Artist

Gunarsa, I Nyoman

(1944 - 2017, Indonesian)
He graduated from STSRI “ASRI” / Indonesian College of Fine Arts, Yogyakarta in 1976 and worked as a lecturer at ISI / Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta from 1967 to 1994. In 1970, Gunarsa was one of the co-founders of Sanggar Dewata Indonesia. He has received numerous awards since the 1960s, including the Pratisara Affandi Adhi Karya from STSRI “ASRI” Yogyakarta in 1976; Best Painting Award at the Indonesian Painting Biennial in 1978 and 1980; Lempad Prize awarded by Sanggar Dewata Indonesia in 1980; and the Dharma Kusuma awarded by the Governor of Bali. Gunarsa has participated in dozens of exhibitions throughout Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, USA, Germany, The Netherlands, France and Italy. He has founded two museums: the Museum of Contemporary Indonesian Painting, Yogyakarta which opened in 1989, and the Museum of Classical Balinese Painting in Klungkung, Bali which opened in 1994.

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