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Artists
DENETH
PIUMAKSHI WEDAARACHCHIGE |
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Kasthamandap
Art Studio, PO Box: 10641, Lalitpur, Kathmandu,
Nepal
www.denethpiuma.blogspot.com
- denethjoe@yahoo.co.uk
+977 980 300 2631 (Nepal Mobile) +977 1 621 5945
(R) +977 1 501 1573 (O)
Sri
Lanka adress
"The Shrubbery", 39/6, Sumangala Mawatha,
Kurunegala
+94 777 130 413 (Sri Lanka Mobile)
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| EDUCATION
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| 2006 |
Associate Student in Sculpture & Print making,
Kathmandu University of Art
Baktapur, Nepal |
| 2004 |
Diploma in Human Rights, Human Rights Institute,
Colombo |
| 2003 |
Art Foundation Course (Composition, Sketching, Colour
Theory, History of Art), New York School of Visual
Art, Colombo |
| 1998 |
Diploma in Computer Studies (Excel, Word, Programming,
Email, Internet etc.), IDM Computer Studies, Kandy |
| 1998 |
French Language Beginner Course, Alliance Français,
Kandy |
| 1998 |
Spoken English Course, British Council, Kandy |
| 1996-9 |
GCE A’Levels / GCE O’ Levels, Maliyadeva
Girls College, Kurunegala |
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2006-2008:
Painter, Curator and Freelance Art and Music Event Co-ordinator
Kasthamandap Art Studio, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Painter and have exhibited in three group exhibitions
in Nepal and Sri Lanka and three solo in Kathmandu.
- Online group exhibition through the International
Museum of Women in San Francisco.
- Have conducted two workshops of Fun art therapy
with Orphanages in Kathmandu.
- Prepared an Art workshop with Nepali Artists for
the International Disappearance day with ICRC Kathmandu.
- Prepare and Conducted art workshop with Student
aged 6 – 11years from far west Nepal for Annual
Art Competition with World Food Programme –
UN.
- Organized fundraising painting exhibition for Kasthamandap
Art Studio in GTZ – Kathmandu –Nepal.
- Volunteering in OLPC (One Lap per Child) project
in shooting documentary film and making a song as
creative director.
- Prepare and organized ‘Living Canvas –
The Gallery without Walls’ at Kiran Bhawan and
Garden of Dreams in Kathmandu, Nepal with Seven Nepali
artists 15th September 2007.
- Prepare and organized ‘Living Canvas –
The Gallery without Walls’ at Galle Face Hotel
23th September 2007 in Colombo Sri Lanka with Seven
Nepali artists and seven Sri Lankan artists. (for
the Celebration of 50th Anniversary of diplomat relation
between Sri Lanka and Nepal).
- Work in progress for designing an art workshop with
Nepali artists for the UNESCO Kathmandu – Nepal
for express about protecting their heritage.
- Preparing for an annual international Art Fair in
Kathmandu beginning from October 2008.
- Currently working with WHR – Women for Human
rights - widows in Nepal and seven Nepali artists
to do a painting workshop to collect funds for Widows
and speak about their life circle of being a widow.
- Designed and conducted a 4 day interactive Art Workshop
for Equal Access, an international development radio
NGO based in Nepal, Afghanistan and Cambodia.
2005-2006:
Shop Manager / Gallery Curator
Suriya Home Décor (Pvt.) Ltd – No 61, 5th
lane, Colombo 03
suriya@sti.lk
/ suriya@stmail.lk
Tel: +94 114 736459 Fax: +94 114 736 460
- Suriya is a home décor shop and gallery
in Colombo which is currently expanding overseas.
- Supervised seven staff members, whilst dealing with
international corporate clients placing large orders.
- Worked with a local charity, raising money for Tsunami
widows.
- Initiated events for the gallery, organising a gala
and exhibition for opening night.
- Responsible for administration and PR to publicise
events and the gallery.
2005: Gallery Manager
Finomenal Space – Gallerie d’Art de Colombo,
Colombo 3
finomenal@eureka.lk,
www.studiofinomenal.com
Tel: +94 112393 301
- Finomenal Space is a French art gallery/studio
specializing in indigenous painters and Sculpture,
the expatriate and the tourist markets.
