Anura Srinath

Anura Srinath (born September 6, 1957) is a Sri Lankan Artist,[1] Painter,[2][3] Illustrator and a Cartoonist[4]

Anura Srinath
Born (1957-09-06) September 6, 1957
Kirulapana, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materLumbini College
OccupationArtist, Painter, Illustrator, Cartoonist
Websiteanurasrinath.com

Early life

Anura 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

After 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

Anuralokaya solo exhibition

Siththaru Andi Roo (සිත්තරු ඇඳි රූ)
  • 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

A three-day exhibition will be held at The Lionel Wendt Art Center featuring 13 artists.[17][18]

Speculo 2017: National Art Festival

Art exhibition hosted by Sri Lankan airlines at J. D. A. Perera Gallery. [17] [19]

Kala Pola (1995 - 2019)

Participant of the annual open air art fair from 1995 - 2019 [17] [20]

References
  1. "Anura Srinath". Srilankan Art Gallery.
  2. "Brilliant brushstrokes of a wildlife painter". Sunday Observer.
  3. ""අනුරාලෝකය" අනුර ශ්‍රීනාත්ගේ නිර්මාණ දැක්‌ම". Divaina News Online Edition.
  4. "An artist who loves to make people laugh". The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka.
  5. "Facets of a 33-year long journey". Nation.lk. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07.
  6. "Singing Stories Through Pictures". Daily Mirror. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  7. ""අනුරා‍ලෝකය 03" 08 සිට අනුරාධපුරයේදී". LankaTruth.
  8. "අනුරපුරදීත් "අනුරාලෝකය" නිර්මාණ දැක්මට ජනතා ප්‍රසාදය ඉහළින්". LankaTruth.
  9. "අනුරාලෝකය ඇරඹේ". Hiru News.
  10. "Anura, Sri Lankan Art Gallery". Sri Lankan Art Gallery.
  11. "අනුරගේ 'අනුරාලෝකය' දකුණු ලකට යයි". Saaravita.lk.
  12. "සිත්තරු අඳි රූ ප‍්‍රදර්ශණය 2". lankadeepa.lk.
  13. "සිත්තරුන් ඇඳි සිත්තම් 6දා සිට කොළඹ කලා භවනේ දී". divaina.com.
  14. "සිත් රූ ඇඳි රූ". Mirrorarts.lk.
  15. "The Hundred's place". Daily News. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  16. "'සිත්තරු ඇඳි රූ 04' සිතුවම් දැක්ම දින තුනක් පුරා". Saravita.lk.
  17. "Speculo 2017: National Art Festival". anurasrinath.com.
  18. "13 Strokes". timeout.com.
  19. "SriLankan hosts Speculo-2017". dailymirror.lk.
  20. "Kala Pola: A rich palette of vibrant colours". sundayobserver.lk.
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