​Growing up in Jakarta, Dey Irfan found his calling in art when he moved to Bandung and was exposed to its growing creative scene. Upon graduating high school, he moved to Singapore to learn art in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, then in the Lasalle College of the Arts to pursue a Bachelors in Fine Arts. He is currently based in Bandung.

Some of the driving forces for his craft are the subjects of landscape, nature, human psychology, and all the interventions done upon them.