Soeki Irodikromo

Name:              Irodikromo
First name:        Soeki
Date of Birth:    June 20, 1945
Place of Birth:   Pieterszorg, Commewijne, Suriname
Address:           Koperstraat nr. 5, Paramaribo
Telephone:        ( 597 ) 08828740
E-mail:              chtn@sr.net   

Education & Occupation:  
He attended the CCS school of Art in Paramaribo and studied painting, graphics, and ceramics at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam, Holland. In 1979 he was awarded a grant and set off for Indonesia to study  the batik technique at the Academy of Seria Rupa, Indonesia in Yogyakarta. Back in Suriname, Soeki employed both the batik, ceramics and painting techniques. His works of art can be found  all over the world as far as Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, America, Mexico,  Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chili, Indonesia, Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, New Zeeland, Africa, China, Japan, India, Mozambique and Australia.

Exhibitions:
Suriname, Holland, Jamaica, Cuba, Barbados, Haiti, Martinique, Brazil, Japan, Belgium, Denmark and USA.

Awards:
1979: “ The Currie Award for Art and Science ”,
            for his remarkable cultural achievement.
1981: Awarded by UNICEF for his Design of an International Stamp.
1995: The Republic of Suriname granted him a State Honary Award.
2000: “ The Stonfutu Grani “ by De Ware Tijd.