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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 Biography:
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Age
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37
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Neo-Expressionism - (1970 - 1990)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I am Vajira Gunawardena was born on 1971 in Colombo in Sri Lanka and professional artist. I brought up in Suburban environment and have had my primary and secondary education in a Colombo main-city background. I entered the world of painting in the later part of the 1990's from the 46, Horton Place Visual Art University in Sri Lanka.
Working from my studio in Weliveriya, I paint with Oil, Acrylics and any medium in a predominately neo expressionist style and close to art brut, Graffiti images. I took part in numerous exhibitions, international camps and commission works in the past ten years. Some of my works are now getting international exposure in USA, Australia, Holland and France and represented several private and public collections in Sri Lanka.
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