But because truly being here is so much; because everything here
apparently needs us, this fleeting world, which in some strange way
keeps calling to us. Us, the most fleeting of all.
Once for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,
just once. And never again. But to have been
this once, completely, even if only once:
to have been one with the earth, seems beyond undoing.
- Rainer Maria Rilke

In the works there is a relationship between surface and depth that is sought and destroyed; and a layering and juxtaposing of elements which mirrors the interplay between time and nature. Each layer reflects a level of meaning and is open to multiple interpretations. Images, figures, pathways are highlighted and fractured as some rise insistently to the foreground; others sink elusively into the background.

Human insecurities, greed and conflicts blur the boundaries between reason and passion and explode the tensions that exist within all of us. We create and destroy in our search for immortality, never accepting life’s unalterable fact – impermanence.

Education

1974
MA at Central St Martins College of Art     London, UK
1973
BA at Central St Martins College of Art     London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Wright and Teague     Mayfair, London, UK
2009
The One&Only     Maldives
2006
The National Art Gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005
Stella Downer Gallery     Sydney, Australia
2004
Paradise Road Galleries     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002
Havelock Place gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002
Paradise Road Galleries     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002
Art Heritage     New Delhi, India
1999
Gallerie Taksu     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1993
Barefoot Gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka

Exhibitions

2010
Noble Sage Gallery     London, UK
2010
Open Eyed Dreams     Cochin, India
2010
XVA Gallery     Dubai, UAE
2009
Colombo Art Biennale     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2009
Noble Sage Gallery     London, UK
2009
Saskia Fernando Gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2009
National Gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007
Noble Sage Gallery     London, UK
2007
Lalit Kala Akademi     New Delhi , India
2007
Barefoot Gallery     Colombo , Sri Lanka
2007
The Taj Palace     New Delhi , India
2007
The National Art Gallery    
Colombo , Sri Lanka
2006
Harold Peiris Gallery    
Colombo , Sri Lanka
2006
Paradise Road Galleries     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2006
National Gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005
International Art on Paper Fair     Sydney, Australia
2004
Phillip Bacon Gallery     Brisbane, Australia
2001
Artfolio Gallery     Singapore
2000
Sapumal Foundation     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2000
Mountcastle Gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka
2000
Gallerie Taksu     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999
Sapumal Foundation     Colombo, Sri Lanka
1998
Gallerie Taksu     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994
TransAsia     Colombo, Sri Lanka
1991
National Art Gallery     Colombo, Sri Lanka
1986
Rooksmoor Gallery     Bath, UK
1985
Bridge Gallery     Bath, UK
1982
Artsite     Bath, UK
1981
Victoria & Albert Museum     London, UK
1980
The House of Commons     London, UK
1978
Contemporary Applied Arts     London, UK
1975
The Photographers Gallery     London, UK
1974
Sekers     London, UK

Awards & Sponsorships

2010
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau
2010
Sri Lankan Airlines
2010
Travel Gallery, UK
2010
Mihin Lanka
2009
Facilitating Local Initiatives for Conflict Transformation
2007
Equal Ground - Women of the Year
2006
Deutsche Bank
2006
Facilitating Local Initiatives for Conflict Transformation
2006
Brandix Lanka LTD
2006
The Asia Foundation
2006
The American Centre, The U.S.Embassy
2005
Deutsche Bank, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
2005
Singapore Airlines (Sri Lanka)
2005
Dilmah Tea, MJF Holdings (Sri Lanka)
2004
Deutsche Bank, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
1993
Ceylon Tobacco Company (Sri Lanka)
1975
Crafts Council of Great Britain (UK)
1974
Liberty’s of London (UK)