Enka Komariah
Lives and works in Klaten | Born 1993
Enka Komariah was born in Klaten in 1993. He graduated from the Graphic Arts department at the Indonesian Art Institute of Yogyakarta. The strengths of Enka’s work include transforming various media and imaginative narratives as the main idea of the work, often using drawing on paper. He frequently fools around with satirical and ironic symbols while simultaneously playing with the boundaries between taboos and norms in the eyes of society. His interest in cultivating his own identity with the agrarian tradition of Java Nan and juxtaposing it with contradictory popular cultural images became a distinctive character in his work.
Recent collective and duo exhibitions include Eroded Borders (Gegerboyo) at Elleboogkerk, Amersfoort, Netherlands (2025); Ghost from the Past at 16Albermale Project, Sydney, Australia (2023); The Setouchi Triennale (Gegerboyo) at Ibuki Island Old Post Office, Setouchi, Japan (2022), and ARTJOG, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2021 and 2022). In 2019, Enka Komariah won the ARTJOG Young Artist Award.
Recent collective and duo exhibitions include Eroded Borders (Gegerboyo) at Elleboogkerk, Amersfoort, Netherlands (2025); Ghost from the Past at 16Albermale Project, Sydney, Australia (2023); The Setouchi Triennale (Gegerboyo) at Ibuki Island Old Post Office, Setouchi, Japan (2022), and ARTJOG, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2021 and 2022). In 2019, Enka Komariah won the ARTJOG Young Artist Award.
