Roy Ananda

{{short description|Australian artist and arts educator}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}

| birth_place = South Australia

| nationality = Australian

| field = Sculpture, Drawing

| training = Adelaide Central School of Art, University of South Australia

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| awards = Qantas Foundation Art Award (SA) 2010, South Australian Living Artists Festival Publication 2021

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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.{{cite web |title=Roy Ananda |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/roy-ananda/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=2 November 2018 |language=en |date=13 September 2018}}

Biography

Roy Ananda was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1980.{{cite web |title=Roy Ananda |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/roy-ananda/ |website=Design & Art Australia Online |accessdate=1 November 2018}} He has a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from Adelaide Central School of Art{{cite web |title=Graduates |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/graduates/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=1 November 2018 |language=en |date=13 September 2018}} 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.{{cite news |title=Qantas Announces Winners of Qantas Foundation Art Award |work=Electronic News Publishing |agency=ENP Newswire |date=22 July 2010}} His work has featured in the 2012 Heysen Sculpture Biennial{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Patrick |last2=Harris |first2=Samela |last3=Lloyd |first3=Tim |last4=Nunn |first4=Louise |title=Sculptors carve a spot in biennial |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=24 March 2012 |page=53}} and the 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.{{cite news |last1=Nunn |first1=Louise |title=Art's Slice of Life |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=10 February 2018 |page=11}}

Portraits of Ananda by Deidre But-Husaim have been finalists in the 2011 Archibald Prize{{cite web |title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2011 finalist: Roy Ananda (chin support) by Deidre But-Husaim |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2011/28905/ |website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au |accessdate=1 November 2018}} and the 2011 Doug Moran Portrait Prize.{{cite web |title=2011 National Portrait Prize - finalists {{!}} Moran Prizes |url=http://www.moranprizes.com.au/competition/2011-national-portrait-prize/finalists |website=www.moranprizes.com.au |accessdate=1 November 2018 |language=en}}

Ananda was awarded the South Australian Living Artist Festival Publication in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Stephi |title=SALA Festival Will Kick Off Beginning This Weekend |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/adelaide/article/SALA-Festival-Will-Kick-Off-Beginning-This-Weekend-20210730 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |access-date=6 August 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product.php?productid=1719| title=Wakefield Press :: Arts, Architecture and Design :: Roy Ananda }}

Ananda is married to artist Julia Robinson.{{cite web |last1=Watts |first1=Tim |title=Creative Couples: Julia Robinson and Roy Ananda |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/art-and-design/article/creative-couples-julia-robinson-and-roy-ananda |website=Broadsheet |accessdate=1 November 2018 |language=en |date=27 July 2016}}

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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.{{cite news |last1=Nunn |first1=Louise |title=Outre SPACE |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=5 July 2014 |page=24}}{{cite web |last1=Forester |first1=Rayleen |title=Roy Ananda: Slow crawl into infinity |url=https://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/visual-arts/roy-ananda-slow-crawl-into-infinity-244195 |website=ArtsHub Australia}}

Further reading

  • Purvis, Andrew, Klavins, Bernadette, Williams, Sean. Roy Ananda. Wakefield Press, 2021
  • Ananda, Roy (2017). [http://search.ror.unisa.edu.au/record/9916176470401831 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.

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