About

BIOGRAPHY :

Koralegedera Pushpakumara is a painter but also works in many genres including sculpture, digital design, and installation and has exhibited extensively in Sri Lanka. In addition, he has taken part in many international workshops and group exhibitions in India, Sweden, Pakistan, and the Netherlands. He has received many local awards including First Place for Painting in 1995 at the Youth Services Council Award Festival, as well as in the State Awards Festival 1999.

His latest series of work, “Goodwill Hardware,” that has been exhibited at Theeertha Red Dot Gallery, the Colombo Art Biennale and at Hempel Galleries in Colombo, has been highly acclaimed.

1968 Born in Kandy , Sri Lanka. 
Lives and works In Colombo, Sri Lanka.







Education

2014 Reading for MA (Art History) postgraduate institute of Archeology. university of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka.
2003 Diploma (archeology) postgraduate institute of Archeology. university of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka.
1997 BFA (Painting and Sculpture) Institute of Aesthetic studies. university of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka.

Work Experience

2000 A founder member theertha international artist collective.
1992 Set Designer – Theater, Production Designer.


Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

2016 Dissonant Images: Three Solos, 
Exhibit 320, Lado Sarai New Delhi, India.
2014 Red Dot Gallery, Borella, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2013 Hempel Galleries Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2009 Red Dot Gallery, Pitakotte, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2006 Barefoot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2005 Finomenal Space Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2004 Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2002 Barefoot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2000 Kandalama Hotel, Dambulla , Sri Lanka.
2000 Paradise Road Galleries , Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1997 Heritage Art Gallery,Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Workshop, Residencies & Art activity (Selected)

2013 Sethusamudran Collaborative Art Project Sri Lanka + India.
2011 Co-Curator Freshly Backed Series of exhibitions 2010, Red Dot Gallery, Baddegana, Pitakotte, Sri Lanka.
2010 Participant artist, Les’ s Take a Walk Community Art Project. This Project is on Heritage Management Studies
By the theertha international artist collective, Sri Lanka.
2010 Sethusamudram Residency 1 Red Dot Gallery, Pitakotte, Sri Lanka.
2010 4st “theerthe” International Artist’s workshop Block 26,Tripoli Road, Colombo , Sri Lanka.
2002 Peace Train Project, Organized By Vibavi Academy of Fine Art, EthulKotte , Sri Lanka.
2001 1st “theertha” International Artist’s workshop Geoffrey Bawa’s ,Lunuganga Gardens , Beruwala , Sri Lanka.
2001 Chief Coordinator/Workshop Manager Art Teacher Training Program theertha international artist collective
and Art Lab organization.
2008 Participant artist, ‘’Ape Gama’’ Community Art Project. This Project is on Heritage Management Studies By
the theertha international artist collective, Sri Lanka.
2001 1st “Vasl” International Artist’s Workshop , Karachi,, Pakistan
1999 Workshop with Fiona Hall Geoffrey Bawa’s Lunuganga Gardens, Beruwala , Sri Lanka.
1999 Workshop for the Innocents Monument Workshop By Prof.Jagath Weerasinghe, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka.
1998 “Artist Against War” Street Flag Painting Project , Various areas including Colombo, Sri Lanka. Organized ByVAFA & Noothana sithvam Vansaya.
1998 3rd International Artist Camp ,Hikkaduwa ,Sri Lanka.
1998 Television set Design Course (Conducted by N.H.K. Japan @ SLRC) Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Group Exhibitions Participation (Selected)


2017 India Art fair 2017, Represented by Theertha Red Dot Gallery and Exhibit 320 New Delhi, India

2017 Appearing the Disappeared, Organized by Amnesty International.
2014 “Serendipity Revealed’’ Sri Lankan Contemporary Art Brunei Gallery, London
2014 ‘’Beware wet ink’’ Lionel Wendt Art Gallery,Colombo,Sri Lanka.
2014 Dhaka Art Summit ,Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2013 War & Peace: Visual Narratives from Contemporary Sri Lanka, Lionel Wendt & Harold Peiris Galleries,
2013 Visual Arts Projects Hong Kong and The Hempel Galleries Sri Lanka.
2011 No,1Shanthi Road Studio Gallery Bangalore India.
2010 Artful Resistance ‘traveling Exhibition, Curated by Sylvia S Kasprycki.
2009 Works on Paper, Presented by National Art Gallery of Maldives.
2005 “Contemporary Sri Lankan Art”, Museum of far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 Contemporary Sri Lankan Art ,Artists ‘for Peace at Nationl Art Gallery ,Colombo , Sri Lanka.
2004 “Exhibition of paintings and sculpture”, Gallery 71, Galle fort, Galle, Sri Lanka.
2004 “Contemporary Sri Lankan Art”, G T Z. Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2004 “Urban and the individual”, Fenominal Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2004 “AhamPuram”, Public Library, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
2001 1st “VASL” International Art Exhibition, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi ,Pakistan.
2001 REFLECTIONS ’’Four Artists ’’ An Exhibition of Painting , Indian Cultural Centre.Colombo , Sri Lanka.
2000 “A New Visual Vocabulary in Contemporary Sri Lanka Art” ,Volspark , Enschede ,The Netherlands.
2000 “Four Artist” Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture Lionel Wendt Art Gallery ,Colombo , Sri Lanka.
2000 ‘’An Art Exhibition for Peace and Reconciliation’’, Gallery 706, Colombo , Sri Lanka.
1999 “No Order Group” Exhibition and Declaration of the Manifesto VAFA Gallery EthulKotte , Sri Lanka.
1998 3rd International Art Exhibition ,National Art Gallery,Colombo, Sri Lanka .
1998 ‘’ Exhibition of Painting ‘’ Kandy Art Council, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Art Biennale (Selected)
2014 Colombo Art Biennale “Making History” Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2012 Colombo Art Biennale “Becoming” Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2009 Colombo Art Biennale “Imagining Peace” Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1999 9th Asian Art Biennile, Gallery of Silpakala Academy Dhaka Bangladesh.

Awards(Selected)
2001 Best Set Design State Drama Festival, Sub Committee Sri Lanka Arts Council Sri Lanka.
1999 State Awards Festival 2nd Place for Installation & Sculptures