Nonfrasa Gallery

Nonfrasa Gallery Nonfrasa, founded in 2021, is a gallery dedicated to engaging emerging artists and fostering leftfield work from artists in Bali and Indonesia.

05/06/2026

Nonfrasa is delighted to present ‘𝘎𝘶𝘳𝘶’, an immersive one-day performance by emerging artist Kylie Lee. Stepping inside the exhaustion of trying to stay focused in a world that never stops asking for our attention, Lee engages in Jemparingan—traditional Javanese archery to search for a single, quiet moment. Yet, as the environment captures and echoes every drawn breath and rule-based movement back into the room, the stillness she aims for remains always just out of reach.

The space is held together by an audio mantra bleeding into the hum of a digital feedback loop. It aligns the never-ending, cyclical renewal of Balinese Melukat right next to the stylized, repetitive battles of anime heroines. Logically, they belong to entirely different worlds, but they share the same pulse: the understanding that our interior selves emerge through collective entanglement. Echoing the memory of the Prajurit Estri, who sustained the very structures that bound them, the work does not look for an untouched version of the self. Instead, it reaches for transcendence through merging—a space to witness the longing, and the beautifully messy, ongoing attempt to find our footing in a world we cannot control.

Kyle Lee: Guru
In Collaboration with H.U.E

Monday, June 8th, 2026, at 6 PM
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Nonfrasa at Titik Dua

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Kylie Lee is an emerging visual and performance artist completing her BFA at the University of the Arts Singapore. Investigating the body as an interface, her practice examines how we navigate contemporary systems of visibility, discipline, and control. Resistant to the idea of an autonomous self, Lee interweaves ritual recalibration and digital feedback loops to interpolate personal presence within continuous mediation. Recent exhibitions include Derivatives of Decay, Hearth at Gillman Barracks, Singapore, 2026; NAFA x UAL, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2026; and Love of Others, National Gallery Singapore, 2025. Recent residencies include the MACAN Institute, Bali, 2026, and Acentric Space, Shanghai, 2025.

31/03/2026

‘…𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴’, a solo exhibition by Sastra Wibawa. Exploring repetition, restraint, and the subtle tension between structure and disintegration, Wibawa’s latest paintings appear initially as measured grids and restrained forms. The short film and accompanying interview offer insights into Sastra Wibawa’s “languaging” process and the philosophical drivers of his latest works. Through his perspective, painting is presented as a “cultural vessel”; a medium that assembles random fragments of human experience into a structured, visual poetry (Syair Rupa).

Watch the full video on Nonfrasa YouTube channel; the link is in our bio.

(The exhibition will continue until 15th, April 2026 providing ample time for those who have not yet had the opportunity to visit the exhibition.)

The short film and accompanying interview offer insights into Sastra Wibawa’s “languaging” process and the philosophical drivers of his latest works. Through his perspective, painting is presented as a “cultural vessel,” a medium that assembles random fragments of human experience into a structured, visual poetry (Syair Rupa).

The film explores the tension between the “prosaic” and the “poetic,” documenting how Wibawa translates the silhouettes of ritual ornaments from his family environment into a permanent, modular grid. Wibawa’s methodology emphasizes a rhythmic meter and a state of “being afloat,” where the act of creation is not a goal-oriented transformation but a commitment to a process where nature, knowledge, and mystery are inextricably interrelated.

Featuring Sastra Wibawa
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Artistic Director: Krisna Sudharma
Director of Photography by Adhy Aksa
Edited by Adhy Aksa
Produced by Lintang Diani
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Prepared for Sastra Wibawa Solo Exhibition, ‘…𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴’, at Nonfrasa Gallery
February 21st, 2026

Curated by Yacobus Ari Respati

In Siklus Mov. 2, composer Dewa Alit translates this concept of Siklus into a living sonic architecture. The composition...
31/03/2026

In Siklus Mov. 2, composer Dewa Alit translates this concept of Siklus into a living sonic architecture. The composition moves away from literal representation, instead converting the mathematical precision of these cycles into a sequence of shifting sound colors and natural dynamics. By grounding the composition in the rigorous logic of the Balinese calendar, Dewa Alit avoids the traps of exoticization. Instead, he presents a sonic system that is as intellectually demanding as it is spiritually resonant.

‘Siklus mov.2’
2020
1-channel spatial audio, studio headphone, and audio player.
Duration: 10:15:00 (Loop)

In his most recent series, this interplay of closing and opening exists at an even more precarious threshold. Where colo...
23/03/2026

In his most recent series, this interplay of closing and opening exists at an even more precarious threshold. Where color fields appear monochromatic, they are actually composed of contrasting hues placed in tight proximity. Where geometric forms or recurring visual shapes divide the space, their presence is filmy, like a membrane. The partitioning of the canvas does not feel strictly calculated by a ruler or angle. The effect is a color gradation that appears smooth from afar but is teeming with elements up close. There is an organic formation, an asymmetry that breathes life, even as the integrity of the canvas feels intentionally flat, almost “dead.” The “rhyme,” we might imagine, has dynamism but is muffled. Muffled with a control that verges on silence.

