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We are truly a melting pot of cultures! We are a country where people accept each
other for what they are, better still, we are a country where people share and represent
each other’s cultural riches. We are
rich because we are becoming one people without denying our cultural
heritage. And that makes me happy. It confirms all I believe in!
The riches that Soeki Irodikromo experiences,
Suriname’s riches, radiate throughout his art.
Details of Suriname’s varied cultural expressions, details that elude
most of us in the rush of every day:
costumes and masks, crowns and women, animals and figures, jewels and
wayang images. Simple details, yet with
very complex and rich histories. People
that move to the age old rhythms brought to Suriname from all over the world by
our ancestors and tuned to fit our new beat, the beat that we are dancing to
together.
Soeki Irodikromo is a very well known and much
appreciated Surinamese artist who portrays his ideals in different types of art
such as colorful paintings large and small, ceramics and also in Batik. In his
artwork traces of Cobra-expressionism can be detected as well as those of the
age old Indonesian mythology. Nevertheless, Soeki has undoubtedly developed his
own unique recognizable style of fascinating compositions in lively colors.
Working experience: - Founder of the Soeki Irodikromo Folk Academy for Art and Culture in Suriname - Teacher in highschool - Batik workshops - Member of Artists collective "Waka Tjopu" - Member of Federation for Visual Artists in Suriname (FVAS) - Co-founder of the Association of Visual Artists in Suriname (ABKS) - Teacher in Painting and Ceramics - Monument for the commemoration of 100 years Javanese Immigration - Monument regarding the New Millennium in 2002, Lelydorp, Suriname
Exhibitions: 2017 TNF of December "Special Gift Edition", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2017 TNF of October "Beastly", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2017 TNF of August "Pe un’ moksi kon na wan", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2017 TNF of May "Open House", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2016 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname 2016 Group exhibiton "Tri Murni", Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao 2015 Solo exhibition "Bigi Yari" Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname 2015 Art without Borders, from Suriname to Curaçao, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao 2014 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname 2014 Unleashed, 30 years ABKS, De Hal, Paramaribo, Suriname 2013 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname 2013 Exhibition 20 years Readytex Art Gallery, De Hal, Paramaribo, Suriname 2012 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname 2012 Revealing our stored treasures, Readytex Art Gallery/De Hal, Paramaribo 2011 Heritage Festival, Ft. Nw. Amsterdam, Commewijne, Suriname


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