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Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra is a cultural entrepreneur and scholar, known for academic commentary and pioneering initiatives such as marquee, Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur and cultural organisation Shalini Ganendra Advisory. She has developed multi- and inter-disciplinary programming to further cultural connection for over two decades. Projects included the six year Vision Culture Lectures. thereafter documented by UNESCO Observatory through publication as the Arts in Asia Issue 2016.

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  • Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra is a cultural entrepreneur and scholar, known for academic commentary and pioneering initiatives such as marquee, Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur and cultural organisation Shalini Ganendra Advisory. She has developed multi- and inter-disciplinary programming to further cultural connection for over two decades. Projects included the six year Vision Culture Lectures. thereafter documented by UNESCO Observatory through publication as the Arts in Asia Issue 2016. She was the first expert on Sri Lankan art to be appointed to the Tate Gallery (UK) Acquisitions Committee (SAAC) and has served on numerous judging and award panels including for the Sacker Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. She introduced contemporary Sri Lankan and Malaysian artists during New York's Asia Week 2006 -2008 and 2015 in a series of exhibitions titled Serendipity and My Country. She has published widely on a variety of inter-disciplinary topics, including on Asian art, craft and identity. She commissioned one of the earliest green buildings in Malaysia, the Gallery Residence (2011), (also known as the Ganendra Art House). (en)
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  • Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra is a cultural entrepreneur and scholar, known for academic commentary and pioneering initiatives such as marquee, Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur and cultural organisation Shalini Ganendra Advisory. She has developed multi- and inter-disciplinary programming to further cultural connection for over two decades. Projects included the six year Vision Culture Lectures. thereafter documented by UNESCO Observatory through publication as the Arts in Asia Issue 2016. (en)
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  • Shalini Ganendra (en)
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