Nurabdiansyah (Abi) is a lecturer, researcher, graphic designer, creative director, and curator in Makassar, South Sulawesi. Abi is a lecturer at the Department of Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Universitas Negeri Makassar (DKV FSD UNM). Abi has been involved in various art activities based on and visual storytelling development in Makassar, Indonesia, including the documentary project connecting Indigenous Australian and Macassan artists, Trading Cultures (2022), produced by the Australia-Indonesia Centre. In 2018 he founded the Macassan Arts, Research and Global Encounters (MAREGE) Institute. In collaboration with Global Encounters Monash University, Abi has focused on visual research related to historic maritime relations between seafarers from Makassar and indigenous Australians in the past, especially Macassan visual symbols in Aboriginal artwork. In 2023 he was awarded an Asialink Fellowship at the University of Melbourne.