Shanika Perera has most recently been the curatorial assistant at Cinnamon Colomboscope 2016, an annual multidisciplinary arts festival based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She holds a Diploma in Art and Design from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, UK and a BA in Graphic Design from the Northumbria University School of Design, UK. She is currently the assistant to the curator of the Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2017, whilst being a freelance Graphic Designer.