Roy Ananda
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Adelaide, Ananda is a graduate of Adelaide Central School of Art where he received a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) in 2001. Ananda has exhibited widely around Australia and more recently overseas. Selected group shows include: Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2004); the Australian Drawing Biennale, the Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra (2004); and Flipside, The Substation, Singapore (2008).
Major solo exhibitions include: Put a sock in it, 2008 and Terraformer, 2009 (both at dianne tanzer gallery + projects); A is for Anvil, West Space, Melbourne (2006); Big Racket, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale (2008); and Permission Slip, Gallery 4a, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney (2008). His work has been collected by Artbank and subsequently exhibited in the 2008 Melbourne Art Fair.
In 2010, Ananda was the South Australian recipient of the Qantas Foundation Art Award. Ananda is also active as a writer and lecturer; he is currently Acting Head of Sculpture at Adelaide Central School of Art.
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ARTIST NEWS
June 24, 2011Reko Rennie and Yhonnie Scarce are the recipients of Melbourne Laneway Commissions for 2011……brilliant ! This is an annual program and the commissions provide ongoing opportunities for artists, foster creative capacity and strongly advocate the artist profession. Unpredictable by nature … Continue reading |
May 27, 2011The countdown has begun for Korean International Art Fair 2011! In late September the gallery team and Victoria Reichelt will be heading to Seoul for the gallery’s first international art fair. 2011 is the Australian and Korean year of friendship … Continue reading |
