Coming Home: Soundsibility

This is the seventh of a series of exhibitions of the same name presenting the work of artists who were exhibited at Komaneka Art Gallery when they were up-and-coming artists. Komaneka was a sort of birthplace in which they were presented to the wider world. Afterwards they were free to develop themselves and venture into the world, becoming successful artists in their own right.

This exhibition celebrates the recent work of Balinese artist – Putu Bonuz Sudiana. It symbolizes a journey back to his roots, back to the place where he was born as an artist – bringing his new art to a place he called home.

I Putu Bonuz Sudiana was born in the tiny island of Nusa Penida of the southeast coast of Bali on 30 December 1972. In a place known for its fishing and seaweed farming, Sudiana began by painting fishing boats. His great interest in painting was unusual in a fishing village, but this did not discourage him from wanting to formally study painting. After finishing junior high school in Nusa Penida, he bravely moved to Bali to study at the High School of Fine Arts (SMSR). Then in 1995 he continued on to the Fine Arts College of Indonesia (STSI, now the Indonesia Arts Institute, ISI) in Denpasar.

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