Visual artist, creative director, graphic designer & illustrator, Rudy Ardianto was born with a paintbrush in Central Java, Indonesia. Since 1996 he has lived between the two worlds of Java and Sydney where he studied Graphic Design at Enmore Design Centre and began his long involvement with Sydney-based artist-run spaces and community arts projects.
In 2006, Rudy moved back to his hometown of Salatiga in Central Java and became a founding member and director of Komunitas TUK (‘Tanam Untuk Kehidupan’- Planting for Life), an environmentally focused artist community which ran a vibrant local environmental campaign through ART. Rudy worked as Creative Director of TUK’s annual Festival Mata Air (Festival of Water) for 4 years and during this time the festival grew to become an international platform for collaboration and exchange between a wide range of art communities, musicians, environmentalists, and local residents. Rudy is a passionate campaigner for sustainable livelihoods, social change, and community empowerment, infusing all his creative work with these principles.
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