NUWAN NALAKA

ETERNAL LANDSCAPES

NUWAN NALAKA

5 NOVEMBER 2015 - 3 DECEMBER 2015

I am searching to find the rhythm of nature. I tried to simplify the forms and strip them down to bare essentials. These works are abstract and they express the journey of life. My works symbolically depict human existence, which is eternal and ultimate. My inspiration is varied; Bengali, Far Eastern art, and both traditional paintings of Sri Lanka and India.

Use of colour has a symbolic and eternal aspect, and I try to evoke the inner beauty in a structure. The feeling is linear and juxtaposed with light and shade as well as negative and positive space, thus creating a chiaroscuro background. This also implies the philosophy of Maya: what appears before us is not limited what is seen, it goes beyond.

My paintings are a journey and metaphorically represent the way of our life or the ‘Sansara’.

Nuwan NalakaOctober 2015

Eternal Landscape XIII, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 122 x 122cm, SOLD

Eternal Landscape XV, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 147 x 62cm, SOLD

Eternal Landscape XVI, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 147 x 62cm, LKR 140,000

Eternal Landscape XIX, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 147 x 62cm, LKR 140,000

Eternal Landscape XVII, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 147 x 62cm, LKR 140,000

Eternal Landscape XXII, 2015, watercolour on fabriano paper, 75 x 75cm, SOLD

Eternal Landscape XXVI, 2015, watercolour on fabriano paper, 75 x 75cm, LKR 120,000

Eternal Landscape XXIII, 2015, watercolour on fabriano paper, 75 x 75cm, LKR 120,000

Eternal Landscape XXVII, 2015, watercolour on fabriano paper, 75 x 75cm, LKR 120,000

Eternal Landscape XXIV, 2015, watercolour on fabriano paper, 75 x 75cm, SOLD

Eternal Landscape XXVIII, 2015, watercolour on fabriano paper, 75 x 75cm, LKR 120,000

Eternal Landscape XX, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 147 x 62cm, LKR 140,000

Eternal Landscape XXI, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 147 x 62cm, LKR 140,000

Eternal Landscape XI, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 76 x 61cm, LKR 90,000

Eternal Landscape XII, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 76 x 61cm, SOLD

Eternal Landscape IV, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 51 x 40cm, LKR 70,000

Eternal Landscape V, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 51 x 40cm, LKR 70,000

Eternal Landscape VI, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 51 x 40cm, LKR 70,000

Eternal Landscape VII, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 51 x 40cm, LKR 70,000

Eternal Landscape VIII, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 51 x 40cm, LKR 45,000

Eternal Landscape IX, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 51 x 40cm, LKR 45,000

Eternal Landscape X, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 51 x 40cm, LKR 45,000

Eternal Landscape XIV, 2015, tempera on handmade paper on canvas, 122 x 122cm, SOLD

NUWAN NALAKA b. 1981

Education2013 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India2007 Bacherlor of Visual Arts (Painting), Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India

Solo Exhibitions2014 Inner View, Paradise Road Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka2011 A Voyage on Boat, Lionel Wednt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka2010 Incredible Watercolour Painting at Galle Fort, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka2009 Visions of a Nation, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka2008 Portrait of Sri Lanka, Alliance Française de Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka2008 Transition, Alliance Française, Colombo, Sri Lanka2007 Kolkata - A City of Vintage Tune, Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka2006 Chiaroscuro, Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Group Exhibitions (Selected)2015 10th Anniversary Show, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka2014 Opening Exhibition, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka2013 Group Show, Birla Academy, Kolkata, India2012 Goti, ICCR Gallery, Kolkata, India2012 Project artnexxt, Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi and Hyderabada, India2012 Annual Art Exhibition, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India2010 Paintings by 40 Contemporary Artists, Town Hall, Kolkata, India2009 View Between Tree, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore & Baroda, India2009 All Said and Done, Gallery K., Kolkata, India

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