Chamila Gamage (artist) explained

Chamila Gamage
Native Name:චමිල ගමගේ
Birth Date:1978 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Beliatta, Sri Lanka
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Education:Beliatta Central College
Alma Mater:University of Kelaniya
University of the Visual and Performing Arts
Occupation:Contemporary Artist, Sculptor
Known For:Oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas, cement sculpture,Clay sculpture, Metal sculpture, Plaster of Paris sculpture, Digital paintings
Style:Abstract art, modern art, Expressionism Art
Spouse:Nishadi Thilakawardana (married 2009–present)
Mother:Wickramarathna Bandaranayakalage Wasantha
Father:Mahantha Gamage Nimal Pemarathna
Website:chamilagamage.com

Chamila Gamage (Sinhala: චමිල ගමගේ) is a Sri Lankan Contemporary Artist and Sculptor. His innate talent can be seen through number of different mediums including painting and drawing, sculpting and set designing. Chamila's styles are abstract art, modern art, expressionism art.[1] [2] [3]

Personal life

Chamila Gamage was born on 9 August 1978 in Beliatta, Sri Lanka. His parents are Mahantha Gamage Nimal Pemarathna. (father) and Wickramarathna Bandaranayakalage Wasantha (mother). He was the third child of a family of three boys and a girl. Chamila married Nishadi Thilakawardana on 22 May 2009. They move to Pannipitiya, where his art gallery and home located.[4] [5] [6]

Education

Chamila was sent to a school in Beliatta called Beliatta Central College. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Sculpture from University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka and Master of fine Arts from University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.[7]

Career

His innate talent can be seen through number of different mediums including painting and drawing, sculpting and Set designing. Chamila believes that a drawing displayed in simple and crude lines, can tell a story to the viewer tapping into most basic human senses regardless of culture and language. He shows his artistic abilities in number of different genres including history, war, sexuality, and religion. His artwork has been shown in number of solo exhibitions throughout Sri Lanka and he also participated in international group exhibitions including Human Nature (2020, Germany), Art Exchange Exhibition (2018, China), and 17th Asian Art Biennale (2017, Bangladesh).[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] His work permanently display at The Galle Fort Art Gallery, Tintagel Colombo, CA Collectors Gallery, Barefoot Gallery, Venusberg 6, Horagolla Stables and The Bungalow at Karma House.Chamila currently works as an Art Director & Set Designer in Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Sri Lanka.[16] Also, he is lecturing in painting and sculpture at Cultural Center University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Department of Faculty of Visual Arts and University of the Visual and Performing Arts Colombo, Sri Lanka.[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Chamila was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Kandyan Era Frescoes, Anselm Kiefer, Subodh Gupta, Saskia Pintelon, H A Karunaratne.

Solo exhibitions

!Year!Exhibition Name !Type!Venue
2021Fabricated SocietyPaintingsBareFoot Gallery, 704, Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka [24] [25]
2018WonderlandPaintingsParadise Road Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2017This Is an IslandPaintingsParadise Road Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka[26] [27]
2013  Monologue IIVisual ArtsLionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
2011Social NetworkVisual ArtsParadise Road Galleries, Colombo  7, Sri Lanka
2007Media & MenPaintingsParadise Road Galleries, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
2006  Loiterers  PaintingsParadise Road Galleries, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
2005MonologuePaintings & SculpturesLionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
1999 Ridma RataPaintings & SculpturesDarmapala College, D.A Rajapaksha memorial hall, Beliatta  Sri Lanka

Group exhibitions

!Year!Exhibition Name !Type!Vanue
2020Human NatureVisual ArtsGallery Basement 16, Germany [28] [29]
2019Unsettling TimePaintingsThe Galle fort Art Gallery, Galle, Sri Lanka
2019Sri Lanka & Bangladesh Art ExpositionPaintings & SculpturesHarold Peiris Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2019Sri Lankan Artist 2019Visual ArtsGorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2019Colombo Fashion WeekVisual ArtsColombo, Sri Lanka[30]
2018China & Sri Lanka Art ExchangeVisual ArtsShanghai, China
201717th Asian Art BiennaleVisual ArtsShilpakala Academy Dhaka, Bangladesh[31]
2016Collective IdentityVisual ArtsThe Text Gallery, Jayasuriya Center, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2013Young ContemporariesVisual ArtsGorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka[32]
2010State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka [33]
2009State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2007Young ContemporariesVisual ArtsGorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2005State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2005Tsunami Fund-Raising ExhibitionVisual ArtsFaculty of Visual Arts, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2004Ruhuna ArunaVisual ArtsBMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002Transition 2002Visual ArtsNational Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2001State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka

