Basic information

Name: Sri Irodikromo, 1972
Place of birth: Schiedam, the Netherlands
Based in: Suriname

EDUCATION

1994–1998  Lithography and etching training, Vrije Academie, The Hague, the Netherlands
1994–1997  De Vrije Kunst Academie, The Hague, the Netherlands
1989–1992  De Vrije Kunst Academie, Suriname (now Nola Hatterman Art Academy)
Ongoing       Practical training in batik, painting, and ceramics

BIOGRAPHY

Sri Irodikromo (born 1972 in Schiedam, the Netherlands) studied at art academies in both the Netherlands and Suriname. Her work draws on Suriname’s cultural diversity and combines a wide range of techniques and materials. Inspired by the country’s multicultural society, she incorporates Indigenous, Javanese, and Maroon symbols and motifs into large multimedia batik works and canvases. Her practice combines painting, batik, stenciling, embroidery, and natural materials, with recurring attention to women in traditional clothing, their faces, and their headwear.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Selected group exhibitions

2025–2026  Zwarte Pracht; Beeldende kracht uit de Cariben, Slot Zeist, the Netherlands
2025  Batik Reimagined, Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname
2024–2025 Harvesting Hope: Resilient Women in Suriname, Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname
2023   No Ocean Between Us – The Surinamese Collection, Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname
2020  Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & the Caribbean, 1945–Present, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
2019  Brasa mi ori, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2017   Aruba Art Fair: Art, Culture, Movement, San Nicolas, Aruba
2016  Tri Murni, Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao
2015   Art without Borders: From Suriname to Curaçao, Landhuis Bloemhof, Curaçao
2011  Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., USA
2010  Paramaribo Perspectives, TENT, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Solo exhibitions

2022   Udan Liris, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname
2008   Solo exhibition with Soeki Irodikromo, Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname

AWARDS

2006   First Prize, Living Art Show, Suriname

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2013   Sranan Art Xposed (SAX8), digital magazine, September 2013
2011   Conversations on Paramaribo Perspectives, exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam
2011   About Change: In Latin America and the Caribbean, digital catalogue, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2010   Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions, digital exhibition catalogue, Organization of American States
2010   Sranan Art Xposed (SAX2), digital magazine, February 2010
2010   Paramaribo SPAN, exhibition catalogue for De Surinaamsche Bank