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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.

References

1. "Roy Ananda". Adelaide Central School of Art. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
2. "Roy Ananda". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
3. "Graduates". Adelaide Central School of Art. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
4. "Qantas Announces Winners of Qantas Foundation Art Award". Electronic News Publishing. ENP Newswire. 22 July 2010.
5. McDonald, Patrick; Harris, Samela; Lloyd, Tim; Nunn, Louise (24 March 2012). "Sculptors carve a spot in biennial". The Advertiser (Adelaide). p. 53.
6. Nunn, Louise (10 February 2018). "Art's Slice of Life". The Advertiser (Adelaide). p. 11.
7. "Archibald Prize Archibald 2011 finalist: Roy Ananda (chin support) by Deidre But-Husaim". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
8. "2011 National Portrait Prize - finalists | Moran Prizes". www.moranprizes.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
9. Wild, Stephi. "SALA Festival Will Kick Off Beginning This Weekend". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
10. "Wakefield Press :: Arts, Architecture and Design :: Roy Ananda".
11. Watts, Tim (27 July 2016). "Creative Couples: Julia Robinson and Roy Ananda". Broadsheet. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
12. Nunn, Louise (5 July 2014). "Outre SPACE". The Advertiser (Adelaide). p. 24.
13. Forester, Rayleen. "Roy Ananda: Slow crawl into infinity". ArtsHub Australia.

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

• Living people
• Artists from Adelaide
• Mixed-media artists
• 21st-century Australian sculptors
• Australian art educators
• University of South Australia alumni
• Artists from South Australia
• Australian contemporary artists
• 1980 births