Here and Now: Gold Coast Triennial 2024 Digital Gallery
Go Suga
b.1980 Hiroshima Japan, lives Gold Coast QLD
CRUCIFIXATED, 2024
acrylic on canvas
Image courtesy of the artist
Artist Statement
Go Suga, born in Hiroshima, Japan, began drawing as a child. His passion for art continued into adulthood after migrating to Australia's Gold Coast at age ten, where he earned a Graphic Design qualification.
Suga's work blends traditional Eastern philosophy with contemporary Australian vibrancy, reflecting his dual cultural influences. His art addresses social and political themes while emphasising beauty through skilful use of contrasting colours, shapes, and movements. His unique style integrates mystical and cultural elements, creating a distinctive aesthetic.
About the Artist
Go Suga was born in Hiroshima, Japan, where he began drawing as a child along with his brothers. This early interest spawned a passion for art that would continue into adulthood. Go migrated to Australia with his family when he was ten, settling on the Gold Coast and earning a formal qualification in graphic design.
His work emulates a blend of his two cultural influences, with mystical elements of traditional Eastern philosophy and the vibrancy of contemporary Australian lifestyle. In his work, Go considers social and political paradigms that are punctuated with the cultural elements with which he is adept. However, beauty is always integral to his creative pursuit, and this aesthetic is achieved through the skilful deployment of opposing colours, shapes and movements.
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