Background
Rudana was born September 17, 1948, in the village of Gelogor, Lodtunduh, in Ubud, Bali, the third of seven children in his family.
Rudana was born September 17, 1948, in the village of Gelogor, Lodtunduh, in Ubud, Bali, the third of seven children in his family.
He finished high school in Denpasar in 1968 and attended Teacher College in Madiun city, East Java.
He later became a dancer in the Balinese dance opera group during high school. He returned to Bali in 1970 as an apprentice math teacher in a Junior High School. In 1974, Rudana developed The Rudana Painter Community at the Sanur beach area to help local artists in selling their products.
In 1978, he established the Rudana Fine Art Gallery in Ubud aiming to promote Balinese arts to visitors on the island.
lieutenant was also intended to encourage local artists to develop their individual styles and grow the local art industry. Concerned that Balinese and Indonesian artistic heritage was being taken overseas, Rudana established Museum Rudana in Peliatan, Gianyar Regency.
Its cornerstone was laid on 22 December 1990 with a serial of Balinese ceremony. The museum officially opened in 1995 with the goal of preserving Indonesian arts
In 1995, Rudana also founded The Rudana Art Foundation to help develop and promote art in Indonesia by sponsoring gifted children in studying art, performance and music
Rudana was elected to the Regional Representatives Council of the Republic of Indonesia in the 2004 legislative election, as one of four senators representing Bali. He also serves on the People"s Consultative Assembly. Rudana founded the Ubud Rotary Club in 2001, and chaired the Bali Art Shops Association from 1980 to 1985.
He was in charge of Ad Hoc Committee 4, responsible for the national budget and financial balance between central and local government, providing opinion on the result of any investigation of the state finances and selecting the members of the State Audit Board and Taxes.