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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 ...

Further Information
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 ...

Further Information
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” ...

Further Information
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 ...

Further Information

Commissions for Vajira Gunawardena:




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 Abuse in BUTHTHALA – SRI LANKA

2000 - Joint Project on the Construction of Monument at the FATIMA CHURCH for 50 Th Anniversary Colombo - SRI LANKA


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