This work done in Penang during his RBS-Malihom artist’s residency in 2008 referred to the massive development and hill-cutting where he was based in Balik Pulau. Trees were chopped down and hillsides lopped off to make the land flat and botak (bare and barren). Januri was also involved in the Projet MA-GER Art Exchange exhibition in Kuala Lumpur in 2002 (the return show in Indonesia was in 2004) and also had his solo, his career fourth, called The Land Of Tragedy at Galeri Chandan, Kuala Lumpur, in 2012. In the Nov 6, 2016 Henry Butcher auction, his work sold for a premium of RM7,840. Born in Tuban and now based in Yogyakarta, Januri has taken part in art events in Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI) in Yogyakarta (1996), He was a finalist in the UOB Art Awards, the Indonesian Asean Art Awards and was among the top 3 in the Nokia Award in 2000.