- Organised national and international artists exhibitions,
including designing and making invitations and assisting
with clients, visitors and artists.
- Arranged advertising, which gave me lots of experience
dealing with the media.
- Used my contacts around the world to arrange specialist
exhibitions, for example, an exhibition of Nepali
Art.
- Co-operated with a number of international galleries;
namely, Indian, Singaporean, and Austrian and organized
exchange exhibitions between galleries.
- Achieved recognition for the gallery and Written
about the Gallery for ALTERNATIVES 2005 – Contemporary
art spaces in Asia. A guide book to art galleries.
(Sri Lanka page 307, Finomenal Space - page 313)
- Worked
on creative direction team for the Canadian Full moon
Production, movie based on Varanasi, India. Oscar
Nominated Movie “Water” directed by Deepa
Meheta.
2004-2005:
Gallery Curator
Buddha Gallery, 3F, Tridevi Marga,Thamel, Kathmandu,
Nepal
buddha_gallery@yahoo.com,
www.buddgzenc.com
+977 1 4441689
- Buddha Gallery is an art space created by a Korean
Photographer for contemporary art in Nepal and classical
music concerts.
- Organisation of exhibitions and gallery openings.
- Liaised with many international artists and wrote
articles for artists’ catalogues, press coverage
and gallery information leaflets.
- Supervised and training two members of staff at
the gallery, as gallery administrator and Junior Curators.
- Organized a series of Art Workshops for children
with local and international artists and exhibited
their works.
2003 – 2004: Gallery Manager
Finomenal Space – Gallerie d’Art de Colombo,
Colombo 3
(See above for job profile)
2000 –
2003: Shop Manager
Waruna Antiques (Pvt.) Ltd (Colombo Branch)
Tel: +94 1128 470925 / +94 777 710 013
- Waruna Antiques is an Antiques Shop displaying antiques,
reproductions and sale reproductions of Sri Lankan
historical crafts such as jewellery; brass, copper,
bronze objects and statues; textiles, paintings and
prints; traditional dancing costumes and masks.
- Dealt with clients from all around the world and
built up good relationships, ensuring their repeated
custom.
- Developed my accounting skills through day to day
management of the shop accounts.
- Valued antiques.
PROJECTS
WEARABLE
ART SHOW 2006
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6041246.stm)
(http://www.cybernepal.com.np/events/wearableartshow/index.php)
- Developed and organised an art project with seven
young Nepali artists from Kasthamandap Art Studio
in Kathmandu. We collaboratively created sixteen different
pieces that performers displayed as living, moving
wearable art.
- A carefully chosen group of multi-cultural performers
wore the pieces of art and walked on a ramp to dramatically
choreographed and orchestrated performances according
to the piece’s genre and style, in the garden
of a royal palace at Kiran Bhawan in Kathmandu.
LIVING
CANVAS – “The Gallery without walls”
2007 Colombo – Sri Lanka
www.livingcanvas.blogspot.com
- Wearable Art renamed in 2007 as Living Canvas organized
in Colombo with 7 Nepali artists, 2 Nepali ethno-Techno
Musicians and 7 Sri Lankan artists, 1 Sri Lankan Musician.
- I independently organized and managed sponsorship,
media coverage and funding from all major media sources
in Sri Lanka and the BBC Sinhalese Radio – ‘Sandeshya’,
private businesses and foreign embassies
ADDITIONAL
EXPERIENCE
- Active person and enjoy adventure activities such
as rafting, trekking, rock climbing; Participated
in the KIT Challenge – Adventure race 2003 in
Sri Lanka; Completed the Annapurna Poon Hill (Nepal)
(3230M) track successfully in 2006
- Have travelled around South Asia and whilst in Singapore,
I advised a friend on the opening of her own gallery.
I have enjoyed experiencing the different cultures
of Asia as well as exploring many places of interest.
- Member of “Shakespeare Walla’s”
– Theatre group in the British Embassy, Kathmandu.
Acted in the British comedy “NOISES OFF”
2006 and “Cinderella” Pantomime –
Kathmandu version 2007 as character Buttons.
- Freelance translator in the Sinhalese language and
have covered translation for an INGO Human Rights
Conference in Nepal.
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