Arahmaiani is an artist, activist (social-political, cultural & environmental), & writer. She has long been internationally recognized for her provocative commentaries on social, political, and cultural issues. She established herself in the 1980s as a pioneer of performance art in Southeast Asia. As a Javanese Moslem, in her works she has sought to do justice to the diversity of Islamic cultures, taking aim at the world’s stereotypes of her faith. In 2006 develop into “community base” performance & art projects with main focus on environmental issue. Started working with community of Islamic boarding school in Yogyakarta in 2006. Since 2010 she has been working in Tibet Plateau dealing with environmental issue. She used to teach in Art Academy in Guangzhou, China (2006-2008). And since 2012 till 2022 she was teaching in Department of South East Asia, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Passau University - Germany.