SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA
EXISTENCE OF LOVE
SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA
17 SEPTEMBER 2020 – 17 OCTOBER 2020
2 ALFRED HOUSE ROAD COLOMBO 3 T 2582162, 2556563 E art@paradiseroad.lk
EXISTENCE OF LOVE ‘So love remains powerful, subjectively powerful: one of those rare experiences where, on the basis of chance inscribed in a moment, you attempt a declaration of eternity’ - Alain Badiou My love for a work of art is an intimate affair, which is why I long to own my own work so I can live with it- touch it, move it around, and have it as my own. When the work is abstract, there are endless reasons for my attraction. Abstract art is an abstraction. It does not represent anything. It is non-objective. Instead of depicting what I recognize in the world of objects, people and nature, abstract art is concerned with color, line, form, and texture. It is not reality-based but emotionally-based. It is expressive and gestural. As an artist, I am driven to express what I see and feel. SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA SEPTEMBER 2020
Existence of Love I, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 185cm x 276cm (Triptych) 330,000 LKR
Existence of Love II, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 185cm x236cm (Diptych) 270,000 LKR
Existence of Love III, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 183cm x 183cm 240,000 LKR
Existence of Love IV, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 107cm x 107cm( 9 pieces) 150,000 LKR
Existence of Love V, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 71cm x 71cm 70,000 LKR
Existence of Love VI, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 46cm x 46cm 35,000 LKR
Existence of Love VII, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 46cm x 46cm 35,000 LKR
Existence of Love VIII, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 77cm x 77cm 90,000 LKR
Existence of Love IX, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 118cm x 118cm 160,000 LKR
Existence of Love X, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 118cm x 118cm 160,000 LKR
Existence of Love XI, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 77cm x 77cm 90,000 LKR
Existence of Love XII, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 77cm x 77cm 90,000 LKR
Existence of Love XIII, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 77cm x 77cm 90,000 LKR
Existence of love XIV, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 118cm x 118cm 160,000 LKR
Existence of Love XV, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 77cm x 77cm 90,000 LKR
Existence of love XVI, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 118cm x 118cm 160,000 LKR
Existence of Love XVII, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 77cm x 77cm 90,000 LKR
Existence of love XVIII, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 118cm x 118cm 160,000 LKR
SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA b. 1977 Education 2008
BFA (painting) University of Visual and Performing Art, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Solo Art Exhibitions 2018
The nature of love, Visual Art Exhibition, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2017
Pursuit of love, Visual Art Exhibition, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016
Love laundering, Visual Art Exhibition, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013
Love Puzzle, Visual Art Exhibition, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2011
The shape of love, Visual Art Exhibition, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2009
Peak of love, Visual Art Exhibition, Hotel Club Villa Gallery, Bentota, Sri Lanka
2008
Happy mood, Visual Art Exhibition, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
Beauty of love, Visual Art Exhibition, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2006
The Gate, Visual Art Exhibition, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Group Exhibitions (Selected) 2020
3 Andaman, International Art Exhibition, Krabi, Thailand
2020
Unsettling Time(s), The Galle Art Gallery, Galle, Sri Lanka
2019
Hanoi Art Connecting 4, International Art Exhibition, Industrial Fine Art University, Hanoi, Vietnam
2019
State Art Festival, Visual Art Exhibition at JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2019
Fusion 5, Sasaran International Art exhibition 2019, Galeri Seni Mutiara, Pinang, Malaysia
2019
Shades of Black and White, Visual Art Exhibition, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2018
Takhman 28, Art Festival and Art Exhibition, Udayapur, India
2018
State Art Festival, Visual Art Exhibition, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2017
Untitled, Visual Art Exhibition, Walauwa, Ethul kotte, Sri Lanka
2017
Art at the Fes, Visual Art Exhibition - Leo Burnett Solutions, Galle, Sri Lanka
2017
State Art Festival, Visual Art Exhibition, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2017
Silent Auction, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2017
IVAE, Visual Art Exhibition - University of Visual Arts, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016
Strokes at the Mews, Visual Art Exhibition - Leo Burnett, the Park Street Mews, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016
Collective Identity, Visual Art Exhibition, Jayasooriya Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016
Untitled, Visual Art Exhibition and discussion, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
2016
Untitled, Visual Art Exhibition, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016
Untitled, Visual Art Exhibition, Barefoot, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015
Untitled, Visual Art Exhibition, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015
Sri Lankan Art, Visual Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2014
Visual Art Exhibition, Park Gallery, Nepal
2013
Beauty and Agony, Visual Art Exhibition, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
2013
Sri Lankan Art, Visual Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013
Art Auction, National Art Gallery - George Keyt Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2012
Sri Lankan Art, Visual Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2011
Leo Art, artists-in-residence programme - Leo Burnett Solutions Inc, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2011
Nawa Kalakaruwo, Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2010
Leo Art, artists-in-residence programme - Leo Burnett Solutions Inc, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2010
Best of Sri Lanka, Visual Art Exhibition - Mr. Leif I Ohlson, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Sri Lankan Art, Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2009
Leo Art, artists-in-residence programme - Leo Burnett Solutions Inc, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2009
Art Banal, Visual Art Exhibition, Park Street Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2008
Leo Art, artists-in-residence programme - Leo Burnett Solutions Inc, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2008
Expression of Independence, Visual Art Exhibition - Mona Bismarck Foundation, New York, United States
2008
Nawa Kalakaruwo, Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
Sri Lankan Contemporaries, Visual Art Exhibition, The Noble Sage Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
11th Annual International Art Festival and Art Exhibition, Ujjain, India
2007
Sri Lankan Art, Visual Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
ZERO, Visual Art Exhibition, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
Nawa Kalakaruwo, Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2006
Nawa Kalakaruwo, Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2006
Young Contemporaries, Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005
Tsunami Art Exhibition, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Workshops, Event & Artist Camps 2018
Takhman 28 Art Festival, Udayapur, India
2016
Painting for ‘Blood Ivory’ destruction event, Galle Face Green, Sri Lanka
2014
‘Social Canvas’ public space art initiative organize by British Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2011
Art Camp for religious tolerance National Activity organizes by CPBR, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
2009
‘Love, instead of War’ A painting session and art show At Fort Railway Station, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
11th Annual International Art Camp, Ujjain, India
2006
Workshop on Reading Contemporary Sri Lankan Visual Art, Goethe Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005
Traditional Art Workshop, Faculty of Visual Art, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Awards and scholarship 2006
‘Young Artist of the Year’, Young Contemporaries Exhibition Presented by the George Keyt Foundation
2004
‘ECB Vijesinha Memorial Scholarship’ presented by university of VPA, Sri Lanka
1995
2nd place, All Island art competition - Central Province, Sri Lanka
2 ALFRED HOUSE ROAD COLOMBO 3 T 2582162, 2556563 E art@paradiseroad.lk