Eko Nugroho

Born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. One of the most acclaimed Indonesian artists. He creates wall paintings and drawings in collaboration with other media such as books, comics and video animations. He also produces artworks under the theme of social issues based upon his engagement with student movement in late 1990s. He has run his solo exhibitions and presented artworks at Singapore Tyler Print Institute (Singapore, 2013), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Helsinki, Finland, 2008), and Artoteek (Den Haag, the Netherland, 2005). He has also participated in Lyon Biennale (France, 2013) and The 55th Venice Art Biennale (Italy, 2013). Participated in Lyon Biennale (France, 2013) and Venice Art Biennale (Italy, 2013).

Biography

- 1977　Born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 1993 – 1997, High School for Fine Arts (SMSR) Yogyakarta

- 1997 – 2006, Painting Department, Indonesian Art Institute, Yogyakarta

Solo Exhibitions

- 2024 "More Love Above The Peace" Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2023 “CUT THE MOUNTAIN AND LET IT FLY”, ROH Projects, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2023 “EKO NUGROHO”,The Columns Gallery, Singapore

- 2022 “HEADS FULL of EMPTY VIEWS”, Danysz Gallery, Paris, France

- 2020 “LOST IN PARODY”, Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

- 2019 “NOWHERE IS MY DESTINATION”, Artfront Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

- 2018 “PLASTIC DEMOCRACY”, Arndt Art Agency, Berlin

- 2017 “SEMELAH”, Asia Society (Commission Project), New York, USA

- 2016 “UH-OH UH-OH UH-OH (THE WORLD COMPLAINING)”, Arario Gallery Shanghai, China

- 2016 “LOT LOST”, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia.

- 2015 “LANDSCAPE ANOMALY”, Salihara Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

- 2013 “WE ARE CONCERN ABOUT NOTHING”, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea

- 2013 “WE ARE WHAT WE MASK”, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore

- 2012 “THREAT AS A FLAVOUR”, Arndt Fine Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany

- 2012 “TEMOIN HYBRIDE”, Musee d’Art Moderne Paris, France

- 2011 “THIS REPUBLIC NEED MORE SEMELEH”, Ark Galerie, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2009 “SOLO EXHIBITION OF EKO NUGROHO”, Galerie Nouvelles Image, Den Haag, The Netherlands

- 2009 “UNDER THE SHADOW”, Pekin Fine Art, Beijing, China

- 2009 “IN THE NAME OF PATING TLECEK”, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

- 2009 “HIDDEN VIOLENCE”, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

- 2008 “MULTICRISIS IS DELICIOUS”, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia,

- 2008 “THE PLEASURES OF CHAOS” Ark gallery, Jakarta,

- 2007 “IN WONDERLAND” Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur,

- 2006 “MERDEKA ATOE SMS”, Toimoi, Jakarta,

- 2005 “SORRY I AM LATE TO CELEBRATE”, Artnivora Gallery, Jakarta,

- 2005 “EKO NUGROHO”, Artoteek, Den Haag, Netherland

- 2004 “WELCOME BACK MAYONAISE”, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 2003 “FIGHT ME”, Via-via cafe, Yogyakarta

- 2002 “BERCEROBONG” (Like A chimney) Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta

Group Exhibitions

- 2025 "ART SG 2025" Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre / Singapore

- 2024 "Luo Shan Feng art Festival 2024" Kenting Long Beach Hotel / Taiwan

- 2024 "Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2024" Marine Messe Fukuoka / Fukuoka

- 2024 "Art Front Selection : Summer 2024" Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2024 "Art Basel Hong Kong 2024" Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre / Hong Kong

- 2024 "ART SG 2024" Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre / Singapore

- 2023 "Art Jakarta 2023" IEXPO Kemayoran, Hall B3 & C3 / Jakarta

- 2023 "The Greate Indonesia Exhibition" De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam / Amsterdam

- 2023 "Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2023" Marine Messe Fukuoka / Fukuoka

