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Anurendra Jegadeva
1965, Malaysia
Anurendra Jegadeva
1965, Malaysia

Anurendra Jegadeva (b. 1965, Johor) is a prominent artist and writer, currently based in Australia. He obtained his Masters of Fine Arts from Monash University. His works are layered with narratives of identity and place, and incorporate a variety of mediums to produce innovative forms of contemporary portraiture. They reflect his personal responses to the world around him, weaving an autobiographical layer into the complex realities he seeks to capture. He has exhibited extensively in both Malaysia and Australia, as well as around the region. He was one of four Malaysian artists who exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2019.