A Space For Art

Citra Sasmita is a contemporary artist from Bali whose work focuses on unravelling the myths and misconceptions of Balinese art and culture. She is also deeply invested in questioning a woman’s place in the social hierarchy and seeks to upend the normative construct of gender.

Born in Bali, Indonesia on March 30, 1990, Citra Sasmita has never formally graduated from an art institution. She studied for a Literature diploma at Udayana University (2008), and at the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences at Ganesha University of Education, majoring in Physics Education (2009). Her dream as an artist grew again when she joined the campus theatre group and became a short story illustrator in Bali Post. When she became an illustrator she deepened her self-taught world of art and actively participated in exhibitions in and outside of Bali.