- 2023 "Dystopia: Transition from Memory" Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2022 "ART HANKYU 2022" Hankyu Umeda Main Store / Osaka

- 2021 "Survival Nature" GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS / Tokyo

- 2021 "Summer Selection：Drawing Nature" Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2020 "Art Front Selection 2020 autumn" Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2019 “Setouchi Triennale 2019”, Ibukijima Japan

- 2018 “IN SEARCH OF SOUTHEAST ASIA THROUGH M+ COLLECTIONS”, M+ Museum, Hong Kong

- 2018 “ARTJOG11: ENLIGHTENMENT”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

- 2018 “ART FROM THE STREET”, Art Science Museum, Singapore.

- 2017 “MATERIAL CONNECTION”, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, USA

- 2017 “INSTANT REPLY: ARNDT SINGAPORE’S HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA”, ARNDT Fine Art, Singapore

- 2017 “IMAGINARIUM: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

- 2017 “LUTHER AND THE AVANTGARDE – CONTEMPORARY ART IN WITTENBERG BERLIN AND KASSEL”, Wittenberg Old Prison. Germany

- 2017 “SUZU 2017: OKU-NOTO TRIENNALE”, Suzu-shi, Ishikawa, Japan

- 2017 “TRIENAL SENI PATUNG INDONESIA #3: SKALA”, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2016 “LOVE ME IN MY BATIK: MODERN BATIK ART FROM MALAYSIA AND BEYOND”, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

- 2016 “ARTJOG9: UNIVERSAL INFLUENCE”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 2016 “CONCEPT CONTEXT CONTESTATION: ART AND THE COLLECTIVE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA”, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 2016 “OZ ASIA FESTIVAL”, Art Gallery of South Asia, Adelaide, Australia

- 2015 “ENCOUNTERS PROJECT”, Art Basel Hong Kong,

- 2015 “TAPISSERIE? DE PICASSO A MESSAGER”, Musees d’Angers, France

- 2015 “ARTJOG8: INFINITY IN FLUX”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta

- 2015 “ROOT: INDONESIAN CONTEMPORARY ART”, Frankfurter Kuntstverein, Kunst Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

- 2014 “10th GWANGJU BIENNALE: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE”, Gwangju, South Korea.

- 2014 “INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN”, Jakarta, Indonesia.

- 2013 “JOGJA BIENALE: EQUATOR #2”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 2013 “JAKARTA BIENALE: SIASAT”, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2013 “SIP! INDONESIAN ART TODAY. The past three generations of Indonesian Contemporary Art”, ARNDT Gallery, Singapore / Germany

- 2013 “CALIFORNIA PACIFIC TRIENALE”, Orange County Museum of Art, USA

- 2013 “INDONESIA PAVILION FOR VENICE BIENALE: SAKTI”, Venice, Italy

- 2012 “ARTJOG12”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 2012 “NEGARI NGAYOGYAKARTA HADININGRAT”, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 2012 “FANTASY ISLANDS”, Louis Vuitton Singapore

- 2012 “MIGRATION”, Museum Art Contemporary, Sidney, Australia

- 2012 “RALLY: CONTEMPORARY INDONESIAN ART, JOMPET KUSWIDANANTO & EKO NUGROHO”, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

- 2011 “BEYOND THE EAST”, MACRO (Rome Museum of Contemporary Art), Rome, Italy

- 2011 “TRANSFIGURATION & CONTEMPORARY MYTHOLOGIES”, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France

- 2011 “CLOSING THE GAP: INDONESIA ART TODAY”, Melbourne International Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia. Curated by Bryan Collie, Mikala Tai, Anita Archer, Santy Saptari.

- 2011 “THE ALLEY OF A CITY NAMED JOGJA”, Primo Morella Art Gallery, Milano, Italy. Curated by Jim Supangkat.

- 2011 “DECOMPRESSION #10: Ruang Rupa Anniversary”, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2010 “SOUTHEAST ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART”, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

- 2010 “NI 50 JAR, part 1”, Galerie Nouvelles Image, Den Haag, The Netherlands

- 2010 “CONTEMPORANEITY”, MOCA Shanghai, China.

