Sivasubramaniam Kajendran is born in Mullaitivu in 1988 and survived the war and the tsunami of 2004. He graduated in Fine Arts (Art History) from the University of Jaffna in 2014. He was awarded the prestigious UNESCO scholarship of the Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts (UMISSA) and graduated with a Master in Art and Design from the Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore, Pakistan. Kajendran served as a temporary assistant lecturer and visiting lecturer at the Art and Design Unit and the Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna. His practice involved several mediums such as drawings, paintings, installations, photography, performance, video-based performances, and digital works. Kajendran has exhibited works both locally and internationally. His first solo exhibition “STRANDED” was held in Jaffna in 2016. This was followed by his second site-specific installation “ESCHEW” staged at Thondaimanaru beach, Jaffna in 2019. He has also participated in group exhibitions including “Absent of the present, Nomad” at Art and Culture Center, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2019, “Visual Art Exhibition”, Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2019, “Of the Moments” at 12.0 Contemporary, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2020. His works are also in several personal collections all over the world.