ANU-DHYANA Sol-Lit
:: ARTIST/TEACHER

:: Multi-disciplinary Artist 
:: Painting :: Digital Media :: Video :: VJ
:: Public/Street Art :: Community/Environmental Art
:: TUTOR Art & Design :: classes, workshop, individual tutoring

What I Offer

• Studio Visits – Explore my gallery space, view current paintings, and discuss potential commissions, including street art, interior painting, and community art projects

• Commissions – Open to custom projects; studio visits available to discuss specific needs

• Open Studios – Announcements of upcoming open studios will be advertised

• Workshops – One on One Tuition Studios

Dhyana offers ways for artists of all levels, from beginner through to experienced to keep developing your work in their desired direction. Dhyana talks 1 on 1 or with the group to work out strategies that will help them progress, and to move into new areas. Work on your artwork in class, applying and integrating previous learning from the intro course and receive feedback while it is in progress.

https://newzealandandmaoriart.com/anu-dhyana/
I am represented on this website with Darcy Nicholas as my Art Agent.

ANU-DHYANA SOL-LIT: Bio

Anu-Dhyana is a Contemporary New Zealand artist, Wellington-based with over 30 years of experience in painting and 15 years in video art. Her work explores the unseen energies flowing through the body and cosmos. A graduate of Ilam School of Fine Arts (1990) and holder of an MFA in Video from the College of Creative Arts at Massey University (2007), her education at Ilam developed her understanding of color and spatial dynamics, while Willem de Kooning’s gestural action painting profoundly influenced her formative style.

Rooted in her long-standing yoga practice, Anu-Dhyana’s art seeks to connect with source energy—the universe and the higher self. Her name reflects her spiritual evolution, transitioning from Dhyana (Sanskrit for meditation/concentration) in 2001 to Anu-Dhyana in 2023, meaning “Chasing after God,” which is a reframe to be connected to source because I AM source – just as everyone is.

Drawing from Tibetan Thangka Mandalas and Yogic Chakra diagrams, her work blends sacred geometry, fractal-like marks, and dynamic abstract expressionism. Focusing on sensation rather than appearance, she translates subtle energy currents into vivid marks and colors. She reimagines chakras as radiant stars within energetic fields of vortexes and magnetic dynamics, connecting the earth and cosmos. Her themes also extend to the Elements, Earth Elementals, and the balance of masculine and feminine energies.

Since 2011, Anu-Dhyana has expanded her practice into VJing, creating immersive video art that integrates her paintings with layered visuals, forming “moving paintings.” Both her paintings and video works act as energetic activations, fostering grounding, meditation, and connection to source energy. Anu-Dhyana has exhibited widely across Aotearoa, sharing her vision of energy and movement.

These experiential contemplative artworks is operate on a felt intuitive level, that draw you in.  These experiential contemplative artworks operate on a felt, intuitive level, drawing you in. Future goals involve creating a more holistic embodied approach to creating one's artistic practice, bringing the heart/feeling/soul back into the picture. Going beyond an ‘art-moment’ into an art activation.

Painting: Chakra Mandala Art Energy Series

My art reflects my deep integration of yoga, meditation, and intuitive painting practices, aligning with source energy to create transformative visual experiences. I draw upon 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.

The mandalas are universal, avoiding physical body references to emphasize the energetic flow, and are powerful energetic activations. I am connecting to and deepening my perception of subtle internal and external sensations of our electro-magnetic energy field, the torus field surrounding the heart, brain, and whole body. My painting is a translation of sensations of energy pulsing through the body and energy field into paint felt while sun/star gazing, and grounding with bare feet – becoming a column of light, I extend my energy field bringing source energy from above and below into the heart chakra, My Paintings are about making invisible/unseen to seen, they are improvised trusting in source– going from the unknown into the known, transitioning thresholds into the liminal – the in-between.

I am creating a visual language manifesting the invisible elements on the edge of perception, evoking energy vortexes, energy-forces, expansion/concentration, versus the extended makarba energy field. I also connect with nature, painting the energy of the elements, elementals, nature spirits, Fire: Sun, and Earth: Grounding.

I invite viewers to stand and ground themselves, align their hearts with the heart chakra at the center of most of my paintings, and breathe deeply. In this state of presence, my art mirrors the connection between earth, body, and higher source vibrations.

Video: VJ ANU-DHYANA

From 2000, I started working in video as “moving painting,” and after my MFA, I became a VJ. My video process involves filming my painting process and “Wellington on a Good Day”.  All video records are edited in Premiere and After Effects with filters reinforcing the Mandela aspect or abstracting them as a form of drawing to feed back into my painting.

As a VJ, I create visual journeys that are deeply tuned in and aligned with the DJ, I work at connecting to source so my imagery is ready to change in advance as the feeling of the music changes. Creating an immersive experience that resonates with the energy of the music and the participating dancers.

The repetitive beat of electronic music mirror ancient tribal drumming, evoking a trance-like state that connects us to something primal and universal. In this way, I can become almost like a contemporary shaman, channeling energy and weaving visuals that guide audiences into a collective journey of movement, transformation, and connection.

I work with video as a visual journey a digital metaphor for immersing oneself in the land and sea to reconnect with nature, reclaim a sense of wildness, and fully embody life. Through these combined practices—rewilding, cold water immersion, and VJing—I explore and share pathways to deeper embodiment, self-awareness, and alignment with source and the rhythms of nature and the cosmos.

