Erica Hestu Wahyuni
b.1971(Java)
Born in Yogyakarta, Java in 1971. Erica started painting in primary school, joining a children’s drawing club (Sanggar Katamsi), which was taught by Suharto PR and Herry Wibowo – both established painters. Erica is hailed as one of the most promising artists from Indonesia. She studied painting at the prestigious Indonesian Fine Art Institute in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Surikov Institute of Art, Russia.
Erica’s paintings are usually unpretentious expressions of herself and they reflect her experiences and interests. Her art may be childlike, but they are certainly not simplistic. Each work contains interesting narrative qualities, which reveal the worldview of the artist. Erica’s naive, playful renditions have ascertained her reputation as one of the most sought-after contemporary artists in South East Asia.
愛麗茄·赫斯圖·瓦尤尼（Erica Hestu Wahyuni）(生於1971年爪哇島 (Java)）。她在小學時期開始繪畫，加入了由Suharto PR和Herry Wibowo（兩位知名畫家）教授的兒童繪畫俱樂部（Sanggar Katamsi）。她曾在印度尼西亞日惹的印尼美術學院和俄羅斯的蘇里科夫美術學院學習繪畫，被譽為印尼最有潛力的藝術家之一。
愛麗茄的畫作真誠地表達自己，反映了她的經歷和興趣。她的作品常常呈現緊湊而複雜的背景排列，透過一個畫面中的不同場景完整地說出故事。愛麗茄傾向於誇大主角身體的特徵，簡單的形狀和鮮艷的顏色展現她的世界觀。每件作品都具有有趣的敘事特質，使她成為東南亞最受追捧的當代藝術家之一。