Ida Bagus Anom Suryawan is an internationally recognized woodcarver, mask and puppet maker, dancer and puppeteer. His success brought him to the United States to work at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum and the Sante Fe Folk Art Festival. He has held mask making, mask painting, and mask dancing workshops throughout the United States and he holds permanent mask exhibitions at the San Francisco Exploratorium.
He was born into a family of wood carvers in Mas Village, Ubud, Bali. For more than thirty years he has been in the art of mask carving. His works are collected by mask collectors from various countries. He also imparted the art of mask carving to students from all over the world. Not only that, he is also an expert in the art of wood carving and puppet making.
Ida Bagus Anom Suryawan adalah seorang pemahat kayu, pembuat topeng dan wayang, penari dan dalang yang diakui secara internasional. Kesuksesannya membawanya ke Amerika Serikat untuk bekerja di San Francisco Asian Art Museum dan Sante Fe Folk Art Festival. Dia telah mengadakan lokakarya pembuatan topeng, lukisan topeng, dan tarian topeng di seluruh Amerika Serikat dan dia mengadakan pameran topeng permanen di San Francisco Exploratorium.
Dia lahir dari keluarga pemahat kayu di Desa Mas, Ubud, Bali. Lebih dari tiga puluh tahun dia menekuni seni pahat topeng. Karya-karyanya dikoleksi oleh kolektor topeng dari berbagai negara. Dia juga menurunkan ilmu seni pahat topeng kepada siswa-siswa dari berbagai penjuru dunia. Tidak hanya itu, dia juga ahli dalam seni ukir kayu dan pembuatan wayang.
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