Rajni Perera was born in Sri Lanka in 1985, and she now lives and works in Toronto. The artist explores issues of hybridity, futurity, ancestorship, migrant and marginalised identities/cultures, monsters and dream worlds. These themes come together to fuel explorations within a multimedia practice that includes drawing and painting, clay, wood, lanterns, new media sculpture, textiles and, most recently, synthetic taxidermy. Perera seeks to open and reveal the dynamism of the icons, beings and objects she creates by means of a subversive aesthetic that counteracts antiquated, oppressive discourse and acts as a restorative force. Her work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Sobey Foundation and the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.