Agus Suwage (born 1959) is another artist who is interested in self-portraiture as a means to explore sensitive cultural and social issues. Suwage is intrigued by notions of transience and death, his works often depicting vanitas. Suwage began his career as a graphic designer, having studied at the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology. He works in a variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture and installation.