Painter
Director of the Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts, Lecturer at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies. | | 1960 | 4th April,Born in Galle, Sri Lanka | | 1979-1981 | BFA(Painting), Institute of Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya | | 1985-1992 | MFA with Honours (Painting), Moscow State Art Institute named after Surikov, Moscow, Russia | | 1993 | Founded Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts. |
| 1998 | "Barrelism. Recent works". The Heritage Gallery,Colombo | | 1997 | "Barrelism & Other works", The Heritage Gallery, Colombo | | 1995 | "In spacetime", The National Art Gallery, Colombo | | 1995 | "In Spacetime", The British Council, Kandy | | 1995 | "Drawings", The Union Gallery, Izhevsk City, Russia | | 1992 | "Moscow Paintings", The National Art Gallery, Colombo | | 1991 | Retrospective of Paintings, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo | | 1983 | Paintings & Drawings, Soviet Cultural House, Colombo | | 1978 | First Exhibition, Samudra Gallery, Colombo |
| 1999 | - Third International Artists Camp Exhibition, The National gallery Colombo
- First Asian Trienale, Fukuoka Asian Art Musuem, Fukuoka , Japan
- "Cities on the Move", Hayward Gallery, London
- "Cities on the Move", Lousiana Museum, Denmark | | 1998 | - "Cities in the Move", P.S.1 Gallery, New York
- Khoj International Artists Workshop Exhibition, Modinagar, New Delhi,India
- Group Show, VAFA Gallery, Ethul Kottee
- "Cities on the Move", CapsMusee, Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux,France
- "IN DEPENDENCE", Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo | | 1997 | - "Cities on the move", Vienna Secession, Austria
- Artist Camp Exhibition, The National Art Gallery, Colombo
- Artists Camp Exhibition, Allience Francaise de Kandy, Kandy
- The First Annual Exhibition of VAFA, The National Art Gallery, Colombo | | 1996 | - "Women in Art", The Mountcastle Gallery, Colombo | | 1995 | - 7th Asia Pacific Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh | | 1993 | - "New Approaches in Contemporary Sri Lankan Art", The National Gallery,Colombo | | 1994 | - The Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia | | 1992 | - Izhevsk Collection 92î,Internatioal symposium on open-air sculpture,Izhevsk city,Russia | | 1991 | - Galerie Biemoldsbelang, Groningen, Netherlands | | 1989 | - "Nyu Nagatha" exhibition, Fine Arts Museum, Izhevsk city, Russia
- City Museum, Votkinsk, Russia
- "LODKA" Avant-garde exhibition, Izhevsk, Russia | | 1985 | - PASO exhibition, The Public Library, Colombo | | 1983 | - 2nd Asian Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh | | 1982 | - 5th triennial, New Delhi, India | | 1978 | First ever open air art exhibition in Sri Lanka, Sigiriya |
| 1989 -1997 | Director on the Board of MBf Unit Trust (Investment and Public Unit Trust Fund Managers )(A subsidiary of the public listed company, MBf Capital) | | 1993 | Exco Member of the Asean Institute (Institute of South East Asian Business) | | 1996-1997 | Board Member of the Architectural Association Foundation, London (Chairman: Lord Palumbo) |
Exhibitions:
London : "Expo 2005 Tower", AA School, London, May 1998
East Berlin: "Energetics" (with Yeohlee), Aedes East Gallery, Berlin, June 1998
Rotterdam: "Energetics" (with Yeohlee), NAI, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 1998
New York: "The Skyscraper, Bioclimatically Considered", in The Architectural League of New York, January 1997
London: "Bioclimatic Skyscrapers" in Building Centre, London, February 1995
Berlin: "Bioclimatic Skyscrapers" in Aedes Gallery, West Berlin, 1994
Tokyo: "Contemporary Architects Exhibition" in Nara Town Hall, Triennale Nara, Japan, 1992
Tokyo: "Tropical Skyscrapers" in Tokyo Designers Space, Gallery, Axis Building, Tokyo, January 1990
Tokyo: "Houses - 7 KL Architects" in Tokyo Ginza Pocket Park Gallery. Tokyo, 1985 (with six other architects) |
| 1997 | Bunka Prize 96/97 (for special achievement in Painting), Japan- Sri Lanka Cultural Fund |
| 1999 | - Third International Artists Camp, Hotel Coral Garden, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka
- Art Exchange Programme, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum,Fukuoka,Japan | | 1998 | - Khoj -International Artists Camp, Modinagar, New Delhi, India
- Second International Artists Camp, Habarana Village, Habarana, Sri Lanka
- "Artists Against War" workshop,VAFA, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka | | 1997 | - "Cities on the Move", Vienna Secession, Vienna,Austria
- First International Artists Camp, Culture Club Hotel, Kandalama | | 1995 | - Seventh Asian Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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