Rudy Mardijanto is no stranger to Malaysia, having taken part in the prestigious International Art Expo Malaysia under Jakarta’s H Gallery eight times, and was even present a few times to give demonstration of his art, and to mingle with his growing number of collectors. He was given a solo, Indonesia Rural Society in Transition, by Interpr8 Art Space in Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur, in December 2013-January 2014. His work, Selamat Hari Lebaran (2008), fetched a premium of RM7,840 at the Henry Butcher April 17, 2016 auction. He had also two solo exhibitions in Singapore. What is touching about Mardijanto’s oeuvre is that he paints about a slowly vanishing rural life in Indonesia,where the camaraderie and communal spirit are alien to city folk. Mardijanto also touches on the festivals like Hari Debaran and cultural heritage like kuda kepang, congkak and wayang kulit, something also much similar in Malaysia. The kuda kepang originated in Java, Indonesia, with a brood of nine dancers “riding” on flat woven-bamboo horses with paints and cloth. The Malaysian version is different. He was a finalist of the Indonesian component of the Asean Art Award in 2001. Mardijanto was educated at the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI) in Yogyakarta.