Shalini Ganendra has been professionally involved with visual arts for many years, having opened The Private Gallery in 1998. She is actively engaged in developing recognition for outstanding regional talents through, inter alia, organisation of exhibitions in major metropolises and locally.
She graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, where she is a Harkness Fellow. Ms. Ganendra began her university studies briefly at Stanford University, then read law at Cambridge University. She completed postgraduate legal study at Columbia Law School.
Ms. Ganendra is a qualified New York attorney and Barrister at law. She practised with a Wall Street firm in New York for a number of years in international corporate finance, before entering the arena of fine arts.
Ms. Ganendra’s focus is Asian Contemporary Art and, in particular, Malaysian and Sri Lankan contemporary. She is experienced at advising arts organizations and individual collectors in building, maintaining, and appraising important museum quality collections. She works closely with clients to formulate thoughtful strategies for disposition of entire collections or single works of art. Her expertise further extends to representing clients at auction, in the salesrooms and in private treaty sales. She has additional experience curating exhibitions from concept to execution, including publication of accompanying scholarly catalogues.
Rita Dosner
Consultant, USA
Columbia University, (BA); Stern Business School, NYU, (MBA)
