Roesli Hakim was born in North Sumatra, in 1936. Roesli was educated in the
Seniman Merdeka (independent artists), North Sumatra. A member of the
young Indonesian artists in Jogjakarta in the 1950s. He has been living in Bali
since the mid 1960s and his work reflects his observation of daily life.
The people are shown active in their environment, be it the market, temple or
village.
He works from many sketches he has made on field trips to Karang Asem and
Singaraja.
He currently lives in Denpasar.
His work appeared in the exhibition "Views From the Real World"
July 3rd-29th, 2005 at Pranoto's Art Gallery, also including three other
landscape artists, Bambang Wiwoho, Kerry Pendergrast and Munadi.
