas”, Recent Art from Indonesia, Pruss & Ochs Gallery, Asian Fine           Arts, Berlin, Germany
2002 | “Asian Vibe”, EAAC, Valencia, Spain
2002 | “ARCO”, Madrid, Spain
2002 | “4th Asia-Pcific Triennial”, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.


Honor and Awards
1981/1985 | The Best Painting Awards, Indonesia Institute of Arts,                              Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1989 | Young Indonesian Artists, L'Alliance Francaise and Institute of                     Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia
1992 | Gusti Nyoman Lempad Prize, Sanggar Dewata Indonesia,
          Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1998 | Prince Claus Award, The Netherlands
2000 | Unesco Prize for the International Art Biennale, Shanghai, Republic of
          China
2002 | 2nd Annual Enku Grand Awards, Gifu Perfectural Government, Japan
2002 | Yogyakarta Art Prize, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, Indonesia


Public Collections
Artoteek Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland
Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane,Australia
Stedelijk Museum de Lakenthal, Leiden, The Netherlands
Okinawa Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
The InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan
National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Kirishima Contemporary Open-Air Art Museum, Japan


Selected Bibliography
1998 
Wright, Astri, “Artist Espouses Laughter and Humour”, in: Jakarta Post (Jun. 16, 1988)

Wright, Astri, “Dono Tries to Expand the Use of ‘Wayang’ Puppets”, in: Jakarta Post (Oct. 6, 1988)

1991
Wright, Astri, “Indonesia in the 1980s”, in: Art Monthly Australia (no. 14, June 1991)

Ramseyer, Urs, “Heri Dono – Unknown Dimensions”, in: Die Museen in Basel (no. 344, 1991)

Waldmann, Thomas, “Eine Figurenwelt mit Indonesischen Wurzeln”, in: Baseler Zeitung (Jan. 17, 1991)

Sakonakan, Yuko, New Art from South East Asia 1992 (ex. cat.), the Japan Foundation, Tokyo (Feb. 1991)

Spanjaard, Helena, “Sama-Sama”, in: Maandbeeld, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Groningen (no. 5, May 1991)

1992              
Duerst, Renata, “Menschenzertreter”, in: Baseler Zeitung (Oct. 24, 1991)

Fadjri R., “Gebu Yogya 1992 – Terobosan Kuda Binal”, in: Tempo (Aug. 8, 1992)

Daniswara, Ugeng T. “Kartunal, Lukisan-Lukisan Heri Dono”, in: Laras 46 (Oct. 1992)

1993 
“Alternative Approches for Artistic Expression”, in: Brisbane Review Asia-Pacific Liftout (Sept.16, 1993)

Supangkat, Jim, “Indonesian Report: A Different Modern Art”, in: Art and Asia Pacific (Sept. 1993), p. 20 – 24

Supangkat, Jim, The First Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (ex. cat.), Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Dwi Marianto, Martinus, “The Experimental Artist Heri Dono from Yogyakarta and His ‘Visual Art’ Religion”, in: Art Monthly Australia (Oct. 1993), p. 21 – 24

Virgo, Ann, “Heri Dono – The Chair”, in: Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra (Oct. 1993)

Geh, Linda, “The Last of the Asian Shamans”, in: Sunday Star (Oct. 10, 1993)

Musa Helen, “Veiled Political Performance”, in: The Canberra Times, Canberra (Oct. 15,1993)

Supangkat, Jim, “Wajah Seni Rupa Asia Pasifik”, in: Tempo (Oct. 16, 1993)

McFarlene, Jenny, “Heri Dono’s The Chair”, in: Muse (Nov. 1993)

Wright, Astri, “Drinking from the Cup of Tradition, Modern Art in Yogyakarta”, in: Indonesian Painting Since 1945, exhibition catalogue, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam, 1993

1994              
Wright, Astri, “Soul, Spirit and Mountain”: Preoccupation of Contemporary Indonesian Painters, New York: 1994

Ushiroshoji, Masahiro, 4th Asian Art Show Fukuoka – Realism as an Attitude (ex. cat.), Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, 1994

1995              
Shimizu, Toshio, Visions of Happiness – Ten Asian Contemporary Artists (ex. cat.), The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 1995

2000
Sindhunata, “Hidup untuk Tertawa”, in: Basis (Sept. – Oct. 2000)

Mulyadi, Efix, and Redana, Bre, “Lebih Jauh dengan Heri Dono”, in: Kompas (Oct. 8, 2000)

2001              
Sindhunata, “Rire d’homme entre deux toiles”, in: Courrier International (Jan. 4 – 10, 2001)