Anagard (b.1984) is a street artist who lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The artist is known for works that use spray paint as the main medium in a mix of traditional and contemporary styles when visualising his ideas. Often, his street murals feature one or two humanlike figures, with faces that are either that of an animal or are obscured by some type of mask.

 Anagard has exhibited in various group exhibitions both locally and internationally, including in Indonesia, Malaysia, Belgium and Australia. He has also been invited to Street art festivals in Lithuania and Poland. In 2019, he won both the UOB Painting of the Year in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Most recently, Anagard completed a Southeast Asian Arts Virtual residency at NAFA, Singapore in 2022. The inaugural edition of this residency resulted in ‘Reimagining Waterloo’, a large-scale mural developed alongside a series of student workshops on the campus of NAFA. The project and its ensuing result reflected on the community surrounding Bencoolen, while addressing larger questions of ethnic and historical identities in the cosmopolitan environment such as Singapore.

"Falsafah Kepercayaan, Ketertarikan Identitas" can be seen as a visual representation of the artists’ exploration of identity building and societal values, one which is shared by several ethnic communities across the region of Southeast Asia. The two masked figures, facing each other with their palms together represent community members who come from different backgrounds, greeting each other in a symbolic gesture of respect and gratitude