Kalanjay Dhir

Kalanjay Dhir is an artist based in Sydney on unceded Dharug Land. He has made work about rivers, games, space technology, sci-fi, myth, social media, Mountain Dew, urban development, progress and time.

Working with sculpture, video and internet objects, Dhir is interested in near-futurism and spirituality through mythological and speculative technologies. In his spare time he enjoys reading manga and imagining what things would look like if they were built with a secular devotion. In 2021, Dhir is developing new video works commissioned by Fairfield City Museum and Gallery and the Sydney Opera House.

Since graduating from Sydney College of the Arts in 2016, Dhir has presented solo exhibitions at Firstdraft, Peacock Gallery and Wentworth Point Community Centre and Library. In 2020, Dhir presented works at Next Wave Festival (online) and was the recipient of the Fauvette Loureiro Emerging Scholarship. Since 2017, Dhir has worked from Parramatta Artists Studios and is a founding co-director of Pari, an artist-run space in Western Sydney. In addition to his work in the visual arts, Dhir has performed at venues and festivals across Australia including Golden Plains 2020 and Soft Centre 2018. Alongside Kilimi, he hosts Wednesday Sunset on FBi Radio as ‘2K’