Bob Yudhita Agung
(b. 1971 in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia)

Bob (used to be known as Bob 'Sick' Yudhita) currently lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Strongly influenced by Jean-Michel Basquiat and pop cultures including music and tattoo art, the primitive-naive charms Bob’s works expressing a sense of social awareness. In the early 90’s, Bob has found himself a distinctive style in mixed-media painting in a fairly short time. He has become the golden boy of the Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta, received several awards including the Affandi Prize in 1994. A sense of losing one’s direction in life has come to Bob with its sudden and unexpected success, haunted him for years until 2000. He realised the true meaning of painting, genuine happiness of living, and decided life is too beautiful to be wasted.

To Bob, pain and bliss -- both psychological and physical, are the significant elements that he has continuously explored throughout the evolution of his creations. Out of the pain, there is bliss. There are still beautiful faces and moments at every turns of the life; paint exists as a beautiful language through the vibrating colours and melodious compositions of his paintings. "I believe I can fly, with paint I believe can fly. Don't worry, be happy. Nothing needed to be worried to paint...... I believe life is beautiful."

Has been with Sin Sin Fine Art since 2008.

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Bob Sick Yudhita

Artworks

BOB SICK YUDHITA Baby Land acrylic and collage on canvas 150 x 200 cm | 2008 in Life is Beautiful | 6 Nov - 30 Nov 2008 | a solo exhibition
BOB SICK YUDHITA DB oil bar and acrylic on canvas 125 x 145 cm | 2008 in Life is Beautiful | 6 Nov - 30 Nov 2008 | a solo exhibition
BOB SICK YUDHITA Yellow Brutality acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm | 2008 in Life is Beautiful | 6 Nov - 30 Nov 2008 | a solo exhibition
BOB SICK YUDHITA Tepi Danau Teratai mixed-media 150 x 120 cm | 2008 in Life is Beautiful | 6 Nov - 30 Nov 2008 | a solo exhibition
BOB SICK YUDHITA Shakespeare True acrylic on canvas 100 x 70 cm | 2008 in Life is Beautiful | 6 Nov - 30 Nov 2008 | a solo exhibition
BOB SICK YUDHITA Noah, Mahatma Gandhi, sombores tulen Mixed media 100 x 150 cm | 2008 in Tribes | 2 Jul - 15 Jul 2008 | a group exhibition
BOB SICK YUDHITA Hidup Segan Mati Tak Mau acrylic on canvas 150 x 100 cm | 2008 in Tribes | 2 Jul - 15 Jul 2008 | a group exhibition
BOB SICK YUDHITA Red Cactus oil on canvas 110 x 70 cm | 2007 in Indonesian Invasion | 2 Apr - 15 May 2008 | a group exhibition