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I Ketut Mario is thought to have been born in Belaluan village, Denpasar, and later grew up in Banjar Lebah, Tabanan. An aristocrat named Anak Agung Ngurah Made Kaleran, who loved the arts and gave much support to artists in his region, has been identified as his adopted father.
Mario first became a dancer for the Pangkung Gong club in Tabanan. In 1958 he went with the group to Paris, Holland, England, America and Canada, and in 1962 they toured America.
Mario was not only a dancer, he was a choreographer as well. His monumental creation Kebyar Duduk, or if danced with trompong, Kebyar Trompong, stirred a revolution in Balinese dance. These creations contrasted greatly with other dancers of the time, being performed for the most part in a stooped sitting position. The birth of Kebyar Duduk in 1925 drew an enourmous influence from gamelan gong kebyar when Mario became accidentally entranced by the music he heard played by the musicians of Bantiran village. Another Mario's choreography is Oleg Tamulilingan, which he did in 1952. It also gave a contribution for the development of the Balinese dance. +
I Kadek Surya Kencana was born in Dalung, Bali, January 24, 1986. He graduated from Ganesha University of Education, Bali. Won 2nd place in the National Student Poetry Writing Contest (Ministry of National Education, 2005) and 1st Place in Bali Poetry Writing Contest (2007). His poems have been published in the Bali Post and various other media, and are summarized in the book Herbarium (2007), The Buleleng Dancers (2008), Chewing Furious (2017). Now he works as a journalist in Denpasar. +
I Ketut Alon (1932 – 1993) was a sculptor born in Banjar Tarukan, Mas Village, Ubud, Bali. He studied carving from the sculptor Ida Bagus Nyana. He makes many wooden statues with puppet themes (Mahabarata and Ramayana) and also humanist themes of daily life. Many of his works are collected by foreign tourists. He was invited to exhibit in Japan in 1981, 1982 and 1985.
In 1968, he founded "I Ketut Alon Balinese Art Shop & Wood Carver" which later changed to "Alon Gallery" in 1991. The gallery is located on Jalan Raya Mas, Ubud and is managed by one of his sons, I Kadek Ariasa. In the gallery there is also the Githa Ariswara Studio which was founded in 2000 and operates in the field of dance and percussion under the I Ketut Alon Foundation. The foundation also established the Sarin Rare Education Park, which is heavily involved in art education for children. +
Angga Wijaya is the pen name of I Ketut Angga Wijaya. Born in Negara, Bali, February 14, 1984. Learned to write poetry since high school when he joined the Cultural Paper Community under the care of the poet Nanoq da Kansas. His poems have been published in Warta Bali, Jembrana Post, Independent News, Riau Pos, Bali Post, Jogja Review, Serambi Indonesia, Denpost, Tribun Bali, tatakala.co, balebengong.id, qureta.com, gallerybukujakarta.com, simalaba. net and Dian Sastro's Poetry Anthology for President! End of Trilogy (INSIST Press, 2005) and Chewing Geram (One Hundred Poems Against Corruption) published by the Manikaya Kauci Foundation, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and Jatijagat Kampung Poetry (2017). His poetry collection entitled “Notes Pulang” was launched in January 2018. Angga works as a journalist in Denpasar. +
I Ketut Aryawan Kenceng was born in Banjar Bendul, Klungkung, December 22, 1959. He completed elementary to high school in Klungkung and studied at the English Faculty of Udayana University for five semesters. He then worked in the tourism sector in Denpasar and wrote literature in Balinese and Indonesian. His Indonesian poems were published in the Bali Post, Simfoni, Swadesi. His Balinese poetry was published in Bali Orti Bali Post and Pos Bali. His collection of Balinese poetry has been published under the titles Beruk (2014), Bikul (2014), Bubu (2015), Rwa Bhineda (2015). +
Born into a family of master artisans in the village of Padang Tegal, Ubud in 1950 Budiana is highly skilled as a sculptor and architect, and specializes in making scared temple images, ceremonial masks and sarcophagus for ritual cremations. A former art teacher, he studied art at SSRI, the Indonesian School of Art in Denpasar and briefly with renowned Dutch painter and architect Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978).