- 2010 “HEAT WAVE”, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA.

- 2010 “THE COMICAL BROTHERS”, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2010 “LIHAT! VIDEO ART FROM INDONESIA”, Galería Jesús Gallardo, Leon Mexico.

- 2009 “BIENNALE JOGJA X: JOGJA JAMMING”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

- 2009 “CREAM” International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama, Japan

- 2009 “LYON BIENNALE X: THE SPECTACLE OF THE EVERY DAY”, Lyon, France.

- 2009 “BEYOND THE DUTCH”, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands

- 2009 “TALES FROM WOUNDED-LAND”, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA

- 2009 “DORODORO, DORON!”, Hiroshima Contemporary Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

- 2009 “FLUID ZONES”, Jakarta Biennale 2009, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

- 2008 “MASK/GEMASKERD”, Heden, Den Haag, The Netherlands

- 2008 “EXPENDITURE” Busan Biennale 2008, Busan, South Korea.

- 2008 “DARI PENJARA KE PIGURA”, Salihara Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2008 “MANIFESTO”, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

- 2008 “SOMETHING FROM NOTHING”, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA

- 2007 “GEOPOLITICAL OF ANIMATION”, The Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art, Sevilla, Spain.

- 2007 “MILITIA” OK Video, National Gallery, Jakarta.

- 2007 “100 TAHUN AFANDI”, Gedung Arsip Nasional Jakarta.

- 2007 “THE PAST THE FORGOTTEN TIMES”: Six Indonesian Artist Interpret Indonesian History,”Traveling Exhibition: Artoteek , The Hague, Netherlands; Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta; Erasmus Huis, Jakarta; Yaitu Gallery, Semarang; Bliz Art, Shanghai- Fringe Festival, Singapore.

- 2007 “WIND FROM THE EAST”, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland.

- 2006 “ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNALE 5” Queensland Art Gallery, Australia.

- 2006 “DIRTY YOGA”, Taipei Biennale, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan.

- 2005 “SUB / VERSION”, OK Video, National Gallery, Jakarta.

- 2005 “SPACES AND SHADOWS: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA”, HKW, Berlin, Germany.

- 2005 “THREE YOUNG CONTEMPORARY”, Valentine Willie Gallery, Malaysia.

- 2005 “BALI ART BIENNALE”, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

- 2004 “MOVE ON ASIA”, Animation and Single Channel Video Art Festival, Remo Gallery, Osaka, Japan.

- 2004 “REFORMASI”, Contemporary Indonesian Artist Post 1998, Sculpture Square, Singapore.

- 2004 “HAVE WE MET”, The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan.

- 2004 “EQUATORIAL HEAT”, Sichuan Museum, Cina.

- 2003 “COUNTRYBUTION”, Yogyakarta Biennale, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta.

- 2003 “OK VIDEO”, National Gallery, Jakarta.

- 2003 “EXPLORING VACUUM”, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta.

- 2002 “TALI IKAT”, Fiber Connections, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta.

- 2002 “SAMA-SAMA”, City Mural Project Flyover, Yogyakarta.

- 2001 “GELART”, Gelaran Budaya, Yogyakarta.

- 2001 “KABINET KOMIK INDIE” Gelaran Budaya, Yogyakarta.

Awards

- 2017 Indonesia’s Influential Person in Creative Industry (Visual Art) by Idea Fest x Samsung Galaxy Note 8

- 2013 Power 100 A ranked list of the contemporary artworld’s most powerful figures by ArtReview

- 2013 Icon of tHe Year 2013 in Art and Culture, Gatra Magazine, Indonesia

- 2010 Best Illustration Kompas Short Stories 2009

- 2008 Academy Art Award for Emerging Artist, Indonesian Institute of Arts

- 2005 Best Artists of the Year, Tempo magazine

Collection / Public Art

- ”Blooming” Marine Messe Fukuoka / Fukuoka, Japan