State Visual Arts Advisory Board

State Visual Arts Advisory Board is established for the purpose of advising and assisting the Arts council on the general advancement of the visual arts and to support a vibrant community of visual artists, visual arts groups and organizations so that the public can experience the highest standard of visual arts, in Sri Lanka.
Visual Arts include a range of media such as painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, live art/performance, crafts, Architecture, film, video or other digital imaging media.

State Visual Arts Advisory Board is functioned two ways to promote folk appreciation of the public through the achievement of the above aims.

Direct activities for the Visual Arts.
Intervention for the development of Visual Arts.

Direct Activities for the Visual Arts

Divisional Projects based on Arts and Sