SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA
LOVE LAUNDERING
SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA
26 MAY 2016 - 22 JUNE 2016
Love is a phenomenon that is capable of giving you anything you wish. Like the power of gravity that keeps us in place on earth, love is a binding force. It has made us who we are, and whatever we own. As a person born and brought up in a culture nurtured by Buddhism, I believe that the concepts of good and bad fostered by the Dhamma reigns my subconscious mind. Which in turn guides me to hold on to what I conceptualize as good or spiritual. I release them on canvas. In the existing socio cultural ethics “love” is often harnessed for material gains. Man in this scenario, a being only to himself is driven by selfishness, which he has embraced as love. I have been trying to show how to turn materialism into love. That’s why I believe this is “Love Laundering” SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA MAY 2016
LOVE LAUNDERING I, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm, LKR 70,000
LOVE LAUNDERING II, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 46 cm (each), LKR 70,000
LOVE LAUNDERING III, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 46 cm (each), LKR 90,000
LOVE LAUNDERING IV, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 77 cm (each), LKR 90,000
LOVE LAUNDERING V, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 36 cm (each), LKR 95,000
LOVE LAUNDERING VI, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 92 cm (each), LKR 95,000
LOVE LAUNDERING VII, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 46 cm (each), LKR 240,000
LOVE LAUNDERING VIII, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm, LKR 70,000
LOVE LAUNDERING IX, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm, LKR 70,000
LOVE LAUNDERING X, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm, LKR 70,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XI, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm, LKR 70,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XII, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm, LKR 70,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XIII, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 46 cm, LKR 40,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XIV, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 46 cm, LKR 40,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XV, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 103 x 102 cm, LKR 95,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XVI, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 103 x 102 cm, LKR 80,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XVII, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 103 x 102 cm, LKR 90,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XVIII, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 122 cm. LKR 150,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XIX, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 122 cm, LKR 150, 000
LOVE LAUNDERING XX, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 175 x 145 cm, LKR 200,000
LOVE LAUNDERING XXI, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 175 x 145 cm, LKR 160,000
SANJAYA SENAVIRATHNA b. 1977 Education 2008
University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Solo Exhibitions 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 2016
Untitled, Visual Art Exhibition, Barefoot, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015
Sri Lankan Art, organized by George Keyt Foundation, J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015
Untitled, Visual Art Exhibition, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2014
Visual Art Exhibition, Park Gallery, Lalitpur, Nepal
2013
Beauty And Agony, New Art from Sri Lanka, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
2013
Sri Lankan Art, organized by George Keyt Foundation, J D A Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2012
Sri Lankan Art, organized by George Keyt Foundation J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2011
Nawa Kalakaruwo, organized by George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2010
Best of Sri Lanka, Visual Art Exhibition, organized by Mr. Leif I Ohlson, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Sri Lankan Art, organized by George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2009
Art Biennale, Park Street Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2008
Expression Of Independence, organized by Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France
2008
Nawa Kalakaruwo, organized by George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2008
Leo Art, Artists-In-Residence Program, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
Sri Lankan Contemporaries, The Noble Sage Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
Sri Lankan Art, organized by George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
The Annual International Art Festival and Art Exhibition, Ujjain, India
2007
Nawa Kalakaruwo, organized by George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
ZERO, Visual Art Exhibition, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2006
Nawa Kalakaruwo, organized by George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2006
Young Contemporaries, organized by George Keyt Foundation, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005
Tsunami Art Exhibition, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka
AWARDS 2006
Artist Of The Year, Young Contemporaries Exhibition Presented by the George Keyt Foundation
2004
Winner, E. C. B Vijesinha Memorial Scholarship, presented by University of Visual and Performing Arts,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
1995 2nd Place, All Island Art Competition, Central Province, Sri Lanka
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