
We are Hiding but Keep Fighting, 2022, 96 × 83 cm (Embroidered painting from a series of 30 unique variants)
Eko Nugroho Born 1977, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Lives and works Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Eko Nugroho is an internationally-renowned contemporary artist based in Yogyakarta, one of the major art centers in Indonesia. Having graduated at the Art Institute in the same city, his background in street art and community-based artwork is the quintessential aspect of his expanded body of works. From paintings, drawings, and embroideries, to murals, sculpture, or video, his works are deeply anchored in both local traditions and urban environment. His trademark consists of a new visual language where political messages are playfully intertwined with appropriated aesthetics of street art, graffiti, and comics.
His works are collected in major international institutions such as: Musée d’Art Moderne Paris, The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Singapore Art Museum, Musée des Beaux-arts de Lyon, Tropen Museum Amsterdam Netherland, Arario Collection Cheonan Korea, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane Australia, Asia Society Museum New York USA, among others.
Eko Nugroho is an internationally-renowned contemporary artist based in Yogyakarta, one of the major art centers in Indonesia. Having graduated at the Art Institute in the same city, his background in street art and community-based artwork is the quintessential aspect of his expanded body of works. From paintings, drawings, and embroideries, to murals, sculpture, or video, his works are deeply anchored in both local traditions and urban environment. His trademark consists of a new visual language where political messages are playfully intertwined with appropriated aesthetics of street art, graffiti, and comics.
His works are collected in major international institutions such as: Musée d’Art Moderne Paris, The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, Singapore Art Museum, Musée des Beaux-arts de Lyon, Tropen Museum Amsterdam Netherland, Arario Collection Cheonan Korea, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane Australia, Asia Society Museum New York USA, among others.
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