Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra

Dame Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra DSG is a Sri Lankan-born cultural entrepreneur, policy advisor, and scholar whose work has contributed to the development of contemporary cultural infrastructure and visibility across Southeast Asia. She is the founder and director of Shalini Ganendra Advisory (SGA) and the initiator of Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur (GWKL) in 2016, a city-wide cultural event that provides exposure to regional art movements and cultural ecosystems. The event has been described as a "pioneering culture-building network."

Her 2023 monograph, Veins of Influence, surveys early colonial photographs of Sri Lanka, analyzing their provenance and the networks of collectors that shaped their dissemination. The work highlights under-represented visual histories and situates Sri Lanka's photographic archives within broader postcolonial and global contexts.