Pupuk Daru Purnomo or widely known as Pupuk DP was born in Yogyakarta, June 16, 1964. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Design, the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta. During his study in college, his artwork had gained a prize as the Best Painting in the college 7th anniversary celebration (Dies Natalis VII) and Pratisara Affandi Adhi Karya, from the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta.

During his professional career, he has produced a lot of excellent quality paintings. He has also held a number exhibitions such as solo exhibition at Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta (1995), and actively participated in several group exhibitions at Gajah Gallery, Singapore (1997, 2002), Santi Gallery, Jakarta (1998), H. Widayat Museum, Magelang (2001, 2002) a Group Exhibition in Yogyakarta (2002) and also ‘Red’ Base group exhibition at Redbase Foundation Yogyakarta. He received the award as the finalist of Phillip Morris Art Award in 1997.