NYOMAN MASRIADI

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(b. 1973 in Gianyar, Bali, lives and works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia)

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Nyoman Masriadi’s paintings frequently depict superhuman figures whose narratives, while rooted in Indonesian cultural history, offer witty and often biting social commentary on contemporary life and global pop culture.  Through his control of light, shadow and volume, Masriadi endows these monumental characters with a sculptural, almost three-dimensional presence.  Sometimes these characters appear in the archetypal roles of comic book heroes, cowboys, soldiers and athletes, but just as frequently, they are just powerfully built men and women engaged in solitary acts of strength or captured in private moments of vulnerability. 

Masriadi studied at the Institut Seni Indonesia in Jogjakarta.  Recent solo and group exhibitions includeBlack is My Last Weapon, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2008); Jogja Biennale X, Jogjakarta, Indonesia (2009) and The Simple Art of Parody, Taipei MOCA, China (2009).  He is the subject of a major new monograph, Nyoman Masriadi: Reconfiguring the Body, written by art historian T.K. Sabapathy and with an essay by Goenawan Mohamed. Paul Kasmin Gallery held his first exhibition in the United States in 2011.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016          “Nyoman Masriadi,” PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York


2011           "Recent Paintings,"  PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York

2008         "Black is My Last Weapon," SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM, Singapore

 

 GROUP  EXHIBITIONS

2016

“Art Stage Jakarta” Galeri Canna ,Jakarta

2014
"Past Traditions / New Voices in Asian Art," HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, NJ

2010
"Art Paris + Guests," Paris
"New Directions," SHANGHAI MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Shanghai

2009
"In Rainbow," ESA SAMPOERNA ART HOUSE, Surabaya, Indonesia
"Jogia Biennale X," JOGJAKARTA, Indonesia
"The Simple Art of Parody," TAIPEI MOCA, China