Pradeep Thalawatte

Pradeep Thalawatte

2024

Hit Me Hard

Tar and Sandpaper on Canvas

23 x 30 cm

Artist Bio

Pradeep Thalwatta works across a range of materials and mediums such as photography, drawing, video, performance, installation and painting to address issues of post-conflict Sri Lanka and the concerns surrounding the urban landscape through his artistic practice. He received his BFA and MFA degrees from Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan. He also trained as a studio-based artist at the Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts before finishing his design studies at the National Design Centre in Sri Lanka.

His works has been exhibited at several solo and group shows in Sri Lanka and has also exhibited at the Dhaka Art Summit Bangladesh (2018), Zahoor-Ul-Ikhlaq Gallery, Pakistan (2018), Times Museum Hong Kong (2016), Dakar Biennale Africa (2016), Satrang Gallery Pakistan (2015), Brunei Gallery London (2014), Shanthiroad Gallery, India (2010), and National Art Gallery Maldives 2009. He has been a part of the Murree Museum Artist Residency Pakistan 2016, Commonwealth Connections International Arts Residencies India 2011, Theertha artist collective workshop 2008 residency 2010/ 2009 and Khoj Artist’s Workshop India 2009. He was among the 30 finalists selected for of the Asian Art Prize, Christie’s, Hong Kong (2014-15) and was an awardee of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts scholarship for the years 2005-2006 and 2015- 2016. His works belong in the permanent collection at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan and Millesgarden Museum, Sweden.