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During his early career, I Made Wianta studied the Balinese classical wayang style of painting from master artists in Kamasan, Klungkung. His drawings of Balinese spirits and creatures has novel, peculiar and personalised shapes. When he used colours, the works were similar in structure to his drawings but did not have figurative elements. Instead, he began painting in abstraction that systematically used small dots of colour with a mixture of linear contours and flat surfaces. Then he went on to create geometrical constructions that combined spontaneous calligraphic strokes. His works throughout his career can be classified by periods such as the dots period, the triangles period, the calligraphy period and the mixed media period. His work is represented in the collection of The Neka Museum in Ubud, Bali. I Made Wianta attended the school of fine art in Denpasar, Bali and the Indonesian Academy of Fine Art in Yogyakarta. He went to Brussels, Belgium before he could complete his formal art education only returning to Indonesia in 1972. In 2017, he held a retrospective exhibition entitled Run For Manhattan, which showcased 42 works consisting of paintings and sculptures. Held at the Ciptadana Art Space in Central Jakarta, the exhibition was curated by Emmo Italiaander. He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Indonesia and abroad namely the Venice Biennale in 2003 and Mike Weiss Gallery in New York, USA in 2005. His works are documented in publications like Made Wianta (1990), Made Wianta: Universal Balinese Artist (1999), Made Wianta: Art And Peace (2000) and Wild Dogs In Bali: The Art Of Made Wianta (2005). He now lives and works in Denpasar, Bali.