Catalogue#2

CATALOGUE #2

This quarter’s catalogue carries new work from some of the artists we are working with at present. Drawings in particular are making their mark on the local contemporary art scene; both established and emerging artists are choosing paper as a preferred medium. In 2012, SFG Colombo staged nine exhibitions both locally and overseas. This month SFG expands to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Galle Fort in the south of the island, with a satellite gallery displaying a rotating collection of represented artists throughout the year. Beyond this catalogue of works we have more available on our online catalogue so please feel free to continue browsing our collection of contemporary Sri Lankan art online.

Saskia Fernando

Nadia Haji Omar

Teeth Worn Down This portrait is not of a person but of an emotion: specifically one

that simultaneously produces the gritting of ones teeth.

NADIA HAJI OMAR, 2011, Teeth Worn Down, Mixed Media on Paper, 42cm x 35cm

NADIA HAJI OMAR, 2012, Young Father, Mixed Media on Paper, 41cm x 29.5cm

NADIA HAJI OMAR, 2012, Baby Odilon, Mixed Media on Paper, 30.5cm x 30.5cm

Solo Exhibitions

2010 You Animal, The Warehouse Project, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2008 New Work, Exhibit as part of conference Sri Lanka: Creative Media in a Time of Conflict,

Avery Center for the Arts, Bard College, Annandale–on-Hudson, New York

2007 The Convalescent, Fisher Studio Arts, Bard College, Annandale–on-Hudson, New York

Group Exhibitions

2012 (July) Yo Brooklynites II, Hadas Gallery, 541 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

2011 SRI LANKAN / CONTEMPORARY / FEMALE, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2009 Postcards from the Edge; Benefit for Visual Aids, Metro Pictures, 519 W 24th St, New York

2007 Small Works, Soho 20/Chelsea Gallery, New York

2005 Moderation show, Fisher Studio Arts, Bard College Annandale–on-Hudson, New York

2005 Bless our Cotton Socks, BA Fine Art: Painting and Sculpture end of year show,

St. Anselm’s Church, Kennington, London

Prageeth Manohansa

Abstract

Manohansa has the ability to capture movement and social concepts with heavy metal

with a raw organic skill. This work from his Abstract series displays the artists ability to present

movement and form in found metal objects without manipulating their structure.

PRAGEETH MANOHANSA, 2012, Abstract, Scrap Metal, 140cm x 130cm x 33cm

PRAGEETH MANOHANSA, 2012, Mona Lisa, Scrap metal, 170cm x 35cm

PRAGEETH MANOHANSA, 2012, Pot, Scrap metal, 125cm x 165cm

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Gods of Metal, Gallery Steph, Singapore

2010 Assembled Art, in ass. with MIVET National Centre for the Arts & National Art Gallery Maldives,

Maldives Institute of Vocational Training, Maldives

2009 Amangalla Hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka

2008 Galle Art Trail, Galle Film Festival, Galle, Sri Lanka

2003 Gamana, an Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Group Exhibitions

2012 Kaputa, Amangalla Hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka

2011 Contemporary Art From Sri Lanka 2011, Asia House, London, UK

2011 Script, Amangalla Hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka

2009 Colombo Art Biennale, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2009 Kala Pola, organised by the George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2009 Art Auction with Channa Ekanayake, Kooii Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2008 Museum of Ethnology, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria



2006 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka


2005 Tsunami, Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ruwan Prasanna

Contemporary Landscape

This piece not only encapsulates the forms of nature, its lines and depth

but also the feelings and emotions evoked in the artist,

influenced by the landscape itself.

RUWAN PRASANNA, 2012, Contemporary Landscape ll, Acrylic on Canvas, 69cm x 69 cm

RUWAN PRASANNA, 2012, Contemporary Landscape IV, Acrylic on Canvas, 244cmx152cm (x2)

RUWAN PRASANNA, 2012, Contemporary Landscape VI, Acrylic on Canvas, 122cmx122cm

Solo Exhibition



Group Exhibitions

2011 Kala Pola, organized by the George Keyt Foundation

2011 Group Exhibition, Art way Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2010 Group Exhibition, Art way Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2010 Group Exhibition, Park Street Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2009 Artway Gallery, Group Exhibition, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2008 State Festival Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2007 Ogilvy ‘Other side’ exhibition, Barefoot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2007 State Festival Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2007 Sharika Gallery, Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2007 Kala Pola, organised by the George Keyt Foundation

2007 Exhibition of Young Contemporaries, Harold Peiris Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2007 World Tourism Day, Bentota Beach Hotel, Bentota, Sri Lanka

2006 Kala Pola, organised by the George Keyt Foundation

2006 Exhibition of Young Contemporaries, Harold Peiris Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sujeewa Kumari

Narrative Body Series II

In this series Kumari depicts dreams – surreal, larger than life. The female face is transparent;

her hair is symbolic and unnatural, the waves connecting it to a dream.

