I Wayan Gede Budayana is an artist from Banjar Mukti, Desa Singapadu, Gianyar, Bali. Besides painting, he spends his time teaching at a design school in Denpasar and carving wooden masks. As a lecturer, he loves imparting his knowledge to aspiring young artists because they always come up with new ideas. This makes Budayana stay motivated in artmaking and learning. Budayana is greatly influenced by the Balinese culture and some traditional Balinese artists. However, he expresses that the genres of surrealism and the Renaissance have also played an important role in his current paintings. Although some collectors and critics have said that some of his paintings are a bit creepy, Budayana continues to paint because he follows his intuition to create absurd and enigmatic paintings which rely on imagination.