Anu-Dhyana Sol-Lit
:: ARTIST/TEACHER

:: Multi-disciplinary Artist 
:: Painting :: Digital Media
:: Video :: VJ
:: TUTOR Art & Design ::
classes, workshop,
individual tutoring

:: PUBLIC/STREET ART
:: COMMUNITY ART
:: ENVIRONMENTAL ART

Studio Visits: Commissions: Open Studios
Arrange studio visits to check out my actual gallery space & current paintings &/or talk about potential commissions

Artist Statement: Painting

My art is a reflection of my deep integration of yoga, meditation, and intuitive painting practices, aligning with source energy to create transformative visual experiences. This diptych draws upon the symbolism of yogic chakra diagrams, Tibetan Mandala Thangka, and sacred geometries such as the Sri Yantra and Flower of Life. These sacred forms serve as conduits for expressing the subtle energies that flow within and around us.

Over 2016-17 I deepened my meditation practice—grounding into the earth, becoming a column of light and connecting the the sun for higher-self or soul connection, bringing energy from above and below into the heart chakra. Through this process, I translated the sensations of energy pulsing and flowing through my body into paint, color, and mark. The mandalas are universal, avoiding physical body references to emphasize the energetic flow and are powerful energetic activations. I invite viewers to stand to center and ground themselves, align their hearts with the heart chakra at the center of the work, and breathe deeply. In this state of presence, my art becomes a mirror of the connection between earth, body, and higher source vibrations.

Artist Statement: Video:

I have VJed (live video mixing) since 2011 but I have been around Vjs since 2000. My video incorporates my painting with an intention to create “moving painting” layering footage of finished paintings, now it will involve filming while painting using stop-motion and time-lapse,

My Masters of Fine Arts in Video involved investigating socially responsible art with an environmental edge, incorporating video installation in site-specific contexts. Projects were intervention or event based for projecting at street parties, projection nights & installations. I presented my video at a Green Party Conference with an activist group to raise awareness to build community rather than roads, in this case an inner city bypass

I later collaborated in video installation project for the Fringe called “VanTV: Transforming Video on Wheels” involving projection in public spaces.

Recent Highlights
2022-2024 | Taniwha’s Den: Live performance 2018-2024 | Cubeman Collective gigs, venues Laundry, Valhalla & Birdcage
2022-2023 | Matariki Projections with Cubeman and Shift Collective, Wellington Civic Square 2023 | Shift Collective, Nelson Lights Festival (June) 2022 | Shift Collective, Performance Arcade (Feb) 2022 | I AM Solartarian: I Am Sol-Lit Being, Solo Painting Exhibition (Aug). 2021 | Lemonade Group Show, exhibiting a mini retrospective of 80 paintings 2021 | Lemonade Collective Art Space: 2 VJ performances. 2020 & 2022 | New Year’s Festival VJ performances 2021 | Resonance App Launch: Brand-specific animated graphics
2019- Mandala Commission
2016-17 Mandala Hot Yoga Commission
2011-13 +2019 VJ - Live Video Mixing
2012 Live Painting at Festivals Commission
2011 WCC Public Art Commissions ::
Aro Valley Bus Stop
2011 East of Cuba :: Street art commission
2008 :: Tipping points:: above, between, below
2011 :: Raw Food Café :: Eco Sapiens
2005 +2008 :: Fringe:: Van TV::
Transforming video on wheels ::
Site-Specific Projections 2002-5 MFA Massey University
IN/SIGHT INSIGHT (video installation)

Public Artist

Street/Public Art Projects:
Public Art with a community, environmental edge.
art adapting to the client or funder of the site the local environment and engaging with the community.
I love creating Public Art as an alternative to revitalise the city negotiating with architects and property managers and soon property developers

Wellington City Council 2011-2012 I Liaising WCC City Arts Team :: discussing Strategy for facilitating Street/Mural Art Projects with local community
2012 2005 I Live Painting at Festivals Commission
2011 I WCC Public Art Commissions ::  Following WCC public art policy guidelines::  health & safety, create proposals/budgets
2011 I East of Cuba :: Street art commission

2011 I Raw Food Café :: Eco Sapiens :: Artist if Residence:: 
Raw Food Café :: existed in multiple sites and art events, initial promo event engaging people with bike blender. We relocated to various sites including, engaging local Maori at their Marae, artists in residence kitchen, an empty shop, environmental centre, a park pavilion and foraging in community orchards, presenting the concept at a Hui and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.

2005 +2008 I Fringe:: Van TV:: Transforming video on wheels :: Collaborative Site-specific Projections & TV installation
Video installation in public spaces :: Film Archives, Te Papa, Midland Park, Bats, Queens Wharf, Cuba Mall & Civic Square
2005 I Newtown Hall
2008 I Tipping points:: above, between, below
Negotiated with WCC for access to public places, health and safety, asking organisations to be able to project video

Citizen Artist I Town Artist I Environmental Artist

2011-2012 I Brooklyn Catchment Community Project::
Collaborating in a community lead art project integrating environmental, sustainability & community.

2002-2005 I Fine Art Masters :: Insite/ Insight 
:: Site Specific Artwork in the zone of the Wellington Bypass
I responded to local community & connected with activist groups. Involved with activist events, eg setting up video projections at community awareness events. Artistic models were public art projects, which involved the local community creating dialogue in the evolution of the artwork/event/intervention.
2004 I New/Town Hall (Masters)
An unused shop in Newtown became an environmental center & a base HQ in preparation for Wellington’s local body elections .
I nominated an environmentalist for Mayor & developed strategies to vote for a sustainable way of life & to focus on creating community.

MORE Links ::
youtube.com/user/anudhyana/videos
vimeo.com/anudhyana/videos