Go Suga: two lived cultures in colour
Born in Hiroshima and raised in Australia from age ten, Go Suga brings vivid colour, graphic form, pattern and texture into a language shaped by two lived cultures.
Beyond symbolic collage
Suga grew up drawing with his brothers, moved to Australia at ten and studied graphic design at TAFE Gold Coast. Contrasting environments become colour, form and rhythm rather than symbolic collage.
Graphic training and painting
Abstract and graphic forms, contrasting colours and repeated patterns combine the clarity of design with the openness of layered painting.
Commissions and an individual language
The file lists commissions for The Washington Post, HERSHEY'S Chocolate and The Big Issue Australia, alongside exhibitions in Berlin, Philadelphia and Japan.
Begin with colour and rhythm, then ask how two environments are transformed rather than searching for surface labels.