Sinta Tantra (b. 1979, New York) is a British artist of Balinese descent. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London between 1999–2003 and later continued her studies in art at the Royal Academy Schools in London, graduating in 2006. Tantra describes herself as a painter working on an architectural scale. By using an abstract geometric style, exploring color, identity, and narratives, she questions the function of spaces in her work. Sinta Tantra is highly regarded for her site-specific murals and installations in the public realm.
Solo exhibitions include Salon, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA (2025); Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Palm Beach, USA (2024); Shrines of Gaeity, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2023); All You Could Hear, Richard Koh Gallery, Bangkok (2023); Art Singapore, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Singapore (2023); Constellations of Being, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2022); On Being Blue, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Nevlunghavn (2022); Birds of Paradise, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2021); Modern Times, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020); Your Private Sky, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2018); A House in Bali, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2017); A Romance of Many Dimensions, Pearl Lam Gallery, Hong Kong (2016); Fantastic / Chromatic, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2015); Essence of a Thing, House of St. Barnabas, London (2005); Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra, Choi and Lager Gallery, Cologne (2015); Dynamic, Maximum, Tension, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2011); Politics of Seduction, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London (2010); Arsenic Fantasy, Gaya Fusion Gallery, Bali (2010); Real Phoney, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London (2009).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Light is Therefore Colour, duo exhibition with Eileen Cooper, Turner's House Museum, Twickenham, UK (2025); (Upcoming) EXPO Chicago, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Chicago, IL (2025); The Geometry of Abstraction, Paul Smith, No9 Albemarle Street, London, UK (2024); Expo Chicago, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Chicago, USA (2024); Art Singapore Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Singapore (2024); Art Moments Jakarta, Sheraton Grand Jakarta, Gandaria City, Jakarta (2023); Where the Wild Roses Grow, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2023); Tutur Bentuk, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2023); KIWARI: Narasi Identitas dan Kefanaan, Tumurun Museum, Surakarta, Indonesia (2023); Women Group Show, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2023); Sua Kuasa Matra, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2023); Taru Bingin, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2023); Art Jakarta Gardens, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2023); Cure 3, Bonhams, London, UK (2023); Light in Retrospective, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2022); A New Paradise, Saatchi Gallery, London (2022); Small is Beautiful: 40th Edition, Flowers Gallery London (2022); Uprising, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Berlin (2022); Reverberation, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2022); Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2021); Buah Tangan, ISA, Jakarta (2020); Super Flatland, White Conduit Projects, London (2020); On the Nature of Botanical Gardens, Framer Framed, Amsterdam (2020); Reinventing Eve, ISA, Jakarta (2019); Y: Collect 3.0, Ruci Art Space, Jakarta; Woven & Illuminated (2019); Strangers in Town, Art Dubai, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai (2019); Reflections, Puerta Roja Gallery, Hong Kong (2018); Karachi Biennial, Pakistan (2019); Always Bright, Ambiente Indonesia via Isa Art Advisory, Jakarta (2018); Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London (2018); London Graphic, Thameside Studios, London (2018); Absorption as a Way of Seeing, Pearl Lam Gallery, Hong Kong (2018); Elysian Fields: Sinta Tantra & Haffendi Anuar, Richard Koh Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2018); Hornby Tantra, Works III, Broadgate, London (2018); Tetap Terang / Always Bright, ISA Gallery, Jakarta (2018); Voyage to Indonesia, The World Bank, Washington DC (2018); Empirical Atlas, Pearl Lam Gallery, Singapore (2017); High Noon, Accademia Belle Arti di Rome, Rome (2017); Acts of Transgression, Pearl Lam Gallery, Singapore (2017); Summer Mostra, The British School at Rome, Rome (2017); Identify Your Limitations, Acknowledge Your Periphery, Vitrine Gallery, Basel (2017); Changing Perspective, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta (2017); Quotidian, Pearl Lam Gallery, Shanghai (2017); I Lost My Heart to a Spaceship Trooper, Griffin Gallery, London (2017); Spring Mostra, The British School at Rome, Rome (2017); Lost and Found: Place, Space; Identity, the World Trade Centre, Jakarta (2016); Painting Now, Riccado Crespi Gallery, Milan (2016); Infinity in FluxART, Jog, 8 Yogakarta (2015); Inspired by Soane, John Soane Museum, London (2015); Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra: Collaborative Works, Choi and Lager Gallery, Cologne (2015); Bend Sinister, I-CAN, Yogjakarta (2014); What You See Is What You See, Sinta Tantra and Carsten Fock, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2014); Gatekeeper, William Holman Gallery, New York (2014); Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design, Grand Kemang Hotel, Jakarta (2013); The Fine Line, Identity Gallery, Hong Kong (2013); Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra: Collaborative Works, Canary Wharf, London (2013); Confined, NEST Gallery, The Hague (2012); And There Was..., Salon Vert, London (2010); Present Perfect, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London (2009); Nothing Works, Shoreditch Town Hall, London (2008); Gatti, The Canal Museum, London (2008); Picante, Deutsche Bank, London (2007); Twelve to One, curated by Ann Elliott, Canary Wharf, London (2006); Baroquerocks!, Espace Brochage Express, Paris (2005); Salon de Freehand, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Boo Hoo Hoo! I’m Between a Laugh and a Cry, Ada Street Gallery, London (2005); Waiting, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2005).