April 9, 2020
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Mr. P. Rupaneethan
BFAHons (Arts & Design) (Sculpture) (UoJ)
Lecturer (Probationary)
Department of Visual & Technological Arts
Phone: +94 77 033 7710
Email: rupaneethanp@esn.ac.lk, neethansp@gmail.com
- Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Art and Design (Honors in Sculpture), University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, (2016)
- Conceptual Art
- Traditional Art and Craft
- 2017, Student Counselor, Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
- 2017, Instructor (Gr.III), Department of Visual and Technological Arts, Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
- 2017, Temporary Lecturerin Art & Design (Sculpture) at the Department of Art and Design, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2016, My Soft Skin, Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Group Exhibitions
- 2020, Connectivity and Reflexivity of Nature and Me (Series), Contemporary Art from Sri Lanka, Tower Foyer Gallery, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- 2019, Extending Space of the Palace, URONTO Art Residential Exchange Programe, Dubolhati Rajbari, Naogaon, Bangladesh.
- 2019, Connectivity and Reflexivity of Nature and Me, Celebrate Colombo-ONE WON exhibition, The Stables, Park Street Mews, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- 2019, My Inner Land, A Timeless Heritage, Conducted by Dr.Thevanathan, at Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, United Kingdom.
- 2018, Identity, ‘Being and Becoming’, Curated by Dr.T.Sanathanan, at Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- 2017, Mother Land (An installation art collaboration with graduate and undergraduate students), Re-Evolution: Cinnamon Colomboscope, Curated by Menika Van Der Poorten, Colombo Terminus Station, Sri Lanka.
- 2015, Painting and Sculpture, Organized by Science Navigators, at Government Teachers Training College, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
- 2013, Roads, Collaboration with Pradeep Thalawatta, conducted by Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong and Raking Leaves, Sri Lanka, at Park Street Mews, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Collections
- Private collections in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, USA, UK, Philippines, Malaysia.
- 2019, URONTO Artist Community, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Other Relevant Activities
- 2018, Designed 35 ‘Souvenir’ in collaboration with local artisans for the International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage, Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
- 2018, Architectural Modeling of proposed university buildings under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Dean Hermann, SVIAS Eastern University.
- 2018, Assisted in a traditional Wood Carving Project led by Dr. T.Sanathanan to construct an architectural project for the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
- 2015, Participated as an actor in a short film “Aurat & Belt” Directed by Nallaiah Savesan, Produced by Anoma Rajakaruna, Agenda 14 (Private) Limited, # 6 B/9, Pagoda Road, Nugegoda #10250, Sri Lanka.
Publications
- 2020, “Pottery Making and Peoples’ Ecological Lifestyle: The research based on Batticaloa district,” Conference Paper presented at National Research Symposium SVIAS – 2020, Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
- 2019, “Representation of My Identity,” Artist Talk, Conducted by URONTO Artist Community, Bangladesh, at Dubolhati Rajbari, Naogaon, Bangladesh.
- 2019, “My Art Practice,” Artist Talk, Conducted by Colomboscope Team, at Ellerton, Gampola, Sri Lanka.
- 2018, “My Art Practice,” Artist Talk at Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
- 2018, “Craftsmanship and Lifestyle: The Research About Pottery Making in Poratheevu,” Conference Paper presented at International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage, Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
- 2017, Contemporary Art and Students’ Works of Art (SVIAS, Eastern University), Kalaimuham Magazine-64
- 2016, A Painting in ‘Imago Mundi’ in Re-imagining Ceylon, Contemporary Artists from Sri Lanka, Luciano Benetton Collection, Curated by Aman Mojadidi, Organization – Valentina Granzotto and Barbara Liverotti, First published by Antiga Edizioni.
Press Archive
- 2020, Held Apart, Together, P.Rupaneethan: http://www.colomboscope.lk/
- 2019, Extending Space of the Palace: https://urontoart.org/extending-space-of-the-palace/
- 2019, “9th Episode of URONTO Residential Art Exchange Programme” in Bangladesh.
- 2019, Re-Tooling Workshop, organized by Colomboscope Team, in Gampola, Sri Lanka.
- 2019, Professional Development Workshop for Visual Artist/2019, organized by Theertha International Artists Collective in Collaboration with the British Council and the New North South Initiative, Theertha Read Dot Galley, Borella, Sri Lanka.
- 2018, Theertha Performance Lab, organized by Theertha International Artists Collective, Theertha Read Dot Galley, Borella, Sri Lanka.
- 2018, ‘Somehow, Performance’ a Workshop/ Thinking Session Around Performance, conducted by Sonia Khurana, Organized by Theertha Performance Platform, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Borella, Sri Lanka.
- 2016, Professional Apprenticeshipunder the guidance of contemporary artist Mr. Torin Chandrasekara, Athurugiriya, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- 2015, A Drawing Workshop under the guidance of Dr. Maria Lookman, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
- 2019, Artist Fellow for 9th Episode of URONTO Residential Art Exchange Program, Dubolhati Rajbari, Naogaon, Bangladesh, Conducted by URONTO Artist Community, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 2016, Second Class Upper Division, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.