Anoma Wijewardene

Anoma Wijewardene (Sinhala: අනෝමා විජයවර්ධන) is a Sri Lankan contemporary artist. Wijewardene's paintings and installations reflect themes of sustainability, diversity and peace.[1] She has held exhibitions around the world, including in Venice, London, Sydney, Dubai, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Maldives and Colombo.

Anoma Wijewardene
අනෝමා විජයවර්ධන
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materCentral Saint Martins College, London
Known forQuest (2006)
Deliverance (2012)
Websitewww.anomawijewardene.com

Early life

Wijewardene is the daughter of the Sri Lankan agricultural engineer, Ray Wijewardene.[2] Her father represented Sri Lanka at the 1968 Summer Olympics in sailing.[3][4] She has two younger sisters, Roshni and Mandy.

She spent most of her early life in Sri Lanka before leaving to attend school in India at age 16. Wijewardene then moved to England, where she graduated in art and design from Central Saint Martins College.

In 1984, Anoma Wijewardene was styled as The Right Honourable Countess Beatty when she married David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty.[5]

Career

In 2016, Wijewardene represented Sri Lanka in an exhibition 'One Belt, One Road', organised by Sotheby's Hong Kong.[6] Wijewardene showcased her work at the European Cultural Centre at the Palazzo Bembo during the 58th Venice Biennale. Wijewardene chose to submit her work ‘Kintsugi’; a reflection on fragmented and wounded societies, which incorporated an installation, video and a book.[7]

Additionally in the year 2019, Wijewardene launched the Monograph 'ANOMA', in London at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, on International Women’s Day 2019. The book is a retrospective collection of her life and career in art over the years.[8]

Wijewardene was among one of four South Asian representatives including artists from India and Pakistan to take part at an exhibition entitled In the Fore in 2009, which was held at The Noble Sage Art Gallery in North London. She contributed eight works on the theme of Power.[9][10]

Wijewardene studied and worked in the UK for thirty years as a designer and artist.[11]

She held solo and group exhibitions in Colombo, London, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Singapore.[12][13] She created solo exhibitions in Gallery stores including Wright and Teague in London, The One and Only in Maldives, Stellar Downer Gallery in Sydney, Gallery Taksu in Kuala Lumpur, Art Heritage in New Delhi, Paradise Road Gallery and Barefoot Gallery in Sri Lanka.

She worked with Sri Lankan poet, Ramya Jirasinghe, on notable exhibitions including Deliverance in 2012 and EarthLines in 2016.[14] Her first major solo exhibition was Quest in 2006.[15] A trilingual exhibition, Quest featured the use of digital technology as a medium, as well as video installation. The primary source material for the exhibition were photographs that were taken in Jaffna, Colombo, along the A9 highway which connects the city of Kandy with Jaffna, and in tsunami-affected areas in the south of Sri Lanka.[16]

Wijewardene worked as a designer for several years in the UK. Her designs were featured on the cover of Vogue. Her clients include Yves St Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren.[17]

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References
  1. "Anoma Wijewardene, a Sri Lankan internationally recognised artist". exploresrilanka.lk. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  2. "Ray Wijewardene Curriculum vitae". www.raywijewardene.net. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  3. "Ray Wijewardene: An Extraordinary Thinker and Tinkerer". Groundviews. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. "Honouring Ray Wijewardene". Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  5. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  6. "Sri Lankan art makes its mark at 'One Belt, One Road' international exhibition by prestigious Sotheb | Daily FT". www.ft.lk.
  7. "Life Online - Anoma's Art on Coexistence at the Palazzo Bembo during the Venice Biennale". www.life.lk.
  8. "'Anoma' the monograph launched in Colombo | Daily FT". www.ft.lk.
  9. "BBCSinhala.com". www.bbc.com (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  10. "Anoma has successful London exhibition". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  11. "ANOMA WIJEWARDENE – Colombo Art Biennale". colomboartbiennale.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  12. "One Belt, One Road Exhibition at Sotheby's Hong Kong". www.quintessentially.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  13. "Anoma Wijewardene". www.anomawijewardene.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  14. "Interview with Anoma Wijewardene on 'Deliverance'". Groundviews. 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  15. "Canvases in conversation". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  16. Perera, Ruhanie (2006-05-28). "Anoma's search for peace". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  17. "Anoma Wijewardene in Silk Road group exhibition | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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