Prasad Hettiarachchi | Colombo West

Prasad Hettiarachchi (b. 1975) lived and worked in the highly urban atmosphere of Rajagiriya in Colombo before moving to Bentota in early 2018. Since the early 2000s he has been an artist in an active leftist political party in Sri Lanka, doing calligraphy, posters, stage set designs and working as a freelance artist.

He has won numerous awards and participated in art workshops and projects since the early 90s and one of his works was selected for the 1994 Art Exhibition in France at the UNESCO Centre by the Sri Lankan Cultural, Social and Educational Association of France.

Prasad was the first artist to attend a residency at Hampi Art Labs Karnataka in 2025, to establish a residency collaboration through the KALĀ x Hampi Art Labs partnership.

Acrycil on Whiteclay Plate