Budiana began painting in the early 70’s and exhibiting from 1974 and has shown his work in many foreign countries while he has won a string of local and international awards. He has been active as a curator at Ubud’s Museum Puri Lukisan from 1986 – 1990 while serving in 1990 as a curator at ARMA museum, and has contributed numerous articles and essays to various publications. Budiana has regularly exhibited at Bentara Budaya Bali while also exhibiting at Bentara Budaya Jakarta and Yogyakarta. +
I Ketut Eriadi Ariana was born in Bangli, 1994. Currently completing postgraduate studies at the Linguistics Masters Study Program, Literary Discourse Concentration, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University. His daily life is as a journalist and singer at Ulun Danu Batur Temple, Batur Traditional Village, Bangli (since January 8 2020). A number of his Balinese language poems and essays were published in mass media such as Tatkala.co, Media Bali, Pos Bali, Suara Saking Bali, and Nuansa Bali Magazine. Balinese poetry was published in the single anthology Ulun Danu (2019). His writings have also been published in books such as Prabhajnyana: Mosaic of Lontar Library Studies, Udayana University (2020), Gocara Literary Journal, Ancient Javanese Literature Study Program, Udayana University, and Sarasastra: Balinese Cultural Thought Center (2020). Meanwhile, his first book of single essays is entitled Ecologisme Batur (2020). He once served as Secretary of the DPK Peradah Indonesia Badung (2016-2017), before being entrusted with the duties as Chair of the DPK Peradah Indonesia Bangli (2018-2021). +
Ngendon was among the first of the Batuan painters to try the new art and was very influential on those who followed.
Due to the fact that Ngendon was acquainted with both Spies and Bonnet at an early stage, and because he was involved in organising toursist events, his art seems to reach a higher degree of Westernisation than his contemporaries from the Batuan region. Paradoxically it may well be true that it is due to Ngendon's influence and artistic leadership that the Batuan painters as a group preserved their own identity and did not become epigenists of any western artist (unlike some painters from the Ubud region). Illustrative is the example told by I Ketut Tombelos (Margaret Mead's field notes), where it is said that Ngendon had a violent disagreement with Bonnet regarding the paternalistic interventions of the latter towards the style and choice subject of Ngendon. Professor Hildred Geertz perceives a strong taboo against any sign of modernisation evident in the work of Batuan painters (op. cit. p. 17). Still she rightly suggests that it was Western modernity and Western forms of power that fascinated and inspired Ngendon (op. cit. p. 19). The artist was a member of the Pita Maha artists' association.
The present lot compares to a picture of the same subject of a pupil by Ngendon: I Made Djata, Collection Bateson & Mead, Princeton University, New Jersey (on loan), inv. no. B-134 (cf. literature: H. Geertz, Images of Power, p. 57, p. 56 illus). For further bibliographical notes see Geertz, pp.5-19; Hohn, pp. 43-51. +
The senior poet I Ketut Rida was born in Banjar Kanginan, Sulang Village, Dawan District, Klungkung, September 11, 1939. He finished school at SGA Stella Duce/ Kanisius Yogyakarta in 1958, then continued his B1 Indonesian Language at Dénpasar, but did not finish.
From 1960 to 1987 he was appointed a teacher at an elementary school. For about 20 years, I Ketut Rida has served as the Principal of an Elementary School. In addition, he was appointed as a supervisor for kindergarten, elementary and SDLB. In the village, it was also believed to be the traditional bendésa of Sulang Village
Ketut Rida said that he has been pursuing writing or composing since he was a child. Every day Ketut Rida gets stories from his grandmother. That's why Ketut Rida is feeling happy. After completing his B1 Language Department, his attention to writing activities grew, focusing on studying the Kawi language, especially in Adiparwa.
He has produced several new literary works of Balinese and Indonesian literature and has received several award certificates, such as:
In 1977–1978, Ketut Rida became the second winner of the Indonesian Language Writing Competition for Elementary School Teachers at the Bali Province. In 1979, he became the first winner of a prose writing competition at the Bali Arts Festival (PKB). In 1980, he won first place in the Balinese Novel Writing Competition in the framework of Language Month. In 1982, he became the second winner of Composing Geguritan at PKB. In 1991, he won first place in the Balinese Short Story Competition in the Bali Post daily. In 1995, he won the first prize in the Balinese Short Story Competition at PKB.
