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Anura Srinath

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Anura Srinath
Born (1957-09-06) September 6, 1957 (age 67)
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materLumbini College
Occupation(s)Artist, Painter, Illustrator, Cartoonist
Websiteanurasrinath.com

Anura Srinath (born September 6, 1957) is a Sri Lankan artist,[1] painter,[2][3] illustrator and cartoonist.[4]

Early life

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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

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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

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Anuralokaya solo exhibition

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Siththaru Andi Roo (සිත්තරු ඇඳි රූ)

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  • 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

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

Speculo 2017: National Art Festival

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

Kala Pola (1995 - 2019)

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

References

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  1. ^ "Anura Srinath". Srilankan Art Gallery.
  2. ^ a b c "Brilliant brushstrokes of a wildlife painter". Sunday Observer.
  3. ^ a b ""අනුරාලෝකය" අනුර ශ්‍රීනාත්ගේ නිර්මාණ දැක්‌ම". Divaina News Online Edition.
  4. ^ "An artist who loves to make people laugh". The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka.
  5. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c "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.