The profile of Nigel Atkinson

I have been associated with bonsai for well over 30 years with the Bonsai Society of Western Australia based in Perth. I followed in my father’s footsteps and became President for a while and was awarded Life Membership to the club I am so passionate about. With a love of nature and landscape, I developed a strong interest in Suiseki and was first made aware of them when I attended the first WWBF convention in Omiya City, now called Saitama. After travelling the world to attend conventions from Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and more recently two visits to Inner Mongolia in China, Suiseki has become my main interest and I find it pleasurable to search for and collect stones during my travels. I also spend time camping close to our desert in my home state searching for natural stones for my viewing stone collection. The stones I acquire all have the qualities of good Suiseki but generally require a daiza for display. They are just stones without a base. This has now developed my new passion in daiza making for all my stones that need one.

I have been involved in two previous Suiseki Judging events, the last being the 1st BSAPI International Suiseki Online Competition on 28th May 2020.

I was a major exhibitor of Suiseki/Viewing Stones in the recently completed first Virtual World Bonsai Convention held last year. I have stones from many areas but I like to show stones that are from Australia to let the world know we have a good selection of viewing stones. I have been invited to display my Aussie stones at the 8th, 9th and 10th Nippon Suiseki Association’s Annual Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan and am proud that they were the first stones from Australia to be exhibited.

I have a web page called Stones West-Suiseki where you can visit and see more of my stones on display.

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.

David Nguy, USA

Personal Profile

David was born in Vietnam and currently resides in California, USA.

David has been referred to by the Golden State Bonsai Federation (GSBF) as “Mr. California Juniper II.” He is highly recognized for his signature California Juniper trees, Black Pine, and other species.

David has been under the tutelage of famed Bonsai Masters such as Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Ernie Kuo, and Masahiko Kimura in Japan. He travels all over the United States frequently conducting demonstrations and workshops at various clubs.

For consecutive years, David has been featured as a headliner for numerous Bonsai conventions. David is the founder of Bonsai Jidai school located in Southern California. For more information, please visit at www.bonsaijidai.com.

Min Hsuan Lo

• Education | 1978 Tamkang University Chinese Literature department.
• Awards | 1999 Japan JAL World Bonsai Contest Grand Prize. 1998, 2000, 2002, 2009
• Taiwan Bonsai Creators Association (TBCA) Top 10 Prize.
• International Lecture & Demonstration | 1997~2019 Philippines, Malaysia, South
• Africa, India, USA, China, Puerto Rico, Indonesia, Italy, Slovakia, Poland, Austria,
• Lithuania, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, Vietnam, Israel, Brazil. 2021 South Asia
• Bonsai Federation Virtual Lecture & Demonstration.
• Publication | 2010 Published book “Bonsai Journey.” Published articles in BCI magazine for years.
• Teaching | 1992~2022 Bonsai class in National Salvation Corps, ChienKuo
• Technology University, Beidou Community University and MingDao University.
• 2008 Established “Lo Bonsai School.”
• Public Affairs | 1998 Co-founder of TBCA, 2007 President of TBCA, 2009 Secretary
• Chief of 10th ASPAC, 2021 Second Vice President of BCI.