I Nyoman Masriadi, a painter, is a leading artist of the post-Suharto era and his works have gained a select collectors base, which includes prominent collectors in and around the region.

Masriadi was born 1973, in Gianyar, Bali. He received his training in art at the Institute Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta. The visual imagery and narratives in his paintings are derived from keen and intelligent observations of social life and behavioural traits. His visual vocabulary is striking, continuously refreshing and contemporaneously relevant.

In Bali, where he was born, there were two traditions of painting - a sacred one and one of words for a Western audience - but his relationship to these is indirect. Indeed, in an attemp...