Purwita Sukahet

Dewa Gede Purwita, also known as Purwita Sukahet, is an Indonesian artist and writer specialising in visual culture and art history. He is a co-founder of the Gurat Institute, now part of Komunitas Gurat Budaya Indonesia, and teaches in the Visual Communication Design programme at the Bali Institute of Design and Business. Interested in art as research, he focuses on Northern Balinese master artists from the late 19th century. His published books include E®MOTIVE: Reconstructing Visual Thought, I Gusti Made Deblog: A Master of Naturalist Painting in the Denpasar-Bali Art Scene, I Wayan Karja: Reasoning in Colour, Painting with Feeling, and Hard-Iman. Since 2009, he has also led the independent project Nglesir Visual, documenting old architecture, carvings, and sculptures.

Dewa Gede Purwita, yang juga dikenal sebagai Purwita Sukahet, adalah seniman dan penulis Indonesia dengan fokus pada kajian budaya visual dan sejarah seni. Ia merupakan salah satu pendiri Gurat Institute, yang kini menjadi bagian dari Komunitas Gurat Budaya Indonesia, serta mengajar di Program Desain Komunikasi Visual di Bali Institute of Design and Business. Dengan ketertarikan pada seni sebagai bentuk riset, ia menaruh perhatian pada maestro-maestro seni Bali Utara sejak akhir abad ke-19. Buku-buku yang telah ia terbitkan antara lain E®MOTIVE: Reconstructing Visual Thought, I Gusti Made Deblog: A Master of Naturalist Painting in the Denpasar-Bali Art Scene, I Wayan Karja: Reasoning in Colour, Painting with Feeling, dan Hard-Iman. Sejak 2009, ia juga memimpin proyek independen Nglesir Visual yang mendokumentasikan arsitektur, ukiran, dan patung-patung kuno.