Romantika Gema Merdeka, born in 1995 in Surakarta, currently lives in Denpasar, Bali. He is a multidisciplinary artist who works across mediums, such as painting, photography, etc., the works of art he creates can be anything, he always likes experimenting with works with various media and dimensions.

He is the type of person that sees sadness in everything, even the most beautiful things in life, or love for that matter. Nostalgia and melancholy permeate the experience of his work. The artist transforms his experiences of personal trauma in his early life into a highly personal visual poetic and enigmatic language through the use of every medium he finds relevant within his reach.