‘Redam #2’

‘Redam #1’

2026

Sastra Wibawa’s paintings are ambiguous, standing at a threshold that speaks of an alternative path for painting. Throug...
13/03/2026

Sastra Wibawa’s paintings are ambiguous, standing at a threshold that speaks of an alternative path for painting. Through line and color, his works emerge as constellations of thought and ideas, structures that only come into existence through the artist’s process of thinking and making. In a time when perception and imagination are increasingly mediated by computational systems, Wibawa’s paintings are embodied counterpoint that remind us that artistic thought remains a lived, embodied act.

Gema #2
2025

12/03/2026

‘…𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴’, a solo exhibition by Sastra Wibawa. Exploring repetition, restraint, and the subtle tension between structure and disintegration, Wibawa’s latest paintings appear initially as measured grids and restrained forms. The short film and accompanying interview offer insights into Sastra Wibawa’s “languaging” process and the philosophical drivers of his latest works. Through his perspective, painting is presented as a “cultural vessel”; a medium that assembles random fragments of human experience into a structured, visual poetry (Syair Rupa).

Watch the full video on Nonfrasa YouTube channel; the link is in our bio.

The short film and accompanying interview offer insights into Sastra Wibawa’s “languaging” process and the philosophical drivers of his latest works. Through his perspective, painting is presented as a “cultural vessel,” a medium that assembles random fragments of human experience into a structured, visual poetry (Syair Rupa).

The film explores the tension between the “prosaic” and the “poetic,” documenting how Wibawa translates the silhouettes of ritual ornaments from his family environment into a permanent, modular grid. Wibawa’s methodology emphasizes a rhythmic meter and a state of “being afloat,” where the act of creation is not a goal-oriented transformation but a commitment to a process where nature, knowledge, and mystery are inextricably interrelated.

Featuring Sastra Wibawa
-
Artistic Director: Krisna Sudharma
Director of Photography by Adhy Aksa
Edited by Adhy Aksa
Produced by Lintang Diani
-
Prepared for Solo Exhibition by Sastra Wibawa, ...Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds at Nonfrasa Gallery
February 21st, 2026

Curated by Yacobus Ari Respati

In Piwal V, Putu Septa navigates the complex tension between ancestral lineage and radical experimentation. The title it...
12/03/2026

In Piwal V, Putu Septa navigates the complex tension between ancestral lineage and radical experimentation. The title itself—a Balinese word encompassing “rebellion,” “resistance,” and “deviation”, serves as a manifesto for Septa’s practice. The composition functions as an ecstatic sonic journey that intentionally subverts the established rules of gamelan.

Septa’s Piwal V represents a generational shift. The music evokes the atmospheric swells of minimalism and electronic abstraction, yet remains firmly grounded in the physical mechanics of the gamelan. It is a transportive interrogation of the medium, proving that the most potent acts of disobedience often come from those who understand the rules most intimately

‘Piwal V’
2025
1-channel spatial audio, studio headphone, and audio player.
Duration: 11:06:00 (Loop)

In Piwal V, Putu Septa navigates the complex tension between ancestral lineage and radical experimentation. The title it...
12/03/2026

In Piwal V, Putu Septa navigates the complex tension between ancestral lineage and radical experimentation. The title itself—a Balinese word encompassing “rebellion,” “resistance,” and “deviation”, serves as a manifesto for Septa’s practice. The composition functions as an ecstatic sonic journey that intentionally subverts the established rules of gamelan.

Piwal V represents a generational shift. The music evokes the atmospheric swells of minimalism and electronic abstraction, yet remains firmly grounded in the physical mechanics of the gamelan. It is a transportive interrogation of the medium, proving that the most potent acts of disobedience often come from those who understand the rules most intimately

‘Piwal V’
2025
1-channel spatial audio, studio headphone, and audio player.
Duration: 11:06:00 (Loop)

In Gendang Ria, from the album Bunyi Bunyi Tumbal, Aditya Surya Taruna (performing under the moniker Hulubalang) reflect...
12/03/2026

In Gendang Ria, from the album Bunyi Bunyi Tumbal, Aditya Surya Taruna (performing under the moniker Hulubalang) reflects on the idea of _tumbal_ —an anonymous sacrifice shaped by the systemic violence of history. Through this composition, Taruna explores the weight of Tumbal; the non-belligerent “sacrifice” that is neither victim nor martyr, but a haunting reminder of the systemic forces that engender disillusionment. The composition unfolds as a fragmented sonic landscape where sound becomes a vessel for the unresolved echoes of collective memory.

‘Gendang Ria’
2023
1-channel spatial audio, studio headphone, and audio player.
Duration: 04:30:00 (Loop)

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