SANJEEWA KUMARA
NEW FABULISM
SANJEEWA KUMARA
25 MAY 2017 - 14 JUNE 2017
2 ALFRED HOUSE ROAD COLOMBO 3 T 2582162, 2556563 E art@paradiseroad.lk
‘’NEW FABULISM ‘’ What is special about painting pictures is that I can lie with it endlessly. There are no boundaries. Other mediums such as photography and cinema, still carry with them traces of authentic realty. Painting does not start from reality, and that makes it unique. In this recent series of paintings I try to synchronize them into my own, unique visual language. I try to re-imagine, re-invent ‘new forms / new identity / new landscape. It becomes a self-styled project, In this project I bring the viewer to a surreal reservoir of images of Sri Lankan history, the furniture of a bygone colonial world, Egyptian art, rococo art, Indian legends, Greek philosophy, planets and space, Sea animals, Dinosaurs , and secret languages spoken by the painters only. SANJEEWA KUMARA MAY 2017
JOY OF INFINITY, Oil on canvas, 244 x 122cm, LKR 550,000
THE JOY OF MOTHERING, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, LKR 85,000
STARING INTO THE FUTURE, Oil on canvas, 90 x 200 cm, LKR 180,000
A DREAM COME THROUGH III, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, LKR 85,000
THE JOY OF AN UNCANNY PERSONALITY, Oil on canvas, 136 x 136 cm, LKR 200,000
COMFORT ZONE, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, LKR 85,000
UNKNOWN PLEASURE , Oil on canvas, 110 x 150 cm, LKR 240,000
FREE WILL , Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, LKR 75,000
SOUL KISS, Oil on canvas, 110 x 150 cm, LKR 160,000
BEYOND WISHFUL THINKING, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, LKR 120,000
THE LANGUOR OF LOVE, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, LKR 85,000
A DREAM COME THROUGH II, Oil on canvas, 70 x 80cm, LKR 85,000
SEEN STARS , Oil pastal & acrylic on paper, 60 x 40 cm, LKR 45,000
A DREAM COME THROUGH I, Oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm, LKR 65,000
TRUE AFFECTION, Oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm, LKR 65,000
RAINBOW TREE AND RAINBOW JOY, Oil on canvas, , 110 x 195 cm, LKR 280,000
A PERFECT WORLD , Oil on canvas, , 60 x 40 cm, LKR 55,000
BLOSSOMS , Oil on canvas, , 100 x 80 cm, LKR 120,000
A FRESH START, Oil on canvas, , 70 x 90 cm, LKR 75,000
PUSHING THE LIMIT , Oil on canvas, , 100 x 100 cm, LKR 85,000
LIFE BEGINS, Oil on canvas, , 100 x 80 cm, LKR 85,000
WHO, Mixed media on canvas, , 40 x 40 cm, LKR 45,000
SANJEEWA KUMARA b. 1971 Education 2003
Master of Fine Arts, Dutch Art Institute, The Netherlands
2001
Diploma (Painting), AKI Academy of Fine Arts, The Netherlands
1999
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Institute of Aesthetic Studies in Colombo,
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Solo Exhibitions (Selected) 2015
Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2014 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2013
Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2011 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2010 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2009 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2008 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2008 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2007 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2006 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2005 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2004 Head Office In Prins Claus Fund In The Hague, Netherlands 2004 Villa De Bank In Enschede, The Netherlands 2003 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2003 Gallery Art Korner In The Hague, Netherlands
Group Exhibitions (Selected) 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2011 2009 2008
The Missing One, Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh My Country, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery New York Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition Sheung Wan.hong-Kong Garden Of Eden, Exhibition With Sujeewa Kumari, Shalini Ganendra Fine Art, Malaysia India –Sri Lanka Artist Week Art Exhibition, Taj Samudra Hotel, Sri Lanka Contemporary Art From Sri Lanka ,Asia House ,London, UK Colombo Art Biennale, Colonbo, Sri Lanka Artful Resistance Crisis And Creativity In Sri Lanka Museum Of Ethnology Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Austria
2008 Expressions Of Independence, The Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France Work Shops and Residence 2014 India Sri-Lanka Artist Week,Colombo , Sri Lanka 2010 Saarc Artist Camp,Pondicherry, India 2004 Triangle Artists Workshop In Newyork, U.S.A 2003 7Th International Artist Camp, The Village Hotel In Habarana, Sri Lanka 2002 Visva Karma, Kulture Forum In Rheine, Germany 1998 2nd International Artist Camp, The Village Hotel In Habarana, Sri Lanka Grants/Awards (selected) 2015
Finalist The Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2001
Grant For Study Abroad, The President’s Fund Sri Lanka
2000
Local Grant, The Netherlands Embassy, Sri Lanka
1999
Grant For Travel To Netherlands, Prins Claus Fund, The Netherlands
2 ALFRED HOUSE ROAD COLOMBO 3 T 2582162, 2556563 E art@paradiseroad.lk