Catur was born 1972 in Central Java, Indonesia. He graduated from ISI/ Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta 2002. He has participated in group exhibitions in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, France and Belgium. He has gained great attention and won several awards including in 2003 Indofood Indonesian art Award, 2001 Osaka Triennial, 2000 ASEAN Art awards, Singapore, and 2000 Top Ten prize winners of the Indonesian Art Awards, 1999 The Special Prize International Museum Of Art Oslo, 1996 Osaka Triennial painting, and The First Prize in the Australia-Indonesia Friendship art competition in 1995.