ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anusha
Wijesinghe.
Visual artist · Sri Lankan roots · Based in Germany
Memory, material
and the everyday.
Anusha Wijesinghe is a multidisciplinary visual artist from Sri Lanka, based in Germany. Through painting, print, textiles and sculpture, she explores memory, place and the quiet politics of everyday life.
Her work brings softness and resistance, ornament and urgency into conversation. Shaped by artistic practice across Sri Lanka and India, it values craft as much as concept.
Education & teaching
Anusha studied fine arts at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, India, from 1997 to 2002, with a focus on textile design. Her education also includes design studies at Sri Lanka’s National Design Centre and postgraduate study at the University of Kelaniya.
Her teaching experience includes fashion and textile design at the University of Moratuwa and visiting lectureships in Colombo. Her practice spans weaving, printing, dyeing, painting and mixed media.
Extra-curricular activities
Group exhibitions & special art projects
- 2018Works in the ROUND from AROUND
International art exhibition exploring peace, unity and love through the round shape. TASMAI, a Centre for Art & Culture, Kuruchikuppam, Pondicherry, India. - 2017Cinnamon Colomboscope
Former Colombo Terminus Railway Station, Maradana, Colombo. - 2017Connection
International Group Art Exhibition, J.D.A. Perera Gallery, Colombo 07. - 2016Rabi-Chaya Shadow of Gurudave
International Art Exhibition, J.D.A. Perera Gallery, Colombo. - 2014Making History — Colombo Art Biennale: Fabric of Time
A collaborative work by artists of the Fireflies Artists Network, Sri Lanka. J.D.A. Perera Gallery, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka. - 2014Stories behind the sparkle
Contemporary Art Exhibition, RED DOT Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka. - 2012Char Adhayaya
International Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka. - 2012Stories of Small Things
Print Exhibition, 1Shanthiroad Gallery, Shanthi Nagar, Bangalore, India. - 1998Foreign Students Art Exhibition
Nandan Art Gallery, Santinikethan, India.
Workshops & curatorial work
- 2017Art talk with Prof. Jogen Chowdgury
Coordinated an art talk in collaboration with Santinikethan Friends and ICCR Colombo. - 2017Art and music workshop
Coordinated and conducted a workshop with Santinikethan Friends in collaboration with ICCR Colombo. - 2016Rabi-Chaya Shadow of Gurudave
Curator of the International Art Exhibition at J.D.A. Perera Gallery, Colombo, in collaboration with the Indo-Sri Lanka Foundation. - 2016Printmaking workshop with Dr. Shivaji Shet, India
Coordinated a one-day workshop with the Department of Printmaking, University of Aesthetic Studies and Performance Arts, Colombo 07. - 2016Workshop with Dr. Shivaji Shet, India
Coordinated a one-day workshop at the Indian Cultural Center. - 2012Char Adhayaya
Curator of the International Art Exhibition in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Indo-Sri Lanka Foundation and the SAARC Cultural Centre. - 2012Drypoint printmaking workshop
Participant, Karnatak Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore, India.