About
Eva Agus (b. 1978, Jakarta, Indonesia) is an artist and environmental engineer working in Oakland, California. Eva explores themes of ecosystem harmony, migration experience, and fragility of life in her art practice.
Her visual art blends the modern high-precision of her technical training with cultural elements from Indonesia. Eva loves interpreting her environmental expertise and diaspora history through the lens of Indonesian culture.
Eva is a 5x survivor of head & neck cancer with spinal, hearing, & speech impairments. She practices art to celebrate the human resilience as well as a meditation on pain, loss, and end of life. In particular, she finds solace in creating intricate patterns found in nature, batik, and Indonesian crafts.
Eva holds a doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a California Professional Civil Engineer license. Outside the studio, she loves growing and designing with tropical plants and serves on the de Young Museum Flower Committee in San Francisco.
EXHIBITIONS
2024, Mythological Icons & Fresh Ink, Chopsticks Alley Art, San Jose, CA
2024, AAPI Art Exhibition, Gallery B612, Seattle, WA
2024, Pint Sized 2, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024, Longing for Attachment, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
2024, Gather In, ARTogether, Oakland, CA
2024, East Bay Open Studios, Oakland CA
2025, Art GADO GADO, American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS) at Gardensia Archipelago Designs, Berkeley, CA
2025, The Pigeon Keeper, Opera Parallele & Cowell Theater at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2025, Rooted, Ruth’s Table Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025, Los Angeles Gamelan Festival, Consulate General of Indonesia, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS
2023, Belle Foundation for Cultural Development, Individual Grant, San Jose, CA
2024, Sheridan Prize for Art, Artists of Color Honorable Mention, Oakland, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2024, Valley Health Center Morgan Hill, Morgan Hill, CA
2025, Valley Health Center North County, Palo Alto, CA