Rajni Perera CV
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Rajni Perera

Rajni Perera was born in Sri Lanka in 1985 and lives and works in Toronto. She explores issues of hybridity, futurity, ancestorship, immigration identity/cultures, monsters and dream worlds. All of these themes marry in a newly objectified realm of mythical symbioses. In her work she seeks to open and reveal the dynamism of the icons and objects she creates, both scripturally existent, self-invented and externally defined. She creates a subversive aesthetic that counteracts antiquated, oppressive discourse, and acts as a restorative force through which people can move outdated, repressive modes of being towards reclaiming their power.

press

The Brooklyn Rail - ‘Rajni Perera: Traveller’, By Esmé Hogeveen, November 2019

Canadian Art - ‘Duane Linklater, Rajni Perera Leas Art Toronto 2019 Sales’, October 2019

The Star - ‘MOCA’s show Believe rewards our faith and patience’, By Murray Whyte, September 2018

Negarra A. Kudumu - “‘Reading Rajni Perera’ in Issue 37 of C Magazine”, By Negarra A. Kudumu, March 2018

The Star - ‘A grand nationalist reckoning in the art world in 2017’, By Murray Whyte, December 2017

Canadian Art - ‘In the Studio with Rajni Perera’, May 2017

Fader - ‘Meet Rajni Perera, The Canadian Artist Taking on the Global Art Market’, By Rea McNamara, May 2016

CBC Arts - ‘Rajni Perera’s stunning sci-fi neo-Amazonians’, By Amanda Parris, February 2016