I Gak Murniasih, alias Murni

about the artist

* 1966 , Tabanan - † 2006 , Bali

I Gak Murniasih is a visual artist based on Bali whose signature is the image of the traditional Balinese style Pengosekan painting. She is best known for her graphic and uninhibited painting of nude body parts, which are presented sexually to the audience. Murni, who has exhibited her artworks in Italy, Thailand, Japan, Australia and Hong Kong, likes to explore feminism, identity, sex, violence and death through her explicit artworks. One of the last major exhibitions in which Murni has shown her paintings was together with Indonesian artists, Fika Ria Santika and Tintin Wulia, presenting their works at the "Shaping Geographies: Art | Woman | Southeast Asia" exhibition at Gajah Gallery Singapore.