I Made Supena

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Biography

In English

I Made Supena was born in Singapadu, Gianyar, January 12, 1970. He studied fine arts at the Art and Design Program (PSRD) of Udayana University (1991-1997). He is the son of the legendary sculptor I Ketut Mudja. Supena's works are abstract by taking inspiration from nature. In addition to painting, he also makes sculpture, installation art, and works on performance art. Supena is also active in the visual arts groups “Galang Kangin” and “MilitanArts”.

Since 1991 Supena has been diligently involved in joint art exhibitions, both at home and abroad. While his solo exhibition was in 1998 at The Chedi Payangan Gallery, Bali. Then the exhibition Reality of Abstract Painting (Art Center Bali, 1999), Landscape und Abstraction (with Susena, Frankfrut, Germany, 2000), New painting (Suli Art Gallery, Denpasar, 2002), About Hature (Gallery Mon Décor, Jakarta, 2002 ), The Likeness of Nature (Ganesha Gallery, Bali, 2004), Studi Alam Supena (Danes Art Veranda Denpasar, 2005), Made Supena Landscape (Gracia Gallery, Surabaya, 2007), Emotion (Santrian Gallery Sanur, 2008), Genealogy (Jogja Gallery , Yogyakarta, 2010), Solitude of Child (Kubu Kopi Denpasar, 2015), Ritus Mountain (Maya Gallery, Sanur, 2017), Interpreting Feelings (Griya Santrian, Sanur, 2018).

Supena has won a number of awards including the Award for Sculpture Museum Bali, Denpasar (1991), Award of the Governor of Bali (1994), Award of the Embassy of Peru in Jakarta (1995), Award of Phillip Morris Arts Foundation (1997), Finalist of the Winsor-Newton Competition, Jakarta (2000), Certificate of Ownership, Wellculturen Frankfurt Museum, Germany (2010), Certificate Art Work Golden Land, BIAB Bejing, China (2015), Top 9 Titian Art Foundation ( 2017).

On April 16, 2019 Supena died at Sanglah Hospital. He had severe bleeding in the brain due to an attack of hypertension. Bali lost one of its best artists.

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In Indonesian

I Made Supena lahir di Singapadu, Gianyar, 12 Januari 1970. Dia kuliah seni rupa di Program Seni Rupa dan Desain (PSRD) Universitas Udayana (1991-1997). Dia putra pematung legendaris I Ketut Mudja. Karya-karya Supena beraliran abstrak dengan mengambil inspirasi dari alam. Selain seni lukis, dia juga membuat patung, seni instalasi, dan menggarap seni pertunjukan (performance art). Supena juga aktif dalam kelompok seni rupa “Galang Kangin” dan “MilitanArts”.

Sejak 1991 Supena rajin terlibat dalam pameran seni rupa bersama, baik di dalam maupun luar negeri. Sedangkan pameran tunggalnya adalah pada 1998 di Galleri The Chedi Payangan, Bali. Kemudian pameran Reality of Abstrak Painting (Art Center Bali, 1999), Landscape und Abstraction (bersama Susena, Frankfrut, Jerman, 2000), New painting (Suli Art Gallery, Denpasar, 2002), About Hature (Gallery Mon Décor, Jakarta, 2002), The Likeness of Nature (Ganesha Gallery, Bali, 2004), StudiAlamSupena (Danes Art Veranda Denpasar, 2005), Lanskap Made Supena (Gracia Gallery, Surabaya, 2007), Emotion (Santrian Gallery Sanur, 2008), Genealogi (Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, 2010), Solitude of Child (Kubu Kopi Denpasar, 2015), Ritus Gunung (Maya Gallery, Sanur, 2017), Interpreting Feelings (Griya Santrian, Sanur, 2018).

Penghargaan seni rupa yang pernah diraih oleh Supena antara lain Award for Sculpture Museum Negeri Bali, Denpasar (1991), Award of the Governor of Bali (1994), Award of the Embassy of Peru in Jakarta (1995), Award of Phillip Morris Arts Foundation (1997), Finalist of the Winsor-Newton Competition, Jakarta (2000), Certificate of Ownership, Museum Wellculturen Frankfrut, Jerman (2010), Certificate Art Work Golden Land, BIAB Bejing, Cina (2015), Top 9 Titian Art Foundation (2017).

Pada tanggal 16 April 2019 Supena meninggal di RSUP Sanglah. Dia mengalami pendarahan di bagian otak yang parah akibat serangan hipertensi. Bali kehilangan salah satu perupa terbaiknya.