Rajni Perera (born 1985) is a painter and sculptor, known for exploring how power works through the imagery of science fiction.
[1] She sees in science fiction a way of combating oppression which she combines with her ideas of revolution and social reform.
[1] Perera uses mixed media[1] to actively engage in discussion with the viewing audience about the aesthetic treatment of gender and identity politics.
[2] Through British, U.S. and Japanese programming on television in Sri Lanka, she saw the animated Robotech series and the work of Hayao Miyazaki as well as American science fiction, which she viewed as military propaganda.
[3] She critiques the legacies of exoticism and ethnography through figurative work which combined elements of science fiction, fantasy and magic-realism,[4] as well as Indian miniatures.