I Made Ada (pronounced "eye" "ma day") is a third generation master wood carver from Pakudui village near Tegallalang and Ubud in Bali, Indonesia. Made is best known for his exquisitely hand carved sculptures of Garudas and three-dimensional panel. Made artistic qualities work are world renown and are displayed in presidential palaces, museums, and homes around the world.

- 1981 President of Indonesia visited Made Ada to purchase large Garudas for the Presidential Palaces throughout Indonesia.
- 1983 Nancy and President Ronald Reagan of the United States visited Made Ada to
purchase Garudas for their home.
- 1984 Made Ada invited to exhibit his work in the National Handy Craft Exhibition
in the Freedom Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 1986 Made demonstrates his carving skills in Dortmund, Germany.
- 1992 Made displays and demonstrates his work at the World Expo in Serville Spain.
- 1992 Made awarded the Upakerti Prize.
- 1995 Made displayed his work in Denmark.
- 1996 I Made Ada Carving included in the collection of the World Intellectual Property
Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1998 Made invited to be on the board of the Art for Tourism Society, of Bali.
- 1999 A television special on I Made Ada is shown on CNN worldwide.
  Made, guest speaker on Bali and Indonesian television, Topic"The Arts of Indonesia and where Art will need to go in the new millennia".

In Made Ada's belief, the remarkable art of Bali is still need to be regenerated and introduced to the world to have its existence known better. There is still a lot of effort need to be done to achieve the goal. One of the effort that has been doing by I Made Ada is by opening the cultural course for local or foreigner. The main cultural course is teaching the skill of wood carving especially Garuda statue carving and wood paneling. Beside the locals, many foreigners has passed Made's course. It needs about three to six months for those foreigners to entitled the beginner skill of Balinese woodcarvings.

Foreigners who want to join the cultural course are provided by the necessary wood and tool for the course. The course runs five hours a day with Balinese lunch provided in between. The foreigners are required to pay about 150.000 Rupiah per day for the course with all the above inclusion.

Other Balinese cultural course that also available are Balinese music and dancing course.

For further information and inquiry please contact :
Email: adgaruda@centrin.net.id, nyomandarmawan@yahoo.com
Phone: (62-361) 901234, Fax: (62-361) 901859
Or visit his house in Pakuduwi - Kedisan, Tegalalang, Gianyar, Bali - Indonesia. (see map)