Anura Srinath (born September 6, 1957) is a Sri Lankan artist,[1] painter,[2][3] illustrator and cartoonist.[4]
Anura Srinath | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 6, 1957 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater | Lumbini College |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, Painter, Illustrator, Cartoonist |
| Website | anurasrinath.com |
Early life
editAnura was born in Sri Lanka and educated at Lumbini College (Colombo).[2] He grew up in a home which surroundings were full of sketches of temple paintings and traditional Sinhalese art and he showed a passion and a skill for drawing from an early age. His father rejected the idea of a career in art. Anura's father, M.S Perera, hoped his son would become a Doctor, and though Anura would study in Biology stream for Advanced Level in School.[5]
Career beginnings
editAfter leaving school he joined the Upali Group of Newspapers as a cartoonist for the comic-strip paper ‘Suhada’ in 1980. In 1981, Upali Newspapers (Private) Limited was launched and he was recruited as an artist for the "Chitramitra" comic magazine by the group.[2][5][6]
His paintings are found in various museums and galleries abroad, as well as in private collections in Sri Lanka and throughout the world.
Exhibitions
editAnuralokaya solo exhibition
edit- Anuralokaya 1 (August 2012), National Art Gallery, Sri Lanka[3][5]
- Anuralokaya 2 (January 2013), Matara
- Anuralokaya 3 (February 2013), Anuradhapura[7][8]
- Anuralokaya 4 (November 2013), Boralesgamuwa[9]
- Anuralokaya 5 (2014), University of Sri Jayewardenepura[10]
- Anuralokaya 6
- Anuralokaya 7
- Anuralokaya 8
- Anuralokaya 9
- Anuralokaya 10
- Anuralokaya 11 (July 2016)
- Anuralokaya 12
- Anuralokaya 13
- Anuralokaya 14
- Anuralokaya 15 (September 2017)[11]
- Anuralokaya 16 (September, 2017)
- Anuralokaya 17 (October, 2017)
Siththaru Andi Roo (සිත්තරු ඇඳි රූ)
edit- Siththaru Andi Roo 1 (December 2011)[12][13]
- Siththaru Andi Roo 2 (June 2013)[14]
- Siththaru Andi Roo 3 (October 2015) [15]
- Siththaru Andi Roo 4 (November 2016)[16]
13 Strokes / Lionel Wendt Art Centre
editA three-day exhibition will be held at The Lionel Wendt Art Center featuring 13 artists.[17][18]
Speculo 2017: National Art Festival
editArt exhibition hosted by Sri Lankan airlines at J. D. A. Perera Gallery.[17][19]
Kala Pola (1995 - 2019)
editParticipant of the annual open air art fair from 1995 - 2019 [17][20]
References
edit- ^ "Anura Srinath". Srilankan Art Gallery.
- ^ a b c "Brilliant brushstrokes of a wildlife painter". Sunday Observer.
- ^ a b ""අනුරාලෝකය" අනුර ශ්රීනාත්ගේ නිර්මාණ දැක්ම". Divaina News Online Edition.
- ^ "An artist who loves to make people laugh". The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka.
- ^ a b c "Facets of a 33-year long journey". Nation.lk. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07.
- ^ "Singing Stories Through Pictures". Daily Mirror. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ ""අනුරාලෝකය 03" 08 සිට අනුරාධපුරයේදී". LankaTruth.
- ^ "අනුරපුරදීත් "අනුරාලෝකය" නිර්මාණ දැක්මට ජනතා ප්රසාදය ඉහළින්". LankaTruth.
- ^ "අනුරාලෝකය ඇරඹේ". Hiru News.
- ^ "Anura, Sri Lankan Art Gallery". Sri Lankan Art Gallery.
- ^ "අනුරගේ 'අනුරාලෝකය' දකුණු ලකට යයි". Saaravita.lk.
- ^ "සිත්තරු අඳි රූ ප්රදර්ශණය 2". lankadeepa.lk.
- ^ "සිත්තරුන් ඇඳි සිත්තම් 6දා සිට කොළඹ කලා භවනේ දී". divaina.com.
- ^ "සිත් රූ ඇඳි රූ". Mirrorarts.lk.
- ^ "The Hundred's place". Daily News. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "'සිත්තරු ඇඳි රූ 04' සිතුවම් දැක්ම දින තුනක් පුරා". Saravita.lk.
- ^ a b c "Speculo 2017: National Art Festival". anurasrinath.com.
- ^ "13 Strokes". timeout.com.
- ^ "SriLankan hosts Speculo-2017". dailymirror.lk.
- ^ "Kala Pola: A rich palette of vibrant colours". sundayobserver.lk.