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Still-life: Loss Lived in Nostalgia
Stitched Chronicles Series IV
Stitched Chronicles Series III
Stitched Chronicles Series I
Stitched Chronicles Series II
Silent Sitters – Chair Series I

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Education

1991 Artworks: The Visual Art School for Continuing Education, Princeton, New Jersey, USA ( Short Course on Stone Carving & Apprenticeship under sculptor Milt Liebson at Artworks
1989 Studio Three: Adult Education Art Group. Continuing Education Program, Santa Barbara City College, California, USA.
1986 Post Graduate Diploma in International Affairs. Bandaranaike Center for International Studies, Sri Lanka. 1984 B.A in Political Science, Sociology, and Economics. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Solo Exhibitions

2016 Memory Keeper, Hempel Gallaries, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013 Memory Keeper, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India
2012 Comfort Zones, Kashi Gallery, Kochi, India
2011 Kuveni: The Queen of Lanka, Hempel Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2007 Comfort Zones, Red Dot Gallery, Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka.
2003 Goddesses Descending. Studio @ HW Architects, Colombo
2001 In the Entangled Web. Barefoot Gallery, Sri Lanka.
1999 My Narratives. Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1998 The Vehicle Named Woman. Heritage Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Self Help. International art exhibition in Malmö, Växjö, Örebro and Stockholm in Sweden. Represented
Asia with a collection of work consisting of paintings and installations.
1997 Aditi, an exhibition of paintings. Lionel Wendt Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1995 Aditi, an exhibition of paintings and sculpture. Lionel Wendt Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Aditi, an exhibition of sculpture. Hotel Ceylon Inter-Continental. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1993 An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. The Alliance Francaise De Colombo Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1992 An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. The Students’ Center. Chancellor Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
1991 An Exhibition of Paintings. “Nicoleti” (University Center). University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
An Exhibition of Paintings. University Center Gallery. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. 1989 “Kala Nirmana”. Multicultural Center. University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Group Exhibitions

2017 India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India. 2016 India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India.
Imagined Futures and Reconstructed Pasts, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India
Tale of Two Cities, Adil Shah Palace, Goa, India
2015 India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India.
Excavation/ Eruption. Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India. Performed, Lionel Wednt Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2014 India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India. Colombo Art Biennale, J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Memorabilia, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India
Invented Identities, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India. Serendipity Revealed, Brunei Gallery, London, UK.
Beware: Wet Ink, Lionel Wednt Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2013 India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India
Art Basel 2013, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong.
Serendipity Revealed, China Art Project Space, Hong Kong.
2012 Becoming: Colombo Art Biennale, J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2011 Theertha Artists at Shanthi Road, 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore, India.
2010 Between Kismet and Karma, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK.
Theertha Artists at Shanthi Road, 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore, India.
Artful Resistance: Contemporary Art From Sri Lanka, Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany. Creating Commonwealth, DLF Emporio Mall (by Gallery Ragini), Delhi, India.
2009 Theertha Art- Works on Paper, National Art Gallery, Male, Maldives.
Colombo Art biennale, Park Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Artful Resistance: Crisis and Creativity in Sri Lanka, Museum für Völkerkunde, Austria Separating Myth from Reality (Art Festival), Siddhartha Gallery, Katmandu, Nepal
2008 Six Degrees of Separation, Ananth Gallery, Delhi, India. 2007 Arte Curioso, Red Dot Gallery, Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka.
Images of Globalization, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2006 (A)critical Intimacy, Harold Peiris Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2005 Swedish Sri Lankan Artrists’ Residency Exhibition, Harold Peiris Gallery, Colomb, Sri Lanka.
Ten Artists Exhibition, Millesgarden, Lidingo, Sweden
2004 Urban and the Individual, Finomenal Space Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2002 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukouk, Japan.
Asian Art Festival, Fukuoka, Japan.
‘Crafty Thoughts’, University of Liverpool Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
2000 ‘Reclaiming Histories: A Retrospective Exhibition of Women’s Art’. Sapumal Foundation Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1999 Exhibition of selected works by women artists commemorating ‘Women’s Day’. The VAFA Gallery. Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka.
Third International Artists’ Camp Exhibition, National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
‘ No Order Group Exhibition’. VAFA Gallery, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka.
1998 INDEPENDENCE,an art exhibition to commemorate 50 years of independence in Sri Lanka. Lionel Wendt Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Self Help Art Exhibition. Lionel Wendt Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Modes and Moods. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1997 Nawa Kalakaruwo Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Exhibition of Contemporary Sri Lankan Sculpture. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka. First International Artists’ Camp Exhibition, National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1996 Young Contemporaries Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1995 Nawa Kalakaruwo Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1993 Young Contemporaries Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1991 Art: the Prism of the Spirit. Gallery 1434. University of California, Santa Barbara. California, USA. 1989 Spectrum. An Exhibition of Paintings. Antioch University Gallery. Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Reflecting Culture Through Art. Reynolds Gallery and Kerrwood Gallery. Westmont College, Monteceto, California, USA.
Diversity, The Unfolding Mystery. University Center Gallery. University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
A Painting and Photography Exhibition. Antioch University Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, USA. 1989 A Painting Exhibition. Cabrillo Art Center. Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Faces and Figures. Pascual’s Upstairs Gallery. Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Workshops, Symposiums and Lectures:
2017 Panelist in the Discussion of Yashodhara Dalmia’s book ‘Buddha to Krishna: Life and times of George Keyt’. British Council, New Delhi, India.
Presenter in the international conference on ‘Buddhist Cultural Pluralism in South Asia: Exploration in Popular Contemporary Buddhist Imageries’, Royal University o Bhutan, Timphu, Bhutan. Presented paper titled, “How I Came to Fear Hell: Story Telling and Visual Narratives in Buddhist Socialization”.
2016 Panelist in the Discussion of Tale of Two cities project, Spotlight, India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India.
Tale of Two Cities Residency, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
Tale of Two Cities Residency, Varanasi, India
2015 Panelist in the Discussion of ‘Fabric & Fabrication’, Speaker Forum, India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India.
2008 Foundations & Networks International Workshop 2008, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. 2003 Lijiang International Artists Workshop, Lijiang, China.
2002 Art Exchange Program. The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, 2002.
‘Artists and Artist-space in Asia: Growth, Interactivity and Creation’. Opening Symposium for 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale.
Visiting Artist, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, Australia.
South Asia Conference 2002, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK.
1998 Seminar for South Asian Artists Network Project. International Centre, New Delhi, India. Theertha International Artists’ Workshop, Lunuganga, Sri Lanka.
2000 Artists’ for Peace flag Project, Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka. 1999 Participation in the Third International Artists’ Camp at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.
Participation in the KHOJ International Artists’ Workshop, Modinagar, India.
KHOJ Symposium, New Delhi, India.
1997 Artists Against War Flag Project Workshop. Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts. Colombo Sri Lanka.
Self Help Workshop. Angelholm/Helsingborg, Sweden.
1997 Participation in the First International Artists’ Camp at Kandalama, Sri Lanka.

