Bruce W. Carpenter

Bruce W. Carpenter is an Anglo-American scholar and art historian who has authored and co-authored over twenty books on Indonesian art, culture and history, including Lempad of Bali, Masks of Bali and Two Islands, One Thread. In 2025, he co-curated the Heritage Gallery of Museum Saka with James Bennett and, most recently, Heroes, Gods and Guardians, an exhibition of masks at the Meru complex in Sanur, held with the National Museum of Indonesia and other partners. Dedicated to preserving and promoting Indonesia's artistic heritage, he also oversaw the third edition of I Made Bandem and Frederik deBoer's seminal Balinese Dance in Transition: Kaja and Kelod, contributing an introduction on Bandem's life and work. He is currently working on a major volume on modernist Balinese wood sculpture from 1880 to the 1970s.

Bruce W. Carpenter adalah seorang akademisi dan sejarawan seni berkebangsaan Inggris-Amerika yang telah menulis dan turut menulis lebih dari dua puluh buku tentang seni, budaya, dan sejarah Indonesia, di antaranya Lempad of Bali, Masks of Bali, dan Two Islands, One Thread. Pada 2025, ia bersama James Bennett mengkurasi Galeri Warisan di Museum Saka, dan yang terbaru, Heroes, Gods and Guardians, sebuah pameran topeng di kompleks Meru, Sanur, yang diselenggarakan bersama Museum Nasional Indonesia dan mitra lainnya. Berdedikasi pada pelestarian dan pengenalan warisan seni Indonesia, ia juga menangani penerbitan edisi ketiga karya penting I Made Bandem dan Frederik deBoer, Balinese Dance in Transition: Kaja and Kelod, serta menyumbangkan pengantar tentang kehidupan dan karya Bandem. Saat ini, ia tengah menggarap sebuah buku besar tentang seni patung kayu modernis Bali dari tahun 1880 hingga 1970-an.