BiasArts - British Indonesian Artists' Society presents the work of international artists : two of whom live and work in Britain; Mark Harrison, Rosalind Whitman, and five who live and work in Indonesia; Made Wianta, Indra Bagus Indra, Ahmad Raji Pranoto, I Gusti Lanang Men and Warsito. This touring exhibition is taking place at the Jenggala Gallery, Jimbaran - Bali, for the second time around as part of the Touring Exhibition 2006.

The artists taking part in this exciting venture span a wide spectrum of art and ideas.
Mark Harrison is an artist, who won the British Science Fiction Society Award for his 'Dreamlands' in 1990. Specialising in fantastic art, his frequent visits to South East Asia have been seminal. His recent work in pastel and oil can be exemplified in the drama of his 'Pura Dalem' temple. Seen through a 'window' between dark tree trunks, within a diagonal, eye-like space, where beams of light gush down from the corner, the building is floodlit, as if on a stage.

Rosalind Whitman, already much traveled, is always intensely involved in each culture she has explored. In 1992 she was sponsored to spend time in Indonesia, where she concentrated on studies of the temples of Borubudur and Prambanan in Java. She enjoys bringing architecture to life, using pastel to skim the page with light and shadow, soft and gentle, yet firm and strong, from which emerges a truly magical experience.

The Indonesian artists taking part, with their different perceptual backgrounds, bring a wealth of diversity to this venture. Pranato enjoys experimenting with such mixtures as plaster on ceramic. In this exhibition, however, we see some of his fine-line drawings and monochrome paintings. With a subtlety of shading the models are alive, as they seem to float over the anticipating space.

Made Wianta, a Balinese artist, represented Indonesia at the Venice Biennale in 2003. While embracing spirituality, he is also engaged in social and environmental events. His performance on World Peace Day 1999 involved 200 dancers dressed in black, against white sand - the natural environment both stage and a symbol, a political comment. The calligraphy showing here demonstrates his sensitive delineation of opportunity for spatial arrangement and dynamic.

The young Ida Bagus Indra, also Balinese, blends traditional and sacred culture and dance (rooted in the philosophy of the Hindu faith) with everyday aspects of daily life. In 2003 he moved to Melbourne and his paintings reflect his travels and cross-cultural perceptions. One notes his sensational use of contrast, (maybe even cultural comment), as in his 'Giant Roots', where the background brushstrokes are bold and strong, as light focuses on a frail figure. She stands, hands folded, while the giant roots of the tree behind fan out around her.

Gusti Komang Ngurah Lanang Men is a self-taught artist living in Ubud, where he is a member of a vibrant artistic community. He learnt painting alongside local talent, such as Anang Kusdario. In 1993 he went to Holland, invited by Jean Pecasse, a Dutch artist and tutor who gave him the opportunity to extend his natural techniques. However, much of his inspiration comes from Balinese daily life. His 'Blessing', two local women, one kneeling, receiving and the other standing, giving, has wonderful generosity of colour and reciprocal connection, figures of dignity, with every fold of cloth.

Warsito was born in Eastern Java, but his art led him to Ubud, where many of his works are permanently on display. He also focuses on scenes of everyday life, but here the expression is bold, bright and powerful, yet also with absorbing delicacy of contrasting detail, in his depiction of fabric.