From 1970 to 1980, many of Ketut Rida's essays were published in the Bali Post. His collection of poems entitled “Nyiksik Bulu” was published by the Dénpasar Language Center in 2004. His Balinese novel entitled “Sunari” was published by the Obor Foundation, Jakarta in 1999. This novel “Sunari” earned I Ketut Rida the Rancagé Literature Prize from the Rancagé Cultural Foundation in Bandung in 2000. In 2014 Ketut Rida received Widya Pataka from the Governor of Bali with his book entitled “Lawar Goak”.
I Ketut Sadia is from Batuan, Sukawati, Gianyar, Bali. He studied painting with I Wayan Taweng (father) and I Wayan Bendi (brother). He actively exhibits at home and abroad, including at the Arma Museum, Puri Painting Museum, Neka Museum, Jakarta National Museum, Singapore Art Museum, Tempera Art Museum, Finland, Fukuoka Art Museum, and the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC. Has won the 2008 Jakarta Art Award, Jakarta Art Award Finalist (2010, 2012), UOB Painting Of The Year Finalist (2012, 2013, 2014). +
I Ketut Sandika was born in Nyalian Village, Klungkung, Bali, February 11 1988. He studied at IHDN Denpasar. He wrote books about local wisdom and culture of the archipelago, especially Bali. He likes studying Balinese mysticism through studies of ancient texts, especially Old Javanese texts. The results of his studies were outlined in several books, including "Tantra, Ancient Science of the Archipelago", "Siwa Tattwa, Spiritual Teachings of the Ancestors of the Archipelago", "Sedulur Papat, Kalima Pancer, The Secret Science of Birth and Death", "Education According to the Vedas". +
I Ketut Soki (1946-2022) was a successful artist from Bali. As a boy, he was one of the first two children to receive art lessons from the famous artist Arie Smit, and so one of the founders of the "Young Artists" movement.
In 1960, Arie Smit went for a walk through the rice fields in Penestanan, Bali, and found a young boy drawing pictures in the sand. Smit invited the boy to his studio and gave him crayons and paper. The name of the young boy was I Nyoman Cakra. As a true Balinese, Nyoman didn't want to be alone, so he asked, "Can my nephew come too?" His nephew was I Ketut Soki and these two youths became Smit's first pupils. +
I Ketut Atmosphere alias Kabul, was born in Apuan, Tabanan, December 30, 1978. He completed his art education at ISI Denpasar. Kabul's works have a lot to say about the life of bees/wasps. For Kabul, the bee is a metaphor to describe human life. Since 2003, Kabul has been diligently involved in many joint exhibitions, both at home and abroad. His solo exhibitions include "Bee Atmosphere" at Sudana Gallery, Ubud, Bali (2009) and "Suhu Bee" at Maha Art Gallery, Renon, Bali (2010). Apart from painting, Kabul is also diligent in holding performance art and murals. +
I Ketut Sudarsana was born in Ulakan Village, Manggis, Karangasem, Bali on September 4, 1982. He is the youngest of three children born to I Ketut Derani (late) and Ni Ketut Merta. Married to Adi Purnama Sari and has four children; Saraswati Cetta Sudarsana, Kamaya Narendra Sudarsana, Ganaya Rajendra Sudarsana and Gayatri Metta Sudarsana.
He obtained a Bachelor (S1) Education in Hindu Religion at STAHN Denpasar (2004), and Masters (S2) in Hindu Religious Education at IHDN Denpasar (2009). In 2014 he completed his Doctoral (S3) education in Extension Education at the Graduate School of the Indonesian University of Education in Bandung.
On January 1, 2005 he became a permanent lecturer at the Hindu State University I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar. +
Ketut Sugantika alias Lekung was born in Singapadu, Gianyar, Bali, 1975. He focused on painting at ISI Denpasar. Many of his works are abstract by taking inspiration from nature. His solo exhibitions are Life Lines, Tadu Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016; Intimate Bali, Conrad Hotel Nusa Dua, Bali, 2014, Findings Object, Black and White Art Space, Sangeh, Bali, 2010; Sign, Art Center Denpasar, Bali, 2003. In addition, since 1998, he has been diligently involved in joint exhibitions, including the Artfordable Hongkong Art Fair, With Gundang Gambar & 37Tong Gallery, Hong Kong, 2018; Imago Mundi, Bentara Budaya Bali, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, 2016. He is also active in performance arts activities. Now he is active in the Militant Arts Community. +
I Ketut Sumarta wrote poetry as a teenager under the pen name Dommy Lavawan and was widely published in the Bali Post. He then diligently performed theater and wrote essays in the mass media, to pursue the world of journalism. He joined the EDITOR Weekly News Magazine in Jakarta—which was finally banned by the New Order regime in 1994. After returning to Bali in 1995, he was asked to serve as the Managing Editor of the daily NUSA until he was entrusted as Director. Since early 2000, together with his friends in Bali, he has published as well as leading the monthly Balinese culture magazine, SARAD. His writings on Balinese culture, among others, have been published in Kompas, Gatra Magazine, BASIS Culture Magazine. His published books include: The Figure of the Artist and the Denpasar Arts Association (1999), Batur: The Heart of Bali's Water Civilization (2015), etc. +
I Ketut Suwidiarta was born in Bongkasa, Badung, Bali on 24 November 1976 and had just finished his study on Fine Arts Faculty of Indonesian Art Institute in Jogja. After finishing High School in Denpasar, Suwidiarta studied Japanese for a year. In 1998, he moved to Jogjakarta and there his artistic exploration begun. He was living in Gunarsa’s house in Jogjakarta while sketching and drawing Simbok Nah, the servant at the house. That’s when he was painted the bloated and dwarfed bodies.
In the recent years, Suwidiarta’s works are far more contemplative and universal in concept as he started the series in which Buddha’s figure appeared. His works are full with mockery and irony on people’s life, with a shifting to spiritual issues. I Ketut Suwidiarta currently lives and works in Jogjakarta. +
I Ketut Suwidja was born in Singaraja, November 20, 1939. He is a writer from Bali who writes in Balinese and Indonesian. He also wrote on palm leaves. Many of his poems have been published in the Bali Post, Karya Bakti, Nusa, etc. Also collected in a number of joint anthologies, such as “Hram” (1988). His solo poetry anthology in Balinese is “Panah Surya” (2000) published by Sanggar Buratwangi and Balai Bahasa Bali. He has won various awards, including the Listibiya Award (1982), the Bali Provincial Government Award (1998), the Bali Literature Award from the Rancage Foundation (2001). He worked at the Gedong Kertya lontar museum in Singaraja and died in 2009. +
I Ketut Tjekeg, born in Banjar Tarukan, Mas Village, Ubud, January 25 1942. He was an important figure in Mas Village, Ubud, who contributed a lot to the progress of the village. Since childhood, he has been active in the arts, including performing in dramas, making statues and carvings, and being active in various organizations. He graduated from the Dwijendra Hindu PGAA school in 1962. He was an honorary Hindu religion teacher at Gianyar State Middle School. Then he became a journalist at the newspaper "Suara Indonesia" which is now the "Bali Post". He also worked at the Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur. In the 1960s he was active as an administrator for the PNI/Front Marhaenis Ranting Mas. He was involved in the birth of many organizations in Mas Village, including the Mas Student Association (P.P.M.), Sekaa Teruna/Karang Taruna, Janger arts organization, and so on. He published the book Autobiography and Physical & Mental Spiritual Development (2022) which contains many stories of his life and the history of the development and development of Mas Village, Ubud. +
Batuaninteractive.com :
"Tombelos was raised by a poor stonecutter and didn't go to school, though he could read and write Balinese. About fifteen years old in 1938, Tombelos had been drawing since about 1934 or1935. He studied art with Ngendon, who was a close relative, and was a member of Pita Maha. There are twenty-three pictures by Tombelos in the collection." +
