Jagath Weerasinghe
Jagath Weerasinghe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 |
| Nationality (legal) | Sri Lankan |
Jagath Weerasinghe (1954) is a Sri Lankan contemporary artist and archeologist.
Weerasinghe has been a significant driving force in the development of Sri Lankan art since the early 1990s. He is Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya.[1][2]
He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Painting at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in 1981.[3] In 1985 he received a Conservation of Wall Paintings, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) in Rome, which was followed in 1988 by a Conservation of Rock Art from the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles.[citation needed]
In 1991 Weerasinghe obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the American University, Washington, D.C.[3]
Weerasinghe coined the phrase ‘90s Art Trend’, recognising at the time the need for a cohesive framework to describe the activity of his peer group.[1]
He was commissioned by the Sri Lankan government to design the monument ‘Shrine for the Innocent’ as a remembrance for the innocent victims of the violence that the southern part of the country experienced in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the work completed in 1999.[4]
He co-founded the Theertha International Artists Collective in 2000, which continues to foster new artists and initiatives.[1][5] He describes current Sri Lankan artists as living in an era of ‘para-modernism’.
Weerasinghe's works have been exhibited in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Netherlands, Germany and Japan.[6]
References
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- ^ "Postgraduate Studies and Research". University Grants Commission - Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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- ^ Hattotuwa, Sanjana (13 June 2009). "Art, War and Politics in Sri Lanka - An Interview with Jagath Weerasinghe". Groundviews. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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