Heri Wardono

Heri Wardono, widely known as Heri Dono, is an Indonesian contemporary artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, installation and performance. Born in Jakarta in 1960, he studied at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Yogyakarta and developed a distinctive visual language influenced by wayang kulit shadow puppetry. His often humorous and satirical works explore social and political absurdities while combining traditional Indonesian imagery with experimental forms and technologies.