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.
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.
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.
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). 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. 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. Chamila was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Kandyan Era Frescoes, Anselm Kiefer, Subodh Gupta, Saskia Pintelon, H A Karunaratne.
Solo exhibitions +YearExhibition Name TypeVenue2021Fabricated SocietyPaintingsBareFoot Gallery, 704, Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka 2018WonderlandPaintingsParadise Road Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka2017This Is an IslandPaintingsParadise Road Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka2013 Monologue IIVisual ArtsLionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka2011Social NetworkVisual ArtsParadise Road Galleries, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka2007Media & MenPaintingsParadise Road Galleries, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka2006 Loiterers PaintingsParadise Road Galleries, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka2005MonologuePaintings & SculpturesLionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka1999 Ridma RataPaintings & SculpturesDarmapala College, D.A Rajapaksha memorial hall, Beliatta Sri Lanka
Group exhibitions +YearExhibition Name TypeVanue2020Human NatureVisual ArtsGallery Basement 16, Germany 2019Unsettling TimePaintingsThe Galle fort Art Gallery, Galle, Sri Lanka 2019Sri Lanka & Bangladesh Art ExpositionPaintings & SculpturesHarold Peiris Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2019Sri Lankan Artist 2019Visual ArtsGorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2019Colombo Fashion WeekVisual ArtsColombo, Sri Lanka2018China & Sri Lanka Art ExchangeVisual ArtsShanghai, China201717th Asian Art BiennaleVisual ArtsShilpakala Academy Dhaka, Bangladesh2016Collective IdentityVisual ArtsThe Text Gallery, Jayasuriya Center, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2013Young ContemporariesVisual ArtsGorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2010State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka 2009State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2007Young ContemporariesVisual ArtsGorge Keyt Foundation, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2005State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2005Tsunami Fund-Raising ExhibitionVisual ArtsFaculty of Visual Arts, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka2004Ruhuna ArunaVisual ArtsBMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka2002Transition 2002Visual ArtsNational Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.2001State Art FestivalPaintings & SculpturesNational Art Gallery, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
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