Made Suarimbawa Dalbo Sold at Auction Prices

MADE SUARIMBAWA DALBO (b. 1977) JUBAH DAN AKSESORIS; DOA’ AKU 160, 2003, Mixed media on canvas

Made Suarimbawa Dalbo belongs to the new breed of Bali artists who are breaking free from what is somewhat derogatorily dubbed ‘Baliseeing’ – the touristy genre of Balinese dances and cultural performances and Hindu-centric rituals. Existing loosely as a group called Sanggar Dewata or under the umbrella Denpasar-supported project, Skizofriends Art Movement, the artists are trying to break free from the rituals and romance that had influenced the direction of Balinese art since the arrival of expatriates such as Miguel Covarrubias, Walter Spies and Arie Smit. Eleven major artists from this stream from Bali even took part in a group exhibition at the Forty-Five Downstairs Gallery in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2016, and Dalbo was one of them. Dalbo graduated from the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI), Yogyakarta, majoring in Painting, in 2004. Dalbo is also part of the Lempuyang visual arts community originally in Karangasem. He was a finalist of the Indonesian component of the Asean Art Awards in 1998.