Hailing from Blora, Central Java, Rudy Mardijanto is a graduate of the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta. Since 1986, Rudy has actively participated in various art exhibitions within Indonesia namely in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Solo, Malang, Surabaya and Bali. He received an award from ISI Yogyakarta in 1987 and was a finalist in the Philip Morris Indonesian Art Award in 2001. He had solo exhibitions in Singapore since 2007. H Gallery from Jakarta has represented Rudy in Art Expo Malaysia from 2008 to 2013. He held his first solo exhibition in Malaysia titled Indonesian Rural Society In Transition at Interpr8 Art Space, Kuala Lumpur in 2014. A caring mother is breastfeeding her baby while chatting with her friends.