Wool Portrait Paintings

Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, interspersed with fragments of modernity set against his own social experience. Qoror's blend of portraiture, pop-textiles, and surrealistic imagery invokes curiosity, confusion, and a playfully honest connection with our contemporary world. Each artwork represents a point of self-reflection: "We live in a catastrophic world...I express my response through my works and I'm constructing a question of our madness." • One-of-a-kind mixed media painting created with acrylic paint and wool embroidery • Measures 47 inches high by 39 inches wide • Signed and dated by the artist on the front lower left corner • Certificate of authenticity is included • Free local Los Angeles area delivery • Affordable U.S. and international shipping available A native of Indonesia, Iqi Qoror started his career as a professional Visual Artist with a Master’s Degree in Fine Art. Qoror's combination of different media merges not only different art practices such as painting and embroidery but past and present as well. The combination of modern expressionistic style of portraits without faces with pops of color render his artworks unforgettably visceral. Qoror constantly challenges himself to be more experimental and versatile in his art practice, from installation to mixed media painting. Through this innovation-fueled journey, Qoror has established himself as one of the fastest rising stars of the Indonesian art scene. He has been labeled an emerging artist to watch who knows how to move distinctly between representational, figurative, and surrealist imagery. His artworks have been exhibited in international hot spots such as Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, and Los Angeles and have been collected worldwide. Artplex Gallery has been representing and exhibiting Iqi Qoror's original artworks since 2018. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artplex Gallery is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. The gallery's commitment to customer satisfaction means that clients can invest in art with confidence, knowing they have a reputable and established art gallery backing their acquisition. Artplex Gallery prioritizes our clients' peace of mind by ensuring a seamless and worry-free art-buying experience. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, USA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025 Still Life, SAL Project, Jakarta, Indonesia 2023 Sub-Value, Galeri RJ Katamsi, Yogyakarta Institute of Art, by Srisasanti Gallery 2022 “Perception In Tow,” Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020 “OUT OF PLACE: DE-stereotyping Iqi’s Arabism,” Jogja Galeri, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2019 “I Would Prefer Not to Do Anything,” Hatch Art Project, Singapore 2018 Solo Show at Artstage Singapore 2015 “Authority of Madness” Graffik Gallery, London 2014 “Black Bourgeois” Artfront Gallery, Singapore 2012 “Family Gray Diary”, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta 2011 “Love/Lie/Laugh/Lust”, CCCL Gallery, Surabaya 2009 “Wood Mood”, ORE-ARTSPACE, Surabaya GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026 Forms of Becoming, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Then & Now, Baik Art, Jakarta, Indonesia 2025 LAH! Stories from the Neighborhood, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore Portraits of Paradox, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Art Jakarta Gardens, Kendy’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 2024 Bridging Realities, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Closed Alpha Testing, Kendy’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia AAF New York, USA (SMS) Stop Making Sense, Hatch Art Project, Singapore Yogya Annual Art, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Art OMG? RED! ^ D^, Kendy’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Warta Project, Sarang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Simulation: Presenting, Removing, and Reappear, Semarang Gallery, Indonesia Sign System, Yuan Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Art Jakarta, Kiniko Art, Jakarta, Indonesia GBK Unfolds, Artotel Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta Gardens, Kendy’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 2023 Art Garden with Andi’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia The Big Picture, Andi’s Gallery, Ashta District 8, Jakarta, Indonesia Seni Agawe Sentosa, Semarang Gallery, Semarang, Indonesia Flex: Art at Sphere, Hatch Art Project, Singapore Yogya Annual Art, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em, presented by John Wolf...

This is an Aubusson style flat weave hand woven wool tapestry. This is from the George Goldstein Atelier in Jerusalem. (Originally known as Nazareth Tapestries) They produced genuine handmade Gobelin tapestries in Israel). This does not bear a label and is not signed, (it might be one of a kind) It might have been a study for a larger piece. It is based on a painting of a fisherman. In 1964 the first French style weaving studio was inaugurated in Israel, in the new city of Nazareth Ilit. With the encouragement of master Jean Lurcat, woven upon several contemporary masters’ original sketches, such as Jean Lurcat, Hans Hartung, Adolph Gottlieb, Karel Appel, Yaacov Agam, Mordecai Ardon, Reuven Rubin, Danny Caravan, and more. Some of these tapestries encountered their moments of glory during the international exhibitions, such as in the Museum of Modern Art (NY), “Expo Montreal” (Canada), Biennale of Lausanne (Switzerland), and others. In 1967, after the Six-Day War, Nazareth’s workshop closed its doors and returned to Jerusalem, where I opened a new studio with a young team made up of eighteen artisans, dedicating their work more specifically towards Israeli artists. The tapestries are woven upon the original sketches of Yohanan Simon, Naftali Bezem. They can be seen on the walls of the Israeli President’s residence, the Yeshiva University of New York, the University of Haifa, New York Bank Discount, as 60-square meter tapestries for the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, and in ceremonial art. Tapestries for Parochet and Torah mantles are seen in Washington, Bet-El Springfield, Babson College, Boston, Bet-El Univ. Andover, Bet-El Highland Park and the Strasbourg Great Synagogue in France. Along with Itche Mambush in EIn Hod these were the fine, Gobelin style modern art tapestry...