An accomplished Indonesian contemporary artist, I Ketut Moniarta created a series of intriguing Photo-Realism paintings at the beginning of his practice. The artist has produced several realistic paintings depicting carbonated canned drinks such as Coca-Cola, Schwepps and Pocari Sweat. He was a finalist for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize Indonesia in 2011. I Ketut Moniarta attended the Indonesian Art Institute, Denpasar, Bali from 1999 to 2006. He has held several solo exhibitions namely Objects In The Making, Element Art Space, Singapore (2012), Post Branded Objects at the Semarang Contemporary Art Gallery in Bali (2009) and The Way Of Seeing at Ark Gallery in Jakarta (2008). He has participated in a number of group exhibitions: Artissima 17 at the International Fair of Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy (2010), Contemporary Art Turn at SBin Art Plus, Singapore (2010), Post-Tsunami Art at Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy (2009) and Cooking & History at Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta (2004).