BIOGRAPHY

Pande Ketut Taman

Born in the village of Peliatan, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, on 9 April 1970.  He comes from a family of artists that began with his grandfather, I Wayan Gredeg, who was a traditional Balinese architect and carver.  His father, Pande Wayan Nama, is a temple priest and studied painting from Dullah (1919-1996), and was an official artist during the year of President Soekarno, Indonesian first president.

After finishing junior high school, Taman became very interested in increasing his knowledge of painting, so he continued his studies at the High School of Fine Arts in Denpasar.  In 1998, he received his fine arts degree from the Indonesia arts Institute (Institut Seni Indonesia, ISI) in Yogyakarta.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004     "Kamarupa", Gallery Canna, Jakarta

2003     "Bunga di Taman Hati", Inggil Gallery, Jakarta

2000     "Survival", Sika Contemporary Art Gallery, Bali

            "Luh Luih", Art Folio, Singapore

2000     "Survival", Sika Contemporary Art Gallery, Bali

1999     Millenium Gallery, Jakarta

            Komaneka Fine Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali

1997     "Tugas Akhir", FSR ISI, Yogyakarta

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007     "Ar[t]chipelago Alert", Tony Gallery, Bali

            "i+", Canna Gallery, Jakarta

            "Neo Nation", Biennale Jogja IX, Yogyakarta

            "Konstruksi 2", Paros Gallery, Bali

            "100 Tahun Affandi", Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta

2006     "Langgeng Contemporary Art Festifal"

            "Erotica", TonyRaka Gallery, Bali

2005     "Jogja Bienalle", Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta

2003     Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Yogyakarta

            "Grup 11", Museum Rudana, Bali

            "Bali-Basel", Sika Contemporary Art Gallery

2002     "Pameran", Gallery Canna, Jakarta

            "Pastel", Gallery 9, Yogyakarta

2001     "Bali Contemporary Painting", Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta

            "Not I am I?", Nadi Gallery, Jakarta

            "Dermensch Als Mass", Museum Der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland

2000     "Sekuntuk Asa untuk Millennium Tiga", World trade Centre Jakarta

1999     "Pande, Dipo, Didik", Purna Budaya, Yogyakarta

            "Bienalle Seni Rupa Yogyakarta 1999", Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta

1997     11 Pinters Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Sika Contemporary Art Gallery, Bali

1995     Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Nyoman Gunarsa Museum, Yogyakarta

1994     Pratisara Affandi Adikarya, Purnabudaya, Yogyakarta

1993     "Group 11", Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, Kerti Gallery Ubud, Bali

1990     Neka Museum, Bali

1989     Harkitnas", Art Centre, Bali

Collections

The works of Pande Ketut Taman are in the collections of Neka Art Museum in Bali; Singapore Art Museum in Singapore; and numerous private collections in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, Australia and the U.S.A..