Talk:Shalini Ganendra

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See the edited version for this biography. This candidate has a lot more to her than the art. If her name is googled, it is clear that she is a pioneer in the arena of bringing contemporary art from lesser known regions to the international fore. She is also a mover in the local society with the Oxbridge activity and ESU.

Alotofeffort (talk) 01:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

This is the text that was added. It was improperly added to the top of the article page, instead of editing what was already there. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 01:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Alotofeffort (talk) 10:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)Shalini Ganendra (b. 1965, Sri Lanka) started as a fine arts consultant and gallerist in 1996 after establishing The Private Gallery, which later became Shalini Ganendra Fine Art, The Private Gallery.

Ganendra was born in Sri Lanka, and spent most of her childhood there, in the US and in England, before making Malaysia her primary base.

She graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1982 and in 2007 was made a Harkness Fellow of the school. Ganendra began her university studies at Stanford University, then read law at 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.

In 2007, finding a growing market for contemporary art from Malaysia and Sri Lanka, she established a second gallery in London[2], which will develop awareness for these areas.

Ganendra has been an active voice and presenter for contemporary artists, established in their own countries, but not yet known in the West. She organised the first inclusion of Sri Lankan contemporary art at an exhibition, Colours of Karma, at the Nehru Centre in 2005. In 2006 and 2007, the gallery featured Sri Lankan art during New York's Asian Art Week. In 2008, the gallery introduced established contemporary talents from Malaysia and Sri Lanka to international collector during Asian Art Week in New York.

She has published articles on the subject of Sri Lankan modern and contemporary art in Finance Asia (HK) and the Asian Art Newspaper (2006) and most recently an article on photography in Malaysia in the latter publication in 2007.

She is also involved in a number of activities, including being a founding member of the English Speaking Union, Malaysia. She is the first non Malaysian, female President of the Oxford & Cambridge Society, Malaysia. During her term, a number of positive and innovative programs have been introduced to the Society, including the Dialogue Series and participation in a social project that will endeavour to preserve the threatened cultures and territories of the Kelabit people of Borneo.