Hans Ongelungel

Male, Person

1956 –

71

Who is Hans Ongelungel?

Hans Ongeungel is a contemporary artist from Republic of Palau. During the 1970s, he left the islands after high school to attend college in Idaho.

Much of his artwork represents the simple island life he knew during his childhood and pays homage to his Pacific Island culture.

His work has been displayed internationally, but he is most prominent in the South Pacific. The Republic of Palau presented one of his paintings as a gift to the United States, it is on permanent display at the Department of the Interior.

He labels all of his paints in order to identify the colors because he is color blind.

He currently resides in Oregon.

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Born
1956

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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