Januri

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Januri is a young artist from Indonesia who has made a big impact in his short career. He had always wanted to be an artist and at the age of 15 he left home to go to the Arts Preparatory Senior High School (SMSR) in Yogyakarta and in 1996 he enrolled at the Institute of Fine Arts (SENI) in Indonesia.

Januri’s work represents a rare thing, a living artist who is receiving due recognition whilst still developing and growing. In the past few years he has gone from strength to strength, presenting his work to a variety of International audiences and receiving acclaim. It is the coherence of each piece in terms of composition, colour and narrative strength that makes Januri’s work so sought after; that and the consistently high quality of his work have made Januri a desirable collector’s artist.

In 2001, he won the Nokia Art Award Indonesia, while he was an Indofood Art Award finalist for the last two years and a Phillip Morris Art Award finalist in 1998, 2000 and 2003.