References

  1. Web site: A contemporary artist in Sri Lanka. . 2022-08-13 . ChamilaGamage . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2022-02-21 . Chamila Gamage - Charana TV Uda Ire Sahurdaya . 2022-08-13 . charanatv.lk . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 2011-10-01 . Chamila Gamage Exhibits His Art . 2022-08-13 . Explore Sri Lanka . en-US.
  4. Web site: Life Online - Celebrate Colombo with ’One Won’ . 2022-08-13 . www.life.lk . en.
  5. Web site: CHAMILA GAMAGE, Artist - Sri Lanka . 2022-08-13 . Artblr. . en.
  6. Web site: Chamila Gamage – Serendib Art . 2022-08-13 . en-US.
  7. Web site: A weekend of Sri Lankan art - ‘Art at the Fest’ . 2022-08-13 . www.dailymirror.lk . English.
  8. Web site: 2021-12-10 . Fabricated Society by Chamila Gamage . 2022-08-13 . Sunday Observer . en.
  9. Web site: ARTRA Sri Lanka's Art & Design Magazine FABRICATED SOCIETY . 2022-08-13 . www.artra.lk.
  10. Web site: Wonderland . 2022-08-13 . Time Out Sri Lanka . en-GB.
  11. Web site: ArtFacts . Chamila Gamage Artist . 2022-08-13 . ArtFacts . en.
  12. Web site: ‘Strokes at the Mews’ Keeping Sri Lankan art alive . 2022-08-13 . Sri Lanka Foundation . en-US.
  13. Web site: Let us break free from our island mentality . 2022-08-14 . The Sunday Times Sri Lanka.
  14. Web site: 2021-12-23 . A Colourist of Woven Lives . 2022-08-14 . Sunday Observer . en.
  15. Web site: 2019-02-28 . Palettes of Modern Art . 2022-08-14 . The Morning - Sri Lanka News . en-US.
  16. Web site: A weekend of Sri Lankan art- ‘Strokes at the Mews’ - Other Daily Mirror . 2022-08-14 . www.dailymirror.lk . English.
  17. Web site: Diversity in one place . 2022-08-13 . Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka.
  18. Web site: Sauer . Marlis . 2020-05-06 . Chamila Gamage . 2022-08-13 . meinewebsite . de.
  19. Web site: 2014-01-23 . Saskia Fernando Gallery: Opening Exhibition . 2022-08-13 . Colombo Telegraph . en-US.
  20. Web site: bugsbunny . 2020-03-06 . An exhibition of contemporary Sri Lankan art in aid of the Sunera Foundation . 2022-08-13 . Colombo Gazette . en-US.
  21. Web site: Coombe . Juliet . Sea, the Secrets . 2022-08-14 . Daily News . en.
  22. Web site: WTF Home . 2022-08-14 . wtf.lk.
  23. Web site: Magazine Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka . 2022-08-14 . archives.sundayobserver.lk.
  24. Web site: Chamila Gamage, Story Behind the Nature XVII, 2020 . 2022-08-13 . Saskia Fernando Gallery . en.
  25. Web site: Barefoot Gallery . 2022-08-13 . BAREFOOT . en.
  26. Web site: Imago Mundi Collection . 2022-08-13 . imagomundicollection.org.
  27. Web site: THIS IS AN ISLAND by Paradise Road Galleries - Issuu . 2022-08-13 . issuu.com . en.
  28. Web site: 2021-12-13 . A look at the fabric of our society . 2022-08-13 . The Morning - Sri Lanka News . en-US.
  29. Web site: Sauer . Marlis . 2020-05-06 . Chamila Gamage . 2022-08-14 . meinewebsite . de.
  30. Web site: publisher . 2019-08-06 . One Won, a cause-based exhibit by 40 Sri Lankan Artists to Celebrate Colombo . 2022-08-13 . Ceylon Business Reporter . en-US.
  31. Web site: Alom . Zahangir . 2019-12-29 . Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Art Exposition under spotlight . 2022-08-13 . The Daily Star . en.
  32. Web site: Underwater art Daily FT . 2022-08-13 . www.ft.lk . English.
  33. Web site: 'One Won' - art exhibition opens at the Stables . 2022-08-13 . Times Online . English.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Chamila Gamage (artist)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.