Education
| 1990 | International Artists Exchange Program, Christophe Merian Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1987 | Studied Wayang Kulit with Sukasman in Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 1980 | Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 | Phantasmagoria of Science and Myth: The Art and the Archive of Heri Dono, Tirtodipuran Art Link, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2020 | Kala Kali Incognito, Tirtodipuran Art Link, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2019 | Heri Dono Solo Show, The Columns Gallery, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2018 | Theater of Anecdote, Sri Sasanti Syndicate Booth, Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore |
| 2017 | Land of Freedom, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong The Parody of the Angry Power, Smith Gallery, Davidson College, North Carolina, USA The Secret Code of Heri Dono, Studio Kalahan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Yellow Submarine, LATAR, Menara BTPN, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2016 | Angel's Exodus, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand HERIDONOLOGY, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Zaman Edan (The Age of Craziness), STPI, Singapore |
| 2015 | Joy/Fear, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore 56th Venice Biennale– Indonesian Pavilion, Venice, Italy Animachines, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2014 | The World and I: Heri Dono's Art Odyssey, Art:1, Jakarta, Indonesia The World and I, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York City, New York, USA |
| 2013 | Heri Dono – The Ship of History, Sperl Galerie, Nikolaisaal Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany Re-PLAY, OFCA International Sarang Building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2012 | Merapi: Beyond the Myths, Societe Generale Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapore, Singapore The Jester’s Court, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands Heri Dono, Emerging Asian Contemporary Indonesia Vol. 2, Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2011 | Madman Butterfly, Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London, UK Pinnochio Syndrome (organized by Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia), Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong Hommage an Raden Saleh (organized by Heimatverein Maxen e.V. und Schloss Maxen, Germany), Schloss Maxen, Dresden, Germany The Lost Magician, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin|Beijing, Germany |
| 2010 | Comedy of Error, Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2009 | De Dono Code, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Heridonology, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Shadow of Trojan Horse, Tondi Gallery, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 2008 | Post-Ethnology Museum, Gaya Art Space, Bali, Indonesia Nobody’s Land (organized by Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia), National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Ose Tara Lia – I see Nothing, OzAsia Festival, Art Space, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia Heri Dono: Pleasures of Chaos, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA The Dying King & I, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2007 | Angels: Bang! Bang!, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia The Dream Republic, SASA Gallery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia |
| 2006 | Heri WAR Dono, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia Civilization of Oddness, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA Broken Angels, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2005 | Free-D.O.M., Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway |
| 2004 | Who’s Afraid of Donosaurus, solo exhibition and book launching (organized by Nadi Gallery), National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2003 | Upside Down Mind (organized by CP Foundation), Circle Point Art Space, Washington DC, USA Heri Dono, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia Heri Dono: a Spiritual Journey, Semarang Gallery, Central Java, Indonesia |
| 2002 | Interrogation, Center A, Vancouver, Canada Heri Provokes Heri, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Free-D.O.M., Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Reworking Tradition I & II, Singapore Art Museum; Nanyang Playhouse, National Institute of Education, Singapore |
| 2001 | Trap’s Outer Rim, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Fortress of the Heart, Gajah Gallery, Singapore |
| 2000 | Dancing Demons and Drunken Deities, The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan Humor Rumor in the Republic of Cartoon, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 1999 | Mythical Monster in Contemporary Society, Gajah Gallery, Singapore Virtual Reality, Erasmus Huis, Jakarta, Indonesia Tirtara, Institut Français d'Indonésie Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 1997 | Tanah dari Merapi, Institut Français d'Indonésie Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 1996 | Blooming in Arms, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK |
| 1993 | The Chair, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, Australia |
| 1991 | Unknown Dimensions, Museum Der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1988 | Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Mitra Budaya Indonesia Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | Spectre, The Columns Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore |
| 2021 | How are we doing?, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore “Flowing Refuses to Stop” Yeosu International Art Festival 2021, Yeosu World Expo Convention Center Exhibition Hall, Yeosu City, South Korea MOS: Museum of Something, Mango Arts Festival, Bangkok, Thailand Vestige, Srisasanti Syndicate, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2020 | Gangwon Kids Triennale 2020, South Korea Turning the Axis of the World, STPI, Singapore ARTJOG: RESILIENCE, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2019 | 62 Years After Hamilton, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore Shifting Tides, ASEAN Building, Jakarta, Indonesia SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine arts, Taiwan Dunia dalam Berita, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia Celebration of Compassion, Tirtodipuran Link, Yogyakarta, Indonesia An Opera for Animals, Para Site, Hong Kong Visible Soul: Around the Asia Collection of Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Fukutake House, Okayama, Japan |
| 2018 | Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok, Thailand Beyond the Myths: Art Bali, Bali, Indonesia Two houses: Politics and histories in the contemporary art collections of John Chia and Yeap Lam Yang, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE, Singapore Pathos of the Fringes, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea Sunshower: Contemporary Art From Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Enlightenment, ART|JOG|11, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Nirvana: Tropical Rebirth, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand Kembulan, Studio Kalahan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia To leave home is already half the journey, Institute of Contemporary Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore Folkloristics, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore |
| 2017 | Tribute to Tino Sidin, Museum Taman Tino Sidin, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Written in the Sky, Tonyraka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia nDalang, Galeri Cipta Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Vietnam 2nd Fine Art Exhibition, Breeze Art Space, Banten, Indonesia Serpenti Form Art Jewelry Design, Art Science Museum, Singapore and Tokyo City View Indoor Observation Deck, Tokyo, Japan 35th Ikaisyo Indahnya Kebersamman, Studio Kalahan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia International Artswitch, Jogja Galeri, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Food & Art Festival: Pameran Seni Rupa Menjadi Indonesia, Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Animamix Biennale 2017 Jakarta Series: Myths and Science, Art:1 New Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia Matra Baru Can's, Can's Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, The National Art Center, Tokyo, and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Traces of the Future, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Prambanan Outdoor Sculpture 2017, Taman Wisata Candi Prambanan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia LINKAGE: 20TH OHD MUSEUM, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia Art Sampoerna, Sampoerna Strategic Square, Jakarta, Indonesia The Gift, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Art-tivities Now, Breeze Art Space, Banten, Indonesia |
| 2016 | 4th Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia ELISION Ensemble: 30 Years, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Nature/Nuture, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA Höhenrausch 2016 – Different Angels, OÖ Kulturquartier, Linz, Austria Art: 1 Selected Contemporary Art, ART: 1, Jakarta, Indonesia Universal Influence, ART|JOG|9, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia First Sight in Jogja, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2015 | Open Sea (organized by macLYON and the National Heritage Board, Singapore), Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon (macLYON), Lyon, France In Search of Meaning – The Human Image in a Global Perspective, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands Unveiling Fundamentals in Contemporary Art through Asia, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia |
| 2014 | Hands Across the Water, Baik Art, Los Angeles, USA The Roving Eye, ARTER Space for Art, Istanbul, Turkey Archipelagoes, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore Fermented, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore |
| 2013 | Art Stage Singapore, Indonesia Pavilion, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore VERSUS - Indonesian Contemporary Art, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore 4A A4, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia Grey (organised by Talenta Organiser, Jakarta, Indonesia), Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Picturing Pictures (organised by Art Exchange Gallery, Singapore), Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Seeing Paintings: Conversations Before the End of History (organized by Gajah Gallery, Singapore), Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Taksu Sketsa SDI (organised by Sanggar Dewata Indonesia), UPT Galerie Seni, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia The Eclipse of Stone, performance, Gillman Barracks, Singapore Suka Pari Suka, collaboration, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Outspoken, BIASA ArtSpace, Bali, Indonesia Textile Art Berlin, Carl von Ossietzky, Berlin, Germany Kinetika Mekanika (oragnized by Galeri Soemardja and Edwin's Gallery), Galeri Soemardja, Bandung, Indonesia Indonesia Contemporary Textile Art of Indonesia, GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Cross Culture Contemporary, MiFA Asian Pacific Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2012 | Art Stage Singapore (organised by Edwin’s Gallery Jakarta, and Vanessa Art Link, Jakarta, Indonesia), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Platform 2012, Jan Manton Art and Metro Arts Galleries, Brisbane, Australia Fantasy Islands, Louise Vuitton, Island Maison, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Re.Claim, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Art Scope Basel (organised by Willem Kerseboom Galerie, Amsterdam), Basel International Art Fair 2012, Basel, Switzerland Anniversary 250 Years of Jogjakarta & 100 Years of H.B. IX, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia India Art Fair (organised by AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA), New Delhi, India Marcel Duchamp in Southeast Asia, Equator Art Projects, Singapore The Grand Opening Museum of Esa Sampoerna, Surabaya, Indonesia Short Cut, Alexander Ochs Gallery Berlin|Beijing, Germany Looking East, ART|JOG|12, A Gaze upon Indonesian Contemporary Art, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Insight, Indonesian Contemporary Art, Kunstraum Englanderbau, Vaduz, Liechtenstein XXL State of Indonesian Art, Jogja Contemporary, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia VERTIGO, The Indonesian Ugliness, Ode To Art, Singapore Homoludens #3, Emmitan CA Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia Intersecting Histories Contemporary in Southeast Asian Art, ADM Gallery, Singapore Orientasi 20+, Jogja Living Artists, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Redress, Stop Human Trafficking, ION Orchard, Singapore It’s just an Exhibition, BIASA ArtSpace, Bali, Indonesia |
| 2011 | Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two decades of contemporary art in Southeast Asia 1991-2011, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Installation Arts: INDONESIA, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Art Domain Migration: ASEAN & China, Guangdong Museum of Art (GDMoA), Guangzhou, China Fantasy Islands, Louis Vuitton Hong Kong, Hong Kong Flight for Light: Indonesian Art and Religiousity, Art:1, Jakarta, Indonesia ART|JOG|11 (organized by HPAM), Taman Budaya Jogjakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Finding Me, Semarang Contemporary Art Space, Central Java, Indonesia EKSPANSI (organized by SIGIarts Gallery, Jakarta), Pameran Besar Patung Kontemporer Indonesia, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta-Berlin Arts Festival, foyer art performance, Admirals Palast, Berlin, Germany Trans-Figurations Mythologies Indonesiennes, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France PMR: CUBE Contemporary Culture Interplay, Sampurna Strategic Square Building, The Atrium, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesian Eye: Fantasies and Realities (organized by Parallel Contemporary Art, London, UK), Ciputra World Marketing Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia (traveled to Saatchi Gallery, London, UK) Maximum City: Survive or Escape? Jakarta Biennale XIV, Taman Ayodya, Jakarta, Indonesia 9+1, 10th Anniversary, Canna Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Opera Jawa, collaboration performance with Garin Nugroho, Musée Quai Branly, Paris, France |
Awards
| 2011 | Visual Art Award 2011, for dedication, contribution and achievement in visual art fields from 2000 – 2010 Indonesia Art Motoring Award, Indonesia Classic Car Owners Club, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2010 | Male Favourite Artist, AMICA Art Award, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2006 | Academic Art Award, Professional Artist, Program A-2, FSR ISI, Yogyakarta & Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2003 | 2nd Annual Enku Grand Awards, Gifu Prefectural Government, Japan Yogyakarta Art Prize, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 2000 | UNESCO Prize for the International Art Biennial, Shanghai, China |
| 1998 | Prince Claus Award, in Recognition of Exceptional Initiatives and Activities in the Field of Art and Development, Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, Netherlands |
| 1992 | I Gusti Nyoman Lempad Prize, Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 1989 | Young Indonesian Artists, L’Alliance Francaise and Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia |
| 1985 | The Best Painting Award, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 1981 | The Best Painting Award, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Public Collections
| OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia Deutsche Guggenheim Frankfurt, (Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt), Germany Artoteek Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands Edwin's Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Guangdong Museum of Modern Art, Guangzhou, China Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia CP Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Okinawa Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Stedelijk Museum de Lakenthal, Leiden, Netherlands The Intercommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Fukutake House, Okayama, Japan |
Publication
| 2014 | The World and I: Heri Dono's Art Odyssey, book, Jim Supangkat, Art:1, PT Modekorindo Seni Internasional, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2008 | The Artist-in Residence: A New Paradigm for Teaching and Learning in University Art Education, Pamela Zeplin, Journal of the World Universities Forum, Volume 1, Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd |
| 2007 | Sculpture Today, book, Judith Collins, Phaidon Press Ltd |
| 2002 | The Multiple Matters of Modern Life, catalogue, Julie Ewington, Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art |
| 2001 | Surealisme Yogyakarta, book, Martinus Dwi Marianto, Rumah Penerbitan Merapi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Unpacking Europe, catalogue, Salah Hassan and Iftikhar Dadi, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Nai Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 1999 | A-R-T: Art, Research, Theory, book, Margaret Walsh, Michelle Watts and Craig Malyon, Oxford University Press, Victoria, Australia |
| 1997 | Wayang Legenda: Si Tungkot Tunggal Panaluan, Wayang Gepuk Wayang Alternatif, book, Bendara Budaya Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 1996 | Blooming in Oxford, Blooming in Arms, catalogue, David B Elliot and Gillane Tawadros, IniVa, London, UK Orientation, book, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands & Cemeti Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Roaring Tigers, Desperate Dragons in Transition, Traditions/Tension, Contemporary Art in Asia, catalogue, Apinan Poshyananda |
| 1995 | Visions of Happiness - Ten Asian Contemporary Artists, book, Toshio Shimizu, The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1994 | 4th Asian Art show Fukuoka - Realism as an Attitude, catalogue, Masahiro Ushiroshoji, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Soul, Spirit and Mountain: Preoccupation of Contemporary Indonesian Painters, book, Astri Wright, New York, USA Rupa Wayang dalam Seni Rupa Kontemporer Indonesia, book, Pameran dan Sarasehan Seni Rupa Kontemporer Wayang, Indonesia |
| 1993 | The First Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, catalogue, Jim Supangkat, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia A Brief History of Indonesian Modern Art, Tradition and Change, Contemporary Art of Asia and the Pacific, anthology, University of Queensland Press, Australia Drinking from the Cup of Tradition, Modern Art in Yogyakarta, Indonesian Painting Since 1945, catalogue, Astri Wright, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1992 | The Labyrinthine Search for Self Identity, The Art of Southeast Asia from the 80s to the 90s, New Art from South East Asia, catalogue, Masahiro Ushiroshoji |
Workshops
| Workshop and Lecture, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore Art Talk, Fantasy Islands, Louis Vuitton, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Master Class, School Of The Arts, Singapore |
| Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Keynote Speaker, IMPACT 7, International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Australian Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, Australia Art Talk, Home and Away, Louis Vuitton Jakarta and Louis Vuitton Hong Kong |
| Workshop, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia |
| The International Jury of the XI Triennial India, New Delhi, India |
| Workshop with DIDA Escola de Musica, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Sound Art Seminar, Kunst Akademiet, Bergen, Norway |
| Guest Speaker at Contemporary Asian Art Forum, links, platforms, networks, Asian Art Archive (AAA), Hong Kong |
| Cyfuniad International Artists Workshop, Cardiff, Wales, UK |
Residencies
| 2007 | Artist in Residence, Ernst Busch University, Berlin, Germany Artist in Residence, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia |
| 2006 | Artist in Residence, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany |
| 2005 | Artist in Residence, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia Artist in Residence, United Sardine Factory (U.S.F), Bergen, Norway Artist in Residence, Australia Indonesian Arts Alliance (A.I.A.A.), Byron Bay, Australia |
| 2004 | Fellowship for Curatorial Work, IFA Institute, Stuttgart, in Ethnology Museum Dahlem, Berlin, Germany |
| 2003 | Artist in Residence, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2002 | Artist in Residence, Western Front Society, Vancouver, Canada Artist in Residence, Queensland College of Arts and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Artist in Residence, National Institute of Education, Singapore |
| 2000 | Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA |
| 1999 | Artist in Residence, Queensland Art College, Brisbane, Australia |
| 1996 | Artist in Residence, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia |
| 1995 | Artist in Residence, Museum of Modern Art Oxford with International Institute of Visual Art (InIVA), London, UK |
