Heriawan Siaw was born on December 8, 1959 in Pendopo Liat in South Sumatra, Indonesia. Since he was a kid, painting has been his passion and he frequently won drawing competition for school children. In 1981, continued his study at Fine Art School of the Trisakti University, majoring in interior design. In 1998, following the May riots, he became more productive.In 2000, leaving his profession as interior designer and determining to be exist in fine art world. In 2002, he was one of Indofood Art Award finalists. Several of the exhibitions that Heriawan had participated were Surabaya Biennale 2007, Shanghai Art Fair 2007. He was actively involved in solo exhibitions such as “Abstract Expression from the East” Langgeng Gallery, Magelang and Melodies in Blue Ganesha Gallery, Bali.