Awards

1994 Young Artist of the Year, Young Contemporaries Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1999 Bunka Award for Special Achievement in Painting and Sculpture. The Japan Sri Lanka Friendship Fund.

Selected Publications on Art and Culture

2009 Celestial Fervor: A Prelude to an Exhibition. In, Celestial Fervor: Art of Jagath Weersinghe’ , Pitakotte: Red Dot Gallery/Theertha.
2008 Women Artists in Sri Lanka: Are They Carriers of a Women’s Burden. In, South Asia Journal vol. 2, Pitakotte: Colombo Institute/ Theertha.
2007 Men, Women and Architecture : Gender Identities and the Appropriation of Space (co-written with Hiranthi Welandawa) Women and the Built Environment / Edited by Madhavi Desai. 1st ed. New Delhi: Zubaan.
2006 Mapping Art South Asia. Ed. John Holt, Fareda Khan, Alnoor Metha, Jacques Rangasamy and Laura Tarney, London: Shisha.
2001 Historical Overlappings (co-written with Hiranthi Welandawa). In, Architecture, Time, Space, People, Vol. 1, Issue 7, October 2001.Pp. 34-48.
2000 Reclaiming Histories… Catalogue of the ‘Reclaiming Histories: Retrospective Exhibition of Women’s Art’, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
A New Order: Contemporary Visual Art in Sri Lanka. Art Asia Pacific Issue 26, Sydney, Australia.
Artists Against Violence: An Art Exhibition for Peace and Reconciliation. Catalogue of the Neelan Thiruchelvam Commemorative Exhibition. 29th January 2000. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Is Artist’s Freedom a Negotiated Autonomy? KHOJ India International Artists Workshop 1999 catalogue. New Delhi, India.
New Strokes in ‘Independent Art.’ Introduction to the exhibition of paintings commemorating 50 years of
Sri Lankan independence. The Sunday Leader, 15th February 1998, Colombo. 1999 State of Sri Lankan Art. ‘Frontline.’ Issue of February 26th 1999. Chennai, India.
Signs and Portents: An Exhibition of Artworks. Review of exhibition by Yvonne Wiegers. Daily News. 9th June 1999, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1998 After a Dialogue with Two Artists. Review of ‘Dialogue’, Christa Weber’s and Jagath Weerasinghe’s exhibition of paintings. Daily News, 28th January 1998, Colombo.
Angels. Review of Balbir Bodh’s exhibition of paintings. Sunday Observer Magazine, 7th June 1998, Colombo
1997 Defining Authenticity. Catalogue of the 1st International Artists Camp, Kandalama, Sri Lanka.
Reading the Art of Sensibility. Review of ‘The Art of Sensibility’, H.A Karunratne’s exhibition of paintings. Sunday Leader, 1st September 1997, Colombo.
A Socio-Political Reading of Yanthra Gala and the Round Pilgrimage. Review of Yanthra Gala and the Round Pilgrimage, the exhibition of paintings and installation by Jagath Weerasinghe’s. Daily News, 8th October 1997, Colombo.

Anoli Perera (b.1962, Colombo) took a degree in political science, economics and sociology at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka followed by a postgraduate diploma in International Affairs. She then lived in the USA between 1988 and 1992 where she followed ‘continuing art education programmes’ at Santa Barbara City College, California and the visual art school of Princeton, New Jersey. She currently works as a painter, sculptor and installation artist, based in Sri Lanka and New Delhi. Anoli Perera is a co-founder and a director of the Theertha International Artists Collective, a contemporary art initiative in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her works have been exhibited in Dhaka Art Summit, 2018; Serendipity Arts Festival, 2016; Colombo Art Biennale, 2009, 2012 & 2014; ‘Artful Resistance’ Museum of Anthropology, Vienna, Austria, 2009 and Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, German, 2010; Separating Myth from Reality (Art Festival), Siddhartha Gallery, Katmandu, Nepal , 2009; Asian Art Festival, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan, 2002; ‘Crafty Thoughts’, University of Liverpool Gallery, UK, 2002; 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Japan, 2002; amongst others. She received the Bunka Award in 1999, Special Achievement in Painting and Sculpture, Japan Sri Lanka Friendship Fund and in 1992, she received the Young Artist of the Year, Young Contemporaries exhibition, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.