SUJEEWA KUMARI, 2012, Narrative Body Series II, Mixed Media on Paper, 49cm x 64cm

SUJEEWA KUMARI, 2012, Narrative Body Series III, Mixed Media on Paper, 51cm x 41cm

SUJEEWA KUMARI, 2012, Untitled, Mixed media on board, 64cm X 50cm

Solo Exhibitions

2010 Mixed media works, Project Space, Lichfield Passage, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK

2004 Performance Presentation - Living Sculpture”, Gampaha Train Station, Gampaha, Sri Lanka

2003 Performance Presentation - Skin of the White Tea Bags”, Netherlands

2002 Mixed media works, Barefoot Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2002 Paintings, Aki Academy of Fine Arts, Netherlands

2000 Paintings, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2011 Sri Lankan Contemporary Female, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2011 Presented video works Wolverhampton Art Gallery, U.K.

2011 Contemporary Art From Sri Lanka 2011, Asia House, London, UK

2010 Between Kismet and Karma, South Asian Woman Artists Respond to Conflict, Leeds Art Gallery,

Leeds, UK

2010 Artful Resistance: Crisis and Creativity in Sri Lanka, Serendib Gallery Colombo & Museum der

Weltkulturen, Galerie 37 Frankfurt, Germany

2009 Imagining Peace, Colombo Art Biennale, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2009 Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2008 Artful Resistance: Crisis and Creativity in Sri Lanka”, Serendib Gallery Colombo & Museum of

Ethnology Vienna, Austria

2008 Recent Developments in Contemporary Sri Lankan paintings, Gallery Art Korner, The Netherlands

2008 Artful Resistance: Crisis and Creativity in Sri Lanka - Museum of Ethnology Kunsthistorisches

Museum Vienna, Austria

Chandana Gunatillaka

Linkage of Two Eras

This sculpture depicts the transformation in Sri Lanka from being an agricultural society to

one based on manufacturing, replacing the Buffalo with machines.

CHANDANA GUNATILLAKA, 2008, Linkage of Two Eras, Buffalo Horn & Scrap Metal, 56cm x33cmx90cm

CHANDANA GUNATILLAKA, 2010, Birds, Scrap Metal, 26cm x33cmx36cm

CHANDANA GUNATILLAKA, 2011, Whale, Scrap Metal, 20cm x20cmx38cm

Group Exhibitions

2012 State Festival of Art & Sculpture

2012 Nawakalakaruwo, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo

2012 Kalapola, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo

2011 Art Beat, Group Exhibition

2011 Kalapola, George Keyt Foundation, Colombo

2010 Festival of Art, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery. Colombo

2010 International Art Biennale, China

2009 My Thoughts, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery. Colombo

2008 State Festival of Art & Sculpture

Daniel Valentin

Valentin’s photographs find inspiration in ordinary moments and places, the beauty of a solitary man,

a yellow public locale. It reveals the extraordinary in the ordinary and brings out the overlooked beauty

of the everyday, which for him has been the true wonder of Sri Lanka.

DANIEL VALENTIN, 2012, Bathroom, Dye-sub print on Fuji archival crystal paper, 57.5cm x 86.5cm

DANIEL VALENTIN, 2012, Fishing Boat, Dye-sub print on Fuji archival crystal paper, 57.5cm x 86.5cm

DANIEL VALENTIN, 2012, Fisherman, Dye-sub print on Fuji archival crystal paper, 57.5cm x 86.5cm

Daniel Valentin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in photography from William Paterson

University in New Jersey, United States. He has been granted a Tiffany Scholarship for his artistic work and

has been featured in Artery Magazine, the university art journal. Daniel was selected by world-renowned fine

art photographer Ernestine Ruben to participate in an exclusive art workshop at Peter’s Valley, New Jersey,

and most recently he has received honorable mention in the 2012 International Photography Awards

competition sponsored by the Lucie Foundation.

Kingsley Gunatillake

Life of a Banana Leaf

Gunatillake’s Banana Leaf series represent the life span of a banana leaf, from being tightly wound up to

maturation and finally it’s drying up with the passing of time. Conceptually the works relate to the artists’

opinion of life in the North and his personal understanding of another viewpoint.

KINGSLEY GUNATILLAKE, 2012, Life of a Banana Leaf I, Mixed media on cardboard, diameter 96cm

KINGSLEY GUNATILLAKE, 2012, Life of a Banana Leaf III, Mixed media on cardboard, diameter 96cm

KINGSLEY GUNATILLAKE, 2012, Life of a Banana Leaf II, Mixed media on cardboard, diameter 96cm

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Inventive Landscape, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2009 Untitled Book, Book Art Exhibition, Alliance Française Gallery, Colombo,

Sri Lanka

2007 Year Planner, Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2006 Mushrooms, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2006 Pruned, Alliance Français de Kandy and Colombo, Sri Lanka

2006 Displaced, Indiart Gallery, Pune, India

2006 Displaced, Trinity Chapel Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2005 Displaced, Exhibition of Paintings, HW Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2004 Bath, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2003 Anduna, VAFA Gallery, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka

2001 Fragrance of Lemon Yellow, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1998 Paintings & Installations for Environment, British Council, Sri Lanka

1998 Year Planner, Alliance Français de Kandy

1997 Displaced, Jorge B. Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines

1997 Sponsored by Displaced, Mount Castle Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1997 German Cultural Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1996 Displaced, SM Mega Mall, Manila, Philippines

1994 Life of a Candle, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

1986 Alliance Française de Kandy, Sri Lanka

1986 Oberoi Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1981 Visual Art Examination Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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