Budi Sulistyo

Budi Sulistyo was born in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia in 1952. He started doing bonsai in 1976. He is considered as one of the bonsai pioneers in his country. He conducted bonsai programs on National Television for almost ten years since 1986. His first international debut was as the headliner and workshops coordinator in ASPAC 1 in Bali, 1991. Since then, as the first person in Indonesia invited abroad to teach bonsai, he has travelled to many countries such as Asia, Australia, Africa and America and Europe for demonstrations, workshops, critiques and judging. He wrote three bonsai books in the Indonesian language and one, “Tropical Bonsai Gallery,” in English. His works received many awards from international bonsai bodies like Nippon Bonsai Association and WBFF. In 2007 he was the chief of operation in the 9th ASPAC in Bali. He is the Director of International Affairs of The Indonesian Bonsai Society. He is now active with the YouTube channel “ Budi Sulistyo” on Bonsai and Suiseki.