“In this new body of work, Ferdinands references her Sri Lankan heritage, alongside her Canadian upbringing, in order to bring a more complex global perspective to addressing a range of social, spiritual and environmental concerns. Ferdinands draws on a range of art-historical as well as pop-culture visual sources, including film, news media and advertising, to produce painting replete with symbolism and narrative allusion.” – Haema Sivanesan (Dir. South Asian Visual Art Centre)

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