Kayus Mulia holds a degree in architecture from Aachen, Germany and a BA in photography from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, USA.

He began his photographic career in 1986 upon returning to Jakarta, Indonesia where he opened his own studio specializing in industrial and automotive photography.

His passion in black and white photography makes him one among the few professionals still doing their own processing and printing. For black and white he prefers to work in the 4x5" format.

Kayus also held workshops on view camera and studio lighting and on black and white photography. For several years he contributed to the Fotomedia Magazine on black and white photography.
Founder of the Indonesian Photography Professional Association, he sat as a judge member to Kodak ASEAN Photo Contest in Malaysia in 1997 and the annually held Indonesian Salon Photo Contest.

Exhibited with fellow professional photographers in Jakarta in 1997 and 1998 and Zone3+1 photo exhibition in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1999. Solo exhibition on images from Bali in 1999 and in 2002 group exhibition on images from Nepal and Tibet.