Made Wiguna Valasara. Profile photo from Widewalls

Made Wiguna Valasara

b. 1983, Sukawati, Indonesia

Lives and works in Indonesia

Made Wiguna Valasara is an artist who deeply engages in painting and sculpture. He is mostly known for his stuffed canvas technique, depicting varied subject matter, from his reinterpretation on Bali Traditional Painting to appropriation on Renaissance and Modern paintings.

His works have won a number of awards, including finalist at the UOB Painting of the Year (2012); finalist at the 2010 Indonesian Art Award and Best Painting at ISI Yogyakarta’s 23rd Dies Natalis (2007). In 2011, he was artist-in-residence at Selasar Sunaryo Artspace, Bandung, Indonesia.

Biography information from www.theartling.com, May 2022

Made Wiguna Valasara, 'Animal Kingdom The Last Chronicle', 2010, yarn, acrylic and dacron, 180 x 180 cm. Image from Artsy

Made Wiguna Valasara, 'White is my last weapon (After Masriadi)', 2013, stuffed canvas, 140 x 140 cm. Image from Artsy

Made Wiguna Valasara, 'DAILY PARADE', 2020, hand stitched embossed canvas, 100 x 100 x 5 cm. Image from Sovereign Art Foundation