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Jerome Kugan

b.1975

Born June 1975, Jerome is a Malaysian artist whose practice spans across words, music and art. His work is personal, sensual, textual, dreamy, queer, punk, poetic, irreverent, silly and surreal. Graduating from the University of Canberra with a BA in Writing in 1998, he worked as an writer/editor, arts event organiser, DJ and queer activist, before deciding to pursue art full-time in 2016. He is currently based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

The Questions, or Who are we, where do we come from, and to what kind of fuckery must we subject ourselves in order to receive the truth?
The Answer, or I am ready to receive the fuckery of truth
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

* Time Is A Donut at Basis, Frankfurt, Dec 2024.

* HURT | NEED | UNDO | LIVE and RESIST at The Back Room KL, Kuala Lumpur, Sep to Oct 2022.

* Red & Gold, or “When life tastes like blood and piss served on naked bodies, that’s when you know it deserves to be memorialised” at RAW Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 2017.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

* Incurable Alliance: Asia-Pacific HIV+ Art Showcase at Contemporary Cultural Lab, Taipei, 26 April to 1 June 2025.

* Everyday Practices at Singapore Art Museum, 30 Aug 2024 to 24 July 2025.

* Favouritism is My Favourite –Ism at The Back Room KL, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 2023.

* 1000 Tiny Artworks at The Back Room KL, Kuala Lumpur, Nov 2023.

* HIV Science as Art 2023 at Metro Arts Centre, Brisbane, in conjunction with International AIDS Symposium, Aug 2023.

* WUJUD/EXIST: 16 Malaysian Queer Artists at Temu House, Kuala Lumpur, June 2023.

* Strange Bodies at Grey Projects, Singapore, 2020.

* Repel Revel at Grey Projects, Singapore, 2019.

* With Gratitude at Sabah Art Gallery, Kota Kinabalu, June 2018.

* #ReimagineUs at RUANG by ThinkCity, Kuala Lumpur, in conjunction with Urbanscapes, Nov 2018.