Sasanki (Sanki) Tennakoon is a Western Sydney-based writer and artist residing on Darug and Gundungurra lands.

She studied at National Art School (2007) majoring in Printmaking and at UTS (2010) in Communications: Information Management and has a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults through UTS Insearch (2017).

Sasanki has worked in arts organisations and not-for-profits since 2012 including Blacktown Arts in varying capacities from 2012-2018, as a producer with Urban Theatre Projects on the Feminist Killjoys Reading Group from 2018-2019 and as a Volunteer Manager at not-for-profit Story Factory.

Sanki was a founding member of the artist-run initiative Pari and is currently a Board Member for Varuna –The National Writers’ House.

WRITING
Sasanki is a freelance arts writer who loves connecting with artists and subjects. She enjoys distilling the essence of their body of work into a celebratory piece of writing that stands as a testament to their journey, efforts and outcomes.

Sanki also freelances as a copywriter and marketing strategist and consultant and she can be found here.

ART
Sasanki’s creative practice is interested in human connection, communication, landscape & the truth in the way these elements are presented, represented and concealed. What and why are some truths harder to accept and face than others? How can we express them? What drives us to go where we end up? Words form an integral foundation in Sasanki’s creative practice which bleeds into her arts-based projects from time to time. She also just likes to draw stuff so you’ll see a lot of commissioned illustrations and sketches floating around.

CONTACT
sasanki.tennakoon@gmail.com