Roy Ananda is a South Australian artist and arts educator. He is Head of Drawing at Adelaide Central School of Art.
Biography Roy Ananda was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1980. He has a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from Adelaide Central School of Art and a Master of Arts from the University of South Australia. Ananda was the South Australian recipient of the Qantas Foundation Art Award in 2010. His work has featured in the 2012 Heysen Sculpture Biennial and the 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.
Portraits of Ananda by Deidre But-Husaim have been finalists in the 2011 Archibald Prize and the 2011 Doug Moran Portrait Prize.
Ananda was awarded the South Australian Living Artist Festival Publication in 2021.
Ananda is married to artist Julia Robinson.
Artistic style and subject Ananda is known for his large-scale sculptures and drawings referencing fandom and pop culture. Slow Crawl into Infinity recreated the opening words of Star Wars as a large-scale sculpture at the Samstag Museum in 2014.
Further reading Purvis, Andrew, Klavins, Bernadette, Williams, Sean. Roy Ananda. Wakefield Press, 2021 Ananda, Roy (2017). How to write a fan letter: The generative potential of pop-culture fandom in contemporary visual art practice. Master's Thesis, University of South Australia. McKenzie, Jenna. Roy Ananda: How to write a fan letter. Artlink, Vol. 36, No. 4, Dec 2016: 56-59. Sliuzas, Adele. Roy Ananda: The Devourer Sandra Uray-Kennett: A knights tour through a rent in the wall. Artlink, Vol. 33, No. 3, Sep 2013: 91.
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External links Entry in Design and Art Australia Online Lecturer profile Roy Ananda - CACSA Contemporary 2010: The New New Roy Ananda - Thin walls between dimensions SALA 2017 - Roy Ananda vs Monte Masi Pecha Kucha Battle Spend some time with…Roy Ananda