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Exhibitions Archive 2006
Exhibition of Art by Tsunami Effected
Children: It is estimated that nearly 400 schools have been
seriously damaged, and approximately 4000 children have been displaced
due to the calamity caused by the Tsunami waves that swept the Sri
Lankan coastal areas on 26th of December 2004. In collaboration with
the Goethe Institut in Colombo, Theertha has been conducting a program
at the Kithulewela Jayamaha Vihara relief camp at Matara to provide
attention and care for the displacednchildren. Through visitations
every week Theertha members provide them with a play environment by
introducing games, and engaging in drawing and painting activities with
children. The program held for a period of one year. Some of the
artworks done by these children were exhibited at the Goethe Institute
in May 2006.
Theertha International Artists’ Residency 2006 Exhibition: The International Residency Program 2006 invited three local and three international visual artists to work together for 30 days and to mount and exhibition. The residency was held from 1st to 30th June 2006 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The artists participated in the Residency were Jamil Baloch (Pakistan), Mahmudur Rahman (Bangladesh), Rohan Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka), Sanath Kalubadana (Sri Lanka), Sumedh Rajendran (India) and Thisath Thoradeniya (Sri Lanka). The residency was sponsored by Hivos and Ford Foundation.
International Women Artists’ Residency 2006 Exhibition: International Women Artists’ Residency was part of the international art exchange program of Theertha that is being held regularly. The primary objectives of the International Women Artists’ Residency are to support and sustain the diverse art activities among women artists in Sri Lanka and to give opportunity to connect with the women artists working in other geographical and cultural backgrounds. Participating artists were Kaif Ghaznavi (Pakistan), Sabrina (India), Fathimath Zuhura, (Maldives), Lakeesha Fernando (Sri Lanka), Sakunthala Galange (Sri Lanka) and Noeline Fernando (Sri Lanka). The residency started from 29th July 2006 and ended on 28th August 2006. The Residency Exhibition was held from 23 to 27th August 2006 at the Goethe Institute, Colombo.
(A)critical Intimacy: An art exhibition by seven women
artists that highlights an intimate process of art making. The artists
exhibiting in ‘(A)critical Intimacy’were Dhanushka Amarasekara, Marie
Gnanaraj, Neranjala Gunasinghe, Anoli Perera, Menika van der Poorten,
R. Vaidehi and Anoma Wijewardene. The exhibition would be a project
that would create awareness on women’s contemporary art
practices.
(A)critical Intimacy Catalog PDF version
Maze: An exhibition of collaborative installation and
performance art by Bandu Manamperi and G.R. Constantine. The exhibition
was held at the Lionel Wendt Gallery at Colombo from 2nd to 4th
November. The exhibition was sponsored by the Theertha
International Artists Collective. The single collaborative
installation and performance in this exhibition addressed the cultural,
political and social aspects of the current socio-political dominant
behavior in relation to the ongoing ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.
Exhibitions Archive: 2009