About

Agung Prabowo a.k.a Agugn (Bandung 1985) graduted from Graphic Art Major at the Faculty of Art and Design ITB. Been exploring various printmaking techniques, mostly linocuts and has comprised to push the boundaries of printmaking, incorporating the analog and digital process. Fear, nature, and ancient Indonesian arts has been his drive for making art by criticising anthromorphic perspectives. He held his first solo exhibition, ‘Natural Mystic’  in Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Solo, and Bali-as his first prize for Triennale Seni Grafis Indonesia 4 in 2012. His next solo show is in 2015 at Jogja Contemporary, titled ‘Unguarded Guards’ and in 2016, ‘AGUGN:Printing Live in the Cosmos’ at Vinyl on Vinyl, Manila, and another solo show in Mizuma Gallery, Singapore called ‘Molasses’ held in 2017. His first museum solo show held in Machida City Museum Of Graphic Art, Tokyo in 2020, which previously in 2019, he was invited to do artist residency in Machida City, Tokyo. His recent solo show was at Kohesi Initiative, Yogyakarta titled ‘Human Supremacy’ in 2023, then toured to A Place Where Artspace, Kuala Lumpur. He has joined many group exhibition internationally, including ‘Termasuk;contemporary art from Indonesia’ in Darren Knights Gallery, Sydney in 2019,  and ‘Multilayered-New Print 2018/Summer’, in International Print Centre, New York in 2018. Another group exhibition he joined is ‘Java-Art Energy’ at Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris in 2018, and the latest group exhibition was International Original Print Exhibition in Bankside Gallery, London 2023.