Joko Mullono (b.1956), Indonesian

“This is another painting by Joe Hendry exploring the theme of the kilted Scottish figure. The man is shown from behind, hands clasped behind his back, standing quite calmly on the canvas.

What I like about this one is its simplicity. There’s nothing complicated about it — just a figure, a kilt, and a quiet bit of attitude. Hendry manages to make something very Scottish feel fresh and contemporary at the same time.”

Joko Mullono is an Indonesian modern and contemporary painter recorded in art-market databases as born in 1956. MutualArt identifies him as an Indonesian Asian Modern & Contemporary painter, and auction records show his work appearing on the market in painted formats rather than prints. Documented examples include Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman (1982), catalogued by Gibson’s as oil on canvas and inscribed “Ubud-Bali,” a signed acrylic painting on canvas dated Bali 1985, and works such as PANTAI (1990) and ON THE BEACH, indicating that painted beach and figure subjects formed part of his output.

Public biographical information beyond those market records is limited. From the sources I could verify, I cannot confidently confirm his training, exhibition history, or a fuller career narrative, so I am not going to invent those details. What can be said with confidence is that Mullono’s known market presence is as a painter of figurative and landscape subjects on canvas, and that his recorded works date from at least the 1980s through to the 1990s.