Sinta Tantra

Her diverse practice ranges from painting to site-specific sculptural interventions and large-scale public artworks.

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BIOGRAPHY

Tantra’s works usually merge art and architecture with patterns and colors that mirror her Balinese heritage. Heavily influenced by the works of conceptual artist, Sol Lewitt, Tantra is widely recognized in her ability to create intricate works that exceed the canvas or gallery space.

A British artist of Balinese descent, Sinta Tantra was born in New York in 1979. She studied in London at the Slade School of Fine Art (1999-2003) and at the Royal Academy Schools (2004-06).

Highly regarded for her public artworks both in the UK and internationally, Tantra’s most notable public work includes a 300-metre long painted bridge commissioned for the 2012 Olympics, Canary Wharf, London.

2018 Stoneleaf Residency, New York
2017 Bridget Riley Fellowship in Drawing, British School at Rome
2015 Shortlisted for the Jerwood Contemporary Painting Prize
2014 International Development Fund, Art Council UK and British Council
2012 First Prize, Painting and Decorating Industry Award
2012 The Royal British Society of Sculptors AHRBS
2010 Shortlisted for the Jerwood Contemporary Painting Prize
2009 British Council Grant
2009 Courvosier ‘The Future 500’ in partnership with The Observer Newspaper
2007 Arts Council England
2007 Westminster Civic Award, Public Arts
2006 The Deutsche Bank Award in Fine Art
2006 The Gordon Luton Award, The Worshipful Company Painters Stainers Trust
2005 Michael Moser Award
2003-6 Paul Smith Scholarship at The Royal Academy of Arts
2002 Henry Moore Sculpture Fund

2018 Your Private Sky, Kristin Hjellegerde Gallery , London
2017 A House in Bali, ISA Gallery, Jakarta
2016 A Romance of Many Dimensions, Pearl Lam Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 Fantastic / Chromatic, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
2015 Essence of a Thing, House of St. Barnabas, London
2015 Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra, Choi and Lager Gallery, Cologne
2011 Dynamic, Maximum, Tension, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
2010 Politics of Seduction, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London
2010 Arsenic Fantasy, Gaya Fusion Gallery, Bali
2009 Real Phoney, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London