Sinta Tantra: Salon Exhibition - West Palm Beach

30 May - 12 September 2026

Sinta Tantra
Salon Exhibitions
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach is delighted to present two salon shows by Sinta Tantra, coinciding with the announcement of her major new public artwork as part of the 8111 S. Dixie Development Project. Across two distinct yet interconnecting installations, Tantra considers how different visual languages can offer pathways towards clarity, balance and embodied experience.

The first installation, Akasa, takes its name from a Sanskrit term for sky or space. In Balinese Hinduism it is one of five elements that make up the universe, symbolising openness, emptiness and a connection to the spiritual realm. While Tantra has explored similar themes in previous bodies of work, these latest paintings mark a shift in her colour palette away from darker, saturated tones to pared-back hues that play with the whiteness of the gallery space as well as the filtration of natural light to create a feeling of expansiveness. Here, emptiness is treated not as absence, but as an active condition, charged with potential. Pairing raw linen with dusty pink and her signature use of gold leaf, the paintings capture a dance between light and shadow, yin and yang forces, alongside a sense of tranquility and stillness. Rather than resolving into fixed compositions, these elements suggest a subtle push and pull, a continuous negotiation between presence and void.

The circular canvas in particular acts as a kind of portal or meditation point, its soft edges suggesting an outward, expanding movement while also holding the potential for inward reflection. Across the paintings as well as a series of sculptures, we see a development of her organic forms – alternately reminiscent of plant life, bodies and cosmic matter – which no longer orbit a central motif but instead drift, overlap and interconnect, creating a more fluid and dynamic spatial rhythm. In this way, Akasa becomes an exercise in reduction, using light, material and space to cultivate a heightened awareness of the present.

By contrast the second installation, Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup, is an explosion of colour. The title comes from the 1990s animated television show The Powerpuff Girls, which featured three young girls with superpowers, each identified by a specific colour: blue, pink and green. These colours form the basis of Tantra’s palette across these works, tapping into a particular kind of femininity or ‘girl power’ that was associated with cuteness and frivolity, but also a feeling of optimism and innocence. Revisiting this pop-culture reference, Tantra reconsiders the potential of these qualities as forms of resilience and strength. While feminist discourse has evolved in recent decades, taking on a more urgent and direct tone, these works propose playfulness and lightness as a counterbalance to the weight of the present moment.

The works in this show repeat the same pattern, using repetition as a stabilising structure through which the shifting colours offer a subtle change in mood. As in Akasa, circular forms recur, but here they hold a different energy which is less meditative than kinetic, suggesting the possibility of movement and transformation.

Across the exhibitions Tantra seeks to create moments of pause and a sense of renewal – not as escapism, but as a conscious act of opening space and quieting the noise to allow for both deeper reflection and a clearer sense of direction.
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SINTA TANTRA

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 (Upcoming) Salon, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA (2026); Some Like it Hot, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA (2025); 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) The Sun and The Moon, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2026); By the Means at Hand, MSU Zagreb, Croatia (2026); The 2026 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, H Queens, Hong Kong (2026); Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London, UK (2026); Where the Sidewalk Ends, Jakarta (2025); 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: 40^th 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 (202); 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 Horby & 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).

Highlights and Collections

Sinta Tantra's artworks can be found in international private and public collections, including Government Art Collection UK; Louis Vuitton Collection Southeast Asia; Karachi Biennale; Benetton Collection; Folkestone Triennial, Canary Wharf; Tumurun Museum, Indonesia; Museum MACAN, Indonesia. In 2024, Tantra was nominated for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize. Tantra is a recipient of many awards, including the Bridget Riley Drawing Fellow at The British School at Rome (2017); shortlisted for the Jerwood Contemporary Painting Prize (2015); British Council’s International Development Award (2014); First Prize, Painting and Decorating Industry Award (2012); The Royal British Society of Sculptors AHRBS (2012); British Council Grant (2009); Courvoisier ‘The Future 500’ in partnership with The Observer Newspaper (2009); Arts Council England (2007); Deutsche Bank Award (2006); Paul Smith Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Arts (2003–2006); and the Henry Moore Sculpture Fund (2002).

Public Commissions

8111 S. Dixie Development Project Public Sculpture, West Palm Beach (2026); Museum of London, London (2026); Tirta Tawar, Art Jakarta Gardens, Jakarta (2023); Blue is the Colour, commissioned by Gravité Building, Paris (2023); A Lost Romance, commissioned by Gravité Building, Paris (2023); Sunset Ombre, One Satrio, Mega Kuningan, Jakarta, Indonesia (2022); Pink Moon Rising, Seolhaewon, Gangwon-Do, South Korea (2021); Temple of Flora, Ocean Flower Island, Hainan (2021); Illuminated, 22 Bishopsgate, London, UK (2021); The Grand Tour, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK (2020); The Crossing Mount Daemo, The H Honor Hills, Seoul, South Korea (2021); Poins Square, Jakarta, Indonesia (2020); Horizon to Horizon, Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah (2019); Bright Dawn, Karachi Biennale, Karachi (2019); Compose Motions and Tasted Flight, Honer Hills, Seoul, South Korea (2019); Sunset in Tanah Lot, Facebook, London, UK (2018); Neon Tetra, CreateKX, Camley Street Natural Park, London, UK (2007); Isokon Dreams, London Borough of Camden, Regent’s Park Bridge, London, UK (2007); Line Up, Platform for Art, Piccadilly Tube Station, London, UK (2007). One of Tantra’s most notable public works is a 300-meter-long painted bridge commissioned for the 2012 Olympics, Canary Wharf, London, UK.

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