Edgar Mekio — NAP Contemporary Art Gallery

Edgar Mekio

b. Year Unknown,Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Lives and works Godibehi village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Edgar Mekio is the husband of artist, Hilda Mekio. he is middle-aged and in 2021, he was elected by the Ömie community to paint his important ancestral so that they are preserved for future generations. Edgar painted the first husband and wife collaborative painting.

© Ömie Artists Inc.

Exhibitions

Group Show, Spring 1883 Fair, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
9–12 August 2023

● All Works

○ Available Works

Hilda Mekio, Edgar Mekio The Story of the Two Cousin-Brothers Who Lived on Mount Vuhuvaeho And How The First Painted Nioge (Barkcloth Skirt) Was Designed, 2021 Natural pigments on nioge (woman’s bark cloth skirt) 125 × 95.5 cm