Lucia Hartini was born in Temanggung in 1958. She studied painting at Sekolah Seni Rupa Indonesia ( Indonesian Visual Art School ), in Yogyakarta. Her paintings tended to the type of surrealism, presenting the unique phenomena of the nature. Using the technique of fine realism, she often presented the movement of water, cloud, planets, and others objects in the fantastic flow and gyre. She often joint individual as well as joint exhibitions, nationally, and internationally.