Born in 1975, Yaksa started studying art in 1991 at the Fine Art High School (SMSR) in Yogyakarta and 1996 he graduated rom the Indonesian Institute of Art ISI) in Yohyakarta.

Yaksa is one of the leading up-and-coming artists from the island of Java.

He lives with his wife and his 2 children in the outskirts of Yogyakarta. He is an artist with very strong views on the world and in particular issues concerning Indonesia.

Many of his paintings portray notions around Indonesian politics, traditional family values and the way human beings think and feel. He also acts as a curator for some of his artist colleagues and has displayed his work at various exhibitions around Indonesia.