Willy Himawan finished his Bachelor of Fine Art from the Faculty of Art and Designs at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia in 2005 and his Master degree at the same institute in 2007. He has had his solo exhibitions, “Vague” at Klinik Seni TAXU, Denpasar, Bali in 2005; “Layer Separation”, ARTsphere Gallery, Jakarta on January 2008. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1998, among which are “Petisi Bandung #2”, Langgeng Galery, Magelang, Indonesia (2007); “Reading images”, Puri Gallery, Surabaya, Indonesia (2007); “The 2006 Sovereign Asian Art Prize”, Lane Crowford IFC Mall Hong Kong (2006); “ASEAN Youth Camp Exhibition”, Orchid Hotel & ICC, Brunei Darussalam (2006). Among the awards received are Top 30 Finalist Asian Art Prize Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong (2006); Pra Bali Biennale Nominator (2005); Best Student of Fine Art, Institut Teknologi Bandung (2004); Best ten Painting Competition Jawa, Bali & NTB in Dies Natalis V STKIP Singaraja (1998); 2nd Prize Pesta Kesenian Bali (PKB) XX painting competition (1998); 1st Prize AIDS Poster Competition, Bali (1997).