Shalini Ganendra
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Shalini Ganendra (born 1965) is a fine arts consultant and gallerist, who established The Private Gallery of Shalini Ganendra Fine Art in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998.[1]
[edit] Life and work
Shalina Ganendra was born in Sri Lanka. She graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, where she is a Harkness Fellow. Ganendra began her university studies at Stanford University, then read law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University and completed postgraduate legal study at Columbia Law School. She is a qualified New York attorney and Barrister at law. She practiced with a Wall Street firm in New York for a number of years in international corporate finance, before entering the arena of fine arts.
She founded Shalini Ganendra Fine Art in 1998 with the opening of The Private Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2007, she established a second gallery in London,[2], which specialises in Asian contemporary art[3] with particular emphasis on the work of artists from Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
She has provided art for a number of events, especially in the local area,[4][5][6][7] which have regularly gained news coverage. [8]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Sarah Sabaratnam. A heart for art. New Straits Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-103505484.html
- ^ Jacquelyn Lewis. Smaller Space but Steady Sales at Asian Art Fair. Artinfo. http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27119/smaller-space-but-steady-sales-at-asian-art-fair/
- ^ Excellent sales and record crowds. The Asian Art Fair. http://www.haughton.com/asian/press.htm
- ^ D. Maheshwari. Speakers Club's 'Blas from the Past'. New Straits Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82546521.html
- ^ Sharifah Arfah. Enduring magic of Oxbridge. New Straits Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82615226.html
- ^ Anna Yusof. Culinary Treat for Amex card members. New Straits Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-92984392.html
- ^ Siti Hajar Abd. Celebrating Oxbridge Anniversary. New Straits Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-93356257.html
- ^ Shuib Taib. Auspicious 8. New Straits Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-107531086.html
