Sujay Sanan (b. 1983) is an artist living and working from Cape Town, South Africa. He was born and raised in India, and graduated from the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad. Thereafter he co-founded a graphic design studio. After a few years of client-based projects he decided to pursue a path as an independent artist. For the past decade his work has engaged with natural history and the relationships between the living and non-living world. Often spanning the course of a year, each new body of work is created with a deliberate study of both medium and narrative. He has employed the use of inks, watercolour pigments, acrylics, graphite, and various pens.
Since 2016, Sujay has had 5 solo exhibitions and participated in a number of group shows. He has collaborated with partners like Wavescape and the WWF to raise funds for conservation through his artworks. His drawing of a Southern Right whale and her calf was selected to be a part of South Africa’s 4th decimal circulation coins launched in 2023, and is now impressed on the 5 rand coin. With over a hundred and fifty original paintings sold, Sujay’s work is now in collections in eleven countries (Austria, Australia, England, Germany, India, South Africa, Spain, United States of America, Norway, Switzerland). When he is not creating beautiful things, Sujay is also an avid rock climber, an acoustic guitar player and a devoted father.