Rudy Mardijanto is featured at Henry Butcher Art Auction for the first time with an epic scene illustrating an Eid celebration. The artist seeks inspiration from peasant lives in rural Java and creates stylistic figures engrossed in ritual themes or daily activities. His voluminous figures are always celebrating life as exemplified in this communal-spirited piece. Born in Blora, Central Java, Rudy Mardijanto graduated from the Art Academy ISI (Institute Seni Indonesia), 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 has had solo exhibitions in Singapore since 2007. H Gallery from Jakarta has represented Rudy at Art Expo Malaysia from 2008 to 2013. He held his first solo exhibition in Malaysia titled Indonesian Rural Society In Transition was held at Interpr8 Art Space, Kuala Lumpur in 2014.