Sunaryo (b. Banyumas, Indonesia, 1943) 

 

 

A painter and sculptor, Sunaryo graduated from the Department of Art at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1969 and became a lecturer there in 1970. He further studied sculpting and carving marble in Carrara, Italy in 1975. Upon returning to Indoneseia he was appointed as the Head of the Sculpture Department at ITB from 1976 to 1980 and later in 1988 he served as the Chairman of the Art Department at the institute.

 

He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions world-wide. The UNESCO and the International association of Art in Paris awarded him a Silver Medal fro Graphic Design in 1978. He is the founder of the Selasar Sunaryo museum in Bandung that was established in 1988.