Links

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dhyana.Artist/

• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dhyana__artist/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anudhyana

Anu-Dhyana Sol-Lit Edser: ART CV

Artist | Teacher | Facilitator

Multi-Disciplinary Artist | Painting | Digital Media | Video | VJ | Art Educator | 

Public/Street Art | Community/Environmental Art

Education

2002–2005 | Master of Fine Arts: Video Installation

(First Class Honours) – Massey University, Wellington

 Thesis Title: InSite/Insight: The Passeur & the Liminal – Site-specific art projects

 – Environmental Activist Art: Explored socially responsible art practice with an environmental focus

 – Responded to the construction of the Wellington inner-city bypass (2004)

 – Worked with activists to preserve the richness of the Te Aro community

 – Developed intervention-based works, video projections at street parties 

MFA Projection Events / Interventions

• 2005 | Te Aro Stories – NZ Film Archive Screening– CBC fundraising night supporting sustainable communities

• 2005 | Tonks Ave & Sustainable Choices II – Thistle Hall Projection– Community-focused screening night 

• 2004 | Green Party Convention – Screening & Presentation

• 2004 | CBC Community Meetings – Activist video projections

 – Tonks Ave (Anti-Bypass): voting nights, video nights, street parties

 – Supported Te Aro community development initiatives

• 1987–1990 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Painting Major – Canterbury University, Christchurch

 – Awarded the Sawell-Turner Prize in Painting

Painting Exhibitions & Video Performances / VJ Gigs

• 2024 | Jamie Berry Opening Night | VJ visuals for ULU Māori Art Exhibition

• 2022–2024 | Taniwha’s Den: Live performance

• 2018–2024 | Cubeman Collective gigs – venues include Laundry, Valhalla & Birdcage

• 2022–2023 | Matariki Projections with Cubeman & Shift Collective, Wellington Civic Square

• 2023 | Established VJ residency at The Church, a private venue

• 2023 | Shift Collective, Nelson Lights Festival (June)

• 2022 | Shift Collective, Performance Arcade (February)

• 2022 | I AM Solartarian: I Am Sol-Lit Being | Solo Painting Exhibition (August)

• 2021 | Lemonade Group Show – 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

Freelance Artist

• 2019 | Mandala Commission

• 2016–2017 | Mandala Hot Yoga Commission

• 2012 | Live Painting at Festivals

• 2011 | WCC Public Art Commission – Aro Valley Bus Stop

• 2011 | East of Cuba Street Art Commission

• 2011 | Raw Food Café Eco Sapiens – Artist in Residence

• 2005, 2008 | Fringe VanTV: Transforming Video on Wheels

Recent Art and Teaching

• 2025 | Private Art Sessions

• 2023 | Well Space Committee – shared community space for holistic practices: open day, launch, graphic design

• 2021 | Art and Meditation – collaborative teaching with Meredith; developed program

• 2017–2019 | Art & Meditation Workshops at HotYoga & Space Yoga Studio

• 2019 | Yoga Mandala Commission

• 2016–2017 | Yoga Mandala Commission

Public / Street Art Projects

Specialising in community and environmentally focused public art, adapting to local environments and engaging with the community. I enjoy revitalising urban spaces through public art and negotiating with architects, property managers, and developers.

• 2011–2012 | Liaised with Wellington City Council City Arts Team to strategise and facilitate street/mural art projects with local communities

• 2011–2012 | Commissioned to create live paintings at festivals and execute public art commissions according to WCC policy – including health & safety, proposal creation, and budgeting

• 2011 | Completed a street art commission for East of Cuba

• 2011 | Artist in Residence at Raw Food Café – engaging local communities through multiple sites and events

Public Art Projects / Environmental Artist

• 2005 & 2008 | Created collaborative site-specific video installations for Fringe Festivals – Film Archive, Te Papa, Midland Park, Civic Square

• 2008 | Installed Tipping Points: Above, Between, Below – negotiated access with WCC for public projections

• 2011–2012 | Participated in the Brooklyn Catchment Community Project – integrating environmental sustainability with community art

• 2002–2005 | IN/SIGHT INSIGHT (MFA Project) – site-specific artwork, community engagement, activist events, video projections

• 2004 | Developed strategies for environmental sustainability through art at Newtown Hall – including political engagement & community initiatives

Environmental Community Activism

• 2011–2013 | Active in community art networks and Artist Alliance meetings

• 2013 | Co-founded Innermost Arts – facilitated community art classes

• 2007–2012 | Involved with Innermost Gardens (urban community garden initiative)

• 2007–2010 | Engaged in Permaculture Huis, Climate Camp, and Change Makers

• 2007–2008 | Slow Flow – Artist in Residence: Participated in Environmental Art dialogues

• 2006 | Completed Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) and 10-month on-site training

• 2005–2006 | Contributed to Common Ground Community Gardens

Professional Experience 200-2012
ACADEMIC TUTORING EXPERIENCE: Graphic Design/Digital Media/Fine Arts

• 2007–2011 | Massey University – Graphic Design Tutor

• 2007–2008 | Victoria University – Digital Media Tutor

• 2001–2007 | Wellington Institute of Technology – Digital Media Tutor

• 2000–2001 | Central Institute of Technology – Digital Media Tutor

• 1996–1998 | Whanganui Regional Polytechnic – Fine Arts Tutor (Interdisciplinary)

• 2012–2000 | Tertiary Art / Digital Media Tutor

• Conducted university classes, workshops, and one-on-one tutoring in art/design

• Developed curricula for diverse student needs and skill levels