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Born in 1972, Pala Pothupitiye received his art education at the Visual and Performance Art University in Colombo, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in Sculpture. Pothupitiye’s art is informed by his background of traditional craft artistes and ritual specialists. His work spans several media including sculpture, painting and drawing, with a special focus on the practice of ethnographic mapmaking. Addressing...
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Born in 1972, Pala Pothupitiye received his art education at the Visual and Performance Art University in Colombo, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in Sculpture. Pothupitiye’s art is informed by his background of traditional craft artistes and ritual specialists. His work spans several media including sculpture, painting and drawing, with a special focus on the practice of ethnographic mapmaking. Addressing colonialism, nationalism, religious extremism and militarism through his work, he extends his thematic concerns to questions of caste, the distinction between art and craft, tradition and modernity, and Eurocentrism. Pothupitiye uses his art to confront and raise questions on the political issues that stemmed from the civil war in Sri Lanka.
Pothupitiye’s shows include ‘Sri Sri Lanka: Mapping post-colonial Ceylon’ at TARQ, Mumbai in 2016; ‘This is Tomorrow’ at the START Art Fair in Saatchi Gallery, London, in 2015; ‘Pride and Power’ at Hempel Galleries, Sri Lanka in 2014; ‘Costume’ at Jaffna University Gallery in 2010; and ‘Ancestral Dress + My ID’ at Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, in 2008. Pothupitiye was the winner of the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in Hong Kong in 2010.
The artist lives and works in Colombo.
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Born
1972
Deniyaha, Sri Lanka
Education
2002 University of Kelaniya, Institute of Aesthetic Studies, BFA in Sculpture, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2006 Study and training, traditional Pakistan sewing methods and techniques, with craft men, Lahore, Pakistan
2006 Study and training, Pakistan traditional metal work methods and techniques, craft-villages, Lahore, Pakistan
2006 Training program in Pakistan traditional jewelry, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan
Work Credentials
2000 - Present Member of the Theertha International Artists Collective
2010 Founded Korathoda Designs
2011 - 2012 Visiting Lecturer, Sculpture, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
2012 - Present Founding Member, Mullegama Art Center and lecturer
2013 Teacher and visiting artist, Art Department, The British School in Colombo
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 ‘Sri Sri Lanka: Mapping...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 ‘Sri Sri Lanka: Mapping post-colonial Ceylon’, TARQ, Mumbai
2015 ‘This is Tomorrow’, a special curated section of START Projects for solo artist presentations, START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
2014 Pride and Power, Hempel Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2010 Costume, Jaffna University Gallery, Curated by Dr. Thamotharampillai Sanathanan
2008 'Ancestral Dress + My ID', Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2003 'Ancestral Dress', Gallery 71, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka
2003 'Ancestral Dress', Finomenal Space, Colombo, Sri Lanka curated by Jagath Weerasinghe
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 Displacement Anxieties, Curated by Niilofur Farrukh
2014 'Making History', CAB 2014, Sri Lanka
2013 'Serendipity Revealed', CAP PROJECT SPACE, VAP PROJECT SPACE
2013 ‘Identities’: A Visual Engagement at Colomboscope, Colombo, Sri Lanka, curated by Annoushka Hempel and Lalith Manage
2013 'Narratives of Resistance', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 - 2009 'Art Ful Resistance - Crisis and Creativity in Sri Lanka', Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, Austria
2007 'Arte Curioso', Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Pitakotte, Sri Lanka
2007 'Images of Globalization', Curated by Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe, National Art Gallery, Sri Lanka
2006 'Parallel Realities: Asian Art Now', Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, UK
2004 'Goddesses Descending', Gallery 71, Galle Fort, Galle, Sri Lanka
2004 'Urban and the individual', Finomenal Space, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2004 'Aham - Puram', Public Library, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
2004 Contemporary Sri Lankan Art, GTZ Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2003 Art for Peace Exhibition, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002 'Made in IAS', Star Fort, Matara, Sri Lanka
2002 'Made in IAS', Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Participations
2014 Dhaka Art Summit, Hempel Galleries, group show
2012 Katmandu International Art Festival
2012 'Becoming', 2nd Colombo Art Biennale, Sri Lanka, Curated by Suresh Jayaram and Roman Berka
2009 'Imagining Pease', 1st Colombo Art Biennale, Sri Lanka, Curated by by Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe and Annoushka Hempel.
2005 3rd Fukuoka Triennial, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
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2005 Contemporary Sri Lankan Art: Works by 10 Artists, Millesgarden Museum Gallery, Sweden
Honours and Awards
2010 1st Prize, Sovereign Art Asian Prize, Hong Kong.
2003 Best artist of the year, State Art Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2003 First Palace, Sculpture, State Art Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Residencies & Workshops
2004 Swedish-Sri Lankan Residency Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005 Khoj International Artists Workshop, Mumbai, India
2006 Residency Workshop, Beacon house National University, Lahore
2010 1st Prize, Sovereign Art Asian Prize, Hong Kong.
2003 Best artist of the year, State Art Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2003 First Palace, Sculpture, State Art Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Residencies & Workshops
2004 Swedish-Sri Lankan Residency Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2005 Khoj International Artists Workshop, Mumbai, India
2006 Residency Workshop, Beacon house National University, Lahore
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