Robert Steven – Indonesia

Name: Robert Steven ( 江职宏 )

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Availability: By appointment

Willingness to Travel: Yes.

Programs Offered: Workshops, Demonstrations, Lectures, Judging and Critique

Languages Spoken: English and Chinese

Best way to Contact: By emails : markamtr [at] cbn [dot] net.id or robertbonsai [at] hotmail [dot] com

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Bio:

• Started doing and collecting Bonsai in 1979. Have permanent exhibit centre with over 500 Bonsai collection in wide variety of species.
• Have won more than 200 competition awards nationally as well as international e.g.:
  • Entry Award of 2000 JAL World Bonsai Contest
  • Entry Award of 2000 Ben Oki International Design Award
  • Runner-up winner of 2001 Ben Oki International Design Award
  • Grand Winner of 2001 Certre Award International
  • Runner-up winner of 2002 Ben Oki International Design Award
  • Runner-up winner of 2002 Certre Award Competition
  • Entry Award of JAL World Bonsai Contest 2002
  • Runner-up of World Bonsai Contest 2003
  • Bronze Award of 2006 BCI Convention in China
  • Grand Winner of 2007 Certre Award International
  • The Most Original Design Award 2007 of KoB
• Ex-Secretary General of Asia-Pacific Bonsai Friendship Federation (ABFF).
• Education Department Head of ABFF.
• Ambassador to Bonsai Clubs International (BCI).
• BCI Board of Director’s member (2002-now) & Public Relation Committee Head.
• International Bonsai judge doing domestic and international Bonsai judging
• Coordinator of “ABFF Award - Ismail Saleh Trophy”, an international Bonsai Photo Contest.
• Keen promoter of Chinese Penjing, Expressionistic & Surrealistic Bonsai styles.
• One of the initiators and key-speakers of Indonesian Bonsai Art Discussion Forum.
• Active in writing Bonsai and Penjing articles for newspapers & magazines and columnist for the Readers Forum in BCI’s Bonsai & Stone Appreciation magazine.
• Expert Editor of Green Hobby magazine.
• Editor of Knowledge of Bonsai Forums (http://knowledgeofbonsai.org).
• Editor of The Art of Bonsai Project (http://artofbonsai.org).
• Intensively travelling around the world conducting Bonsai and Penjing teaching, lectures, demos, workshops and judging including on national TV program.
• First book “Vision of My Soul” was published in April 2005 in luxury limited edition had been one of the best seller Bonsai books sold out within 6 months. The second edition is just reprinted.
• Second book "Mission of Transformation" has published and available at www.stonelantern.com