OneArt's featured artist

Chandraguptha Thenuwara

Sri Lanka

Painting

biography

Chandraguptha Thenuwara

Born in 1960, Sri Lanka
Lives and works in Sri Lanka

Chandraguptha Thenuwara is an artist cum activist whose body of work is dedicated to his plight to expose political corruption in Sri Lanka. In 1997 the artist began presenting his self-curated memorial exhibitions, presented on 23 July every year to commemorate 'Black July'. The exhibitions began with a series of work titled Barrelism, his response to the change in the cityscape of Colombo during the war. A multidisciplinary artist, Thenuwara's works connect painting, drawing, sculpture and installation made up of the juxtaposition of objects and witty paronomasias. His works metmorphose to represent current affairs using symbolism and themes approaching the subjects of conflict and adversity.

OneArt's featured artist

Chandraguptha Thenuwara

Sri Lanka

Painting

Hope and other works | 2021- 2019

Chandraguptha Thenuwara