About me

Harshini J. Karunaratne (she/they) is a Sri Lankan-Peruvian digital artist and projection designer based between Berlin, London and Dubai. Harshini is passionate about the intersection of moving images and performance, having graduated with a BA (Hons) in Film & New Media and Theater at New York University Abu Dhabi in 2018. In 2022, Harshini completed their Masters in New Media Design in Berlin. In their work, Harshini explores themes relating to climate change, gender, the body, and afterlife. Harshini has had her work shown in Germany, Peru, Italy, Japan, UAE, Greece, as well as at FILE Festival in Brazil, Burning Man in the US, Art Dubai. They are also the founder and co-curator of MANIFEST:IO, a symposium for new media and electronic art that launched in Berlin in February 2023.

QuestionsProjectsExperienceTeam

• Any media artists or new media curators based in Wales? Super keen to know if there's a media art scene there :)
• Looking for collaborators based in Dubai. In search of a makeup artist and model(s). No experience necessary :)
• Any advice for someone looking to delve into curation? My background is in film and theater.

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Work history

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Project Manager and DesignerLedPulse
Mar 2023 - Jun 2023Berlin, GermanyFull Time
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Theatre Technical SpecialistNew York University Abu Dhabi
Sep 2018 - Jun 2021Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFull Time

Skills

• Festival Photographer
• Street Photography
• Projection art
• Vjing
• Projection Mapping
• Art Direction
• Vision Mixing
• Live Streaming
• Digital art
• Design

Education

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MA New Media DesignUniversity of Europe for Applied Sciences - Berlin
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022Berlin, Germany
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BA (Hons) Film & New Media, and BA (Hons) TheaterNew York University Abu Dhabi
Aug 2014 - May 2018Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Awards

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Jury AwardTokyo International Projection Mapping Awards