Made Wianta (b. 1949, Indonesia) studied at the school of fine art in Denpasar and The Indonesian Academy of Fine Art in Yogyakarta. Wianta often works across different mediums and modalities, combining painting and installation with poetry, movement and theatre. An artist with a strong sense of environmental awareness and social responsibility, he established the Wianta foundation which has collaborated with the Ford Foundation since 1992 to help preserve endangered traditional art and culture in Bali. Wianta has participated in many group and solo exhibitions in Indonesia and abroad, including the Venice Biennale in 2003.
