Dias Prabu

Born 1987, Malang, East Java

Dias Prabu is a visual artist, painter and muralist who lives and works in Yogyakarta. He graduated with a Bachelor of Art Education from Surabaya State University and continued to Master's program at Institut Seni Indonesia. Dias started his visual art career in 2010. He was selected for a young artist residency in 2011 and in 2014 won a national mural competition initiated by the National Gallery of Indonesia. His work on murals took Dias to many provinces in Indonesia, including Natuna and Selayar Islands, where he worked with local students and residents to make murals based on their stories. In 2018, he worked in a traditional hand-drawn batik village in Wonosari, Yogyakarta, learning batik tulis (hand drawn batik) techniques he could combine with his mural context. This was a turning point which brought him to art projects in Indonesia and abroad. In 2022 he was a founder of Kultura Collectiva, which works and tours collectively with artists in disciplines such as fashion, ethnic music and dance, performance art, photography and video art.