Eleanor D Goroh

Eleanor D.Goroh is an artist & cultural worker from Sabah. She is a Dusun native – the indigenous peoples living surrounding Mount Kinabalu the tallest mountain on Borneo island. Inspired by the rich heritage of Borneo – she creates art works with traditional mediums for sound, tattoos & beads – embodying the interrelated indigenous artforms.

The seeds & roots turned into beads.
Adornment of natural world in material forms.

The Ironwood trees turned into tattoo sticks
Marking the rainforest stories in solidarity.

The palm reeds, bamboo pipes, gourd chambers, rattan strings and beeswax from the black stingless bee – combined to be the mouth organs, flutes and jaw harp from the ancient rainforest melodies .

She is the founder of Magic Borneo Beads – documenting the living archive project since 2012. Her workshops/talks/performance/exhibits have travelled to New York, across Europe and Southeast Asia. She is currently still traveling in 2025 – researching the traditional instruments & artforms shared between East & West Malaysia.

To be able to continue research into practice and practice into teachings.