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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 Galleries:
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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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Exhibitions for Vajira Gunawardena:
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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 RECENT PAINTINGS” Art Exhibition at the Paradise Road Gallery in Colombo – SRI LANKA
2001- “GAP2001” Art Exhibition at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery in Colombo
2008- “ARTFUL RESISTANCE: CRISIS AND CREATIVITY IN SRI LANKA” Contemporary Art Exhibition in Europe, organized by The Serandib Gallery, Colombo and Museum of Ethnology Vienna – Austria
2008- “CONTEMPORARY ART IN SRI LANKA” the Group Exhibition of Visual Arts, the Gallery Art Korner – NETHERLANDS
2007- “WHERE, WHO, HOW, WHAT AND WHEN” the Group Exhibition of Visual Arts, Barefoot Gallery in Colombo – SRI LANKA
2007- “NAWA KALAKAROWO” Visual Art Biennale Sri Lanka, Organized by the George Keyt Foundation, the National Art Gallery in Colombo – SRI LANKA
2007- “VISUAL ART BIENNALE SRI LANKA” Art Exhibition, Organized by the Ministry Of Cultural Affairs, the National Art Gallery in Colombo - SRI LANKA
2006- “12TH ASIAN ART BIENNALE BANGLADESH 2006” Exhibition in Dhaka – BANGLADESH
2006- “FEB” the Group Exhibition of Visual Arts, Barefoot Gallery in Colombo – SRI LANKA
2004- “YOUNG CONTEMPORARY” Art Exhibition, Organized by the George Keyt Foundation,The Harold Peiris Art Gallery in Colombo - SRI LANKA
2003- “SCULPTORS AND PAINTERS 2003” Art Exhibition, Organized by the George Keyt Foundation, Harold Peiris Art Gallery in Colombo - SRI LANKA
2003- “NAWA KALAKARUWO” Tenth Annual Exhibition, Organized by the George Keyt Foundation, the Harold Peiris Art Gallery in Colombo - SRI LANKA
2001- “SCULPTORS AND PAINTERS 2001” the Art Exhibition, Organized by the George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery in Colombo - SRI LANKA
2001- “NATIONAL ART FESTIVAL” the Art Exhibition, Organized by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, National Art Gallery, Colombo – SRI LANKA
2000- “ALTERNATIVE DREAM” the Group Art Exhibition, Arlen Art and Craft Gallery in Colombo - SRI LANKA
2000- “YOUNG CONTEMPORARY” the Art Exhibition, Organized by the George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery in Colombo – SRI LANKA
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