Gusmen Heriadi
Balancing (2008)
Height 145cm x Width 195cm
media :
- Acrylic on canvas
Details :
Acrylic on canvas: 145 x 195 cm
Signed and dated, lower right: Gusmen Heriadi, 15/3/2008
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
PASSED
Estimate:
SGD 1,300 - 2,200
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Gusmen Heriadi
Indonesia
B. 1974
Gusmen Heriadi completed his art education at the Fine Arts High School of West Sumatra before earning his degree from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta, where he has been based ever since. Over the course of his career, he has exhibited widely across Indonesia and internationally, including in South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, and Australia, with five solo exhibitions to his name. His work has received numerous accolades, among them the Special Appreciation of the Jakarta Art Award (2006) and Best Works at BAKABA #6 by the Sakato Art Community (2017).
Beyond his practice as an artist, Gusmen has been an active force in Yogyakarta's art community. He co-founded the artist groups Genta and Solusi 4 in 1999, and serving as part of the Sakato Art Community's art division since 2012. In 2015, he established RuangDalam Art House, an alternative art space conceived as an incubator for cross-generational dialogue and artistic experimentation, with a particular focus on young artists. His own work is exploratory and critically engaged, drawing from personal and social realities with equal parts curiosity and self-reflection. Most recently, he has been delving into texture and abstraction as his primary mode of expression.