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Chamila Gamage (artist)

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]

Chamila Gamage
චමිල ගමගේ
Born (1978-08-09) 9 August 1978 (age 46)
Beliatta, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationBeliatta Central College
Alma materUniversity of Kelaniya
University of the Visual and Performing Arts
Occupation(s)Contemporary Artist, Sculptor
Known forOil on canvas, acrylic on canvas, cement sculpture,Clay sculpture, Metal sculpture, Plaster of Paris sculpture, Digital paintings
StyleAbstract art, modern art, Expressionism Art
SpouseNishadi Thilakawardana (married 2009–present)
Parents
  • Mahantha Gamage Nimal Pemarathna (father)
  • Wickramarathna Bandaranayakalage Wasantha (mother)
Websitechamilagamage.com

Personal life

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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

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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.[1][7]

Career

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Chamila Gamage with sculptures at his gallery in Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka

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).[1][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 Gamage, 2021, Memories of Dream,  oil on canvas, 136cm x 92cm

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.[1][8][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

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Year Exhibition Name Type Venue
2021 Fabricated Society Paintings BareFoot Gallery, 704, Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka [24][25]
2018 Wonderland Paintings Paradise Road Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2017 This Is an Island Paintings Paradise Road Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka[26][27]
2013   Monologue II Visual Arts Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
2011 Social Network Visual Arts Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo  7, Sri Lanka
2007 Media & Men Paintings Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
2006   Loiterers   Paintings Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
2005 Monologue Paintings & Sculptures Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
1999 Ridma Rata Paintings & Sculptures Darmapala College, D.A Rajapaksha memorial hall, Beliatta  Sri Lanka

Group exhibitions

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Year Exhibition Name Type Vanue
2020 Human Nature Visual Arts Gallery Basement 16 , Germany [28][29]
2019 Unsettling Time Paintings The Galle fort Art Gallery, Galle, Sri Lanka [4]
2019 Sri Lanka & Bangladesh Art Exposition Paintings & Sculptures Harold Peiris Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2019 Sri Lankan Artist 2019 Visual Arts Gorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2019 Colombo Fashion Week Visual Arts Colombo , Sri Lanka[30]
2018 China & Sri Lanka Art Exchange Visual Arts Shanghai, China
2017 17th Asian Art Biennale Visual Arts Shilpakala Academy Dhaka, Bangladesh[31]
2016 Collective Identity Visual Arts The Text Gallery, Jayasuriya Center, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2013 Young Contemporaries Visual Arts Gorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka[32]
2010 State Art Festival Paintings & Sculptures National Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka [33]
2009 State Art Festival Paintings & Sculptures National Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2007 Young Contemporaries Visual Arts Gorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2005 State Art Festival Paintings & Sculptures National Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2005 Tsunami Fund-Raising Exhibition Visual Arts Faculty of Visual Arts, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
2004 Ruhuna Aruna Visual Arts BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002 Transition 2002 Visual Arts National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2001 State Art Festival Paintings & Sculptures National Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka

References

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