Visual Art of Sivasubramaniam Kajendran

Sivasubramaniam Kajendran is a multidisciplinary artist. He graduated from the University of Jaffna in 2014 with a degree in Fine Arts (Art History). He has been awarded the esteemed UNIESCO scholarship of the Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Art (UMISSA) and has a Master’s degree in Art and Design from the Beaconhouse National University (BNU) in Lahore, Pakistan. Sivasubramaniam Kajendran has had exhibitions both locally and internationally. His current exhibition at the Paradise Road Galleries. Gallery Café is open from 10 am through midnight, daily.

Mysticism, decay and hope culminate in reflecting the mood of Sivasubramaniam Kajendren’s exhibition at Paradise Road Galleries till the 29th of June, 2023. The distorted figures; the women like angels in their sheer white, translucent nightwear and grandiose heads that stay so still and silent while a bird pecks its surface, invoke a reverberating sensation across the walls as one walks along the aisles. The theme of  Siva’s art remains as a therapeutic catharsis, as one can imagine when one gets to know the story behind the artist. He has confidence that through hope, even the most damaged or scarred person can endure the hardships and struggles they face in life. As a Catholic, Siva believes that there is nothing that God will test us to delve into that we, as an individual, cannot grapple with.

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September 22, 2025