{"id":1049,"date":"2015-04-28T17:36:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T09:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/welcome\/?page_id=1049"},"modified":"2023-11-23T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T09:35:01","slug":"anurendra-jegadeva-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/anurendra-jegadeva-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Anurendra Jegadeva &#8211; Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-c9lnmh-72a1f72cff747bf5f81fd34ddff94282\">\n.avia-section.av-c9lnmh-72a1f72cff747bf5f81fd34ddff94282{\nbackground-color:#f2f2f2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-c9lnmh-72a1f72cff747bf5f81fd34ddff94282 main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1049'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-family: Open sans;\">Anurendra Jegadeva<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-xk0gp-c94b4e08edd11f48484f396135921dcd main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1049'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-7s4wd5-2fdc298bd19d1c749ddd2fe2dda795a6 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/anurendra-overview-2\/\">overview<\/a>&nbsp;|<a title=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anurendra-Jegadeva-revised-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;biography (CV)<\/a> |&nbsp;<a title=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 Exhibitions\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/anurendra-exhibition-2\/\">exhibitions<\/a>&nbsp;| <a title=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 Publications\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/anurendra-publications-2\/\">Publications<\/a> | <a title=\"Anurendra Jegadeva \u2013 Press and News\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/artists\/anurendra-press-and-news-2\/\">press and news<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-45v1hl-b516ce377e00e5de38feef1b690be244\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-45v1hl-b516ce377e00e5de38feef1b690be244{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-45v1hl-b516ce377e00e5de38feef1b690be244 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Anurendra Jegadeva (B.1965)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Anurendra Jegadeva is regarded as one of Malaysia\u2019s leading contemporary artists for his poetic yet provocative socio-political works. A narrative artist and a painter of stories, he believes in the enduring power of the painted image, and has worked consistently to forge an effective approach to contemporary and historical themes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nBased in both Malaysia and Australia, his works stem from a personal experience of, and response to his subject \u2013 be it the post-colonial realities of multi-cultural Malaysia, Asian immigrant life in Australia, or the war in Iraq on his TV screen, Anurendra Jegadeva deftly weaves an autobiographical layer into the complex realities he seeks to capture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nThrough a diversified body of work, he examines the ironies in contemporary life and probes the issue of cultural integration vis-a\u0300-vis the fusion of modern and traditional values. In the process, Anurendra Jegadeva employs a panoply of narrative tools &#8211; recurring motifs, colour symbolism, the framing devices of temple carvers and stained-glass makers, as well as comic book artists &#8211; the vocabulary of a multifarious existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nHis last solo exhibition \u2018<em>On the Way to The Airport \u2013 New Keepsakes<\/em>\u2019 was held at Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, in 2017, and coincided with the publication of a monograph documenting his 30 year career. Inspired by his return to Australia, he draws attention to migration as part of current world issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nAnurendra Jegadeva was one of four Malaysian artists to represent Malaysia at the country\u2019s first ever National Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition &#8211; La Biennale di Venezia in 2019.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anurendra Jegadeva overview&nbsp;|&nbsp;biography (CV) |&nbsp;exhibitions&nbsp;| Publications | press and news Anurendra Jegadeva (B.1965) Anurendra Jegadeva is regarded as one of Malaysia\u2019s leading contemporary artists for his poetic yet provocative socio-political works. 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