Mabiang Seni Art Residency is a process-based art residency located twenty minutes from central Ubud, Bali. It currently offers eight rooms and plans to launch an independent contemporary art gallery. The residency is rooted in the Balinese word "biang," meaning mother, symbolizing origins and roots. It aims to provide a nurturing environment for artists to explore their creative visions,…
This is the 2026 catalogue of Mabiang Seni Art Residency, a process-based art residency located twenty minutes from central Ubud, Bali. The document presents artworks by resident artists, with prices and medium details, intended for collectors, galleries, and art enthusiasts interested in contemporary Balinese art.
The catalogue opens with an introduction to Mabiang Seni, its mission rooted in the Balinese word "biang" meaning mother, and its location near the sacred water purification temple Goa Garba. It describes the residency's eight rooms, plans for an independent contemporary art gallery, and its goal to support local and international artists, writers, curators, and creatives while building connections with museums and cultural institutions across the region.
The first artist featured is Olen Riyanto, a Chinese-Indonesian multidisciplinary artist working with compositional drawings and soft sculptures. Her section includes five watercolor on paper works with custom teak wood frames, each priced at IDR 7,150,000, with titles such as "It Was Inspired By Morandi," "Colorful Abyss," "The Chaos of Fems & Patterns," "Today I Like Green," and "Lemon Blanket."
The second artist is Anroo (Roo), a Jakarta-born, Bali-based artist known for painting, sketching, and macrame using eco-friendly mediums like raw cotton fabric, rope, bamboo, and wood. Her works include acrylic on raw cotton canvas with macrame rope, priced from IDR 13,000,000 to IDR 25,000,000, with titles such as "Three Part no. 1," "Lost and Found," "Dance of the Flowers," "Mind," and "Season 8."
The third artist is Erin İlkcan Aslan, a multidisciplinary artist with a background in philosophy and fine arts, whose practice explores mythology, ritual, memory, nature, and altered states of perception. Moving between Türkiye, Thailand, and Bali, his work features ancient archetypes as living forms in contemporary experience, and extends into artist-led cultural initiatives, interdisciplinary workshops, and international collaborations.