Artist Information:
Vajira Gunawardena
Weliveriya,
Sri Lanka
Member Since: Dec 2008
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Artist Statement:
By facing straight to the
culture, the series of art
works I have done was always
connected to my “Daily Life”,
which is an ultimate result of
my personal feelings springs
out from the social, political
structure of modern life.
I use my own life and that of
people around him as a point
of departure to explore
society’s obsession with
matetarialism, instant
gratification and our
inability to confront the
growing of human insensibility
in the world that surrounds
us. "My work focuses on my
need to intersect body and
place, memory and fact to
re-examine human histories,
cultural conditions, and
events." I create art in order
to document issues that are
important to me. I respond to
subject matter that range from
daily occurrences in the media
to more mundane aspects of
life that are often taken for
granted. I am interested in
topical issues from the
political and culture spheres,
as well as social conditions
that comment on human
existence.
I work instinctively and
intuitively. Spontaneity and
experimentation play key roles
in my creative process and I
continuously edit my work
until a unified composition
and narrative emerges. Over
the course of time, the
pairing of ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008- “DREAM FACTORY” Drawings
Exhibition at the Alliance
Françoise De Colombo – SRI
LANKA
2008- “THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF
THE PERFECTLY ORDINARY” Art
Exhibition at the Mieke
Kooistra’s Residence Place in
Colombo - SRI LANKA
2007- “THE DREAM FACTORY” Art
Exhibition at the Barefoot
Gallery in Colombo - SRI LANKA
2005- “MY ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
2008- “PANAMA” TV INTERVIEW
PROGRAMME, Young Asia
Television Network, TNL TV
2008- “THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF
THE PERFECTLY ORDINARY” Friday
Life, Page C / DAILY MIRROR
NEWS PAPER/ May 30 –MIEKE
KOOISTRA
2008- “SPRINGING OUT OF THE
ORDINARY” Art scope, Page 14 /
DAILY NEWS PAPER/June 04 –
MIEKE KOOISTRA
2008- “DREAM FACTORY” ...
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Collections:
The Paradise Road Collection,
Colombo - SRI LANKA
The Barefoot Gallery
Collection, Colombo - SRI
LANKA
The Serandib Gallery
Collection, Colombo - SRI
LANKA
Mrs. Shehara de Silva
Collection - SRI LANKA
Mr. Hans Monhemius Collection
- SRI LANKA
Mr. Ivan Robinson Collection -
SRI LANKA
Mr. / Mrs. Anneke Hihermann
Collection – SRI LANKA
Mr. Yves Alain ...
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Commissions:
2004 - Project on the
Contraction of Terra Cotta
Muriel at the BROTHERS of
CHARITY “NISANSALA” Ja-Ela,
SRI LANKA
2002 - Commissioned by the
CENTER FOR SOCIETY AND
RELIGION to Create a “MONUMENT
FOR PEACE” Fr. MAICAL RODRIGUO
MEMORIAL PLACE in Memory of
The Victims of Political
Violence and Human Rights...
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Vajira Gunawardena's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Vajira Gunawardena's Portfolio.
By facing straight to the culture, the series of art works I have done was always connected to my “Daily Life”, which is an ultimate result of my personal feelings springs out from the social, political structure of modern life.
I use my own life and that of people around him as a point of departure to explore society’s obsession with matetarialism, instant gratification and our inability to confront the growing of human insensibility in the world that surrounds us. "My work focuses on my need to intersect body and place, memory and fact to re-examine human histories, cultural conditions, and events." I create art in order to document issues that are important to me. I respond to subject matter that range from daily occurrences in the media to more mundane aspects of life that are often taken for granted. I am interested in topical issues from the political and culture spheres, as well as social conditions that comment on human existence.
I work instinctively and intuitively. Spontaneity and experimentation play key roles in my creative process and I continuously edit my work until a unified composition and narrative emerges. Over the course of time, the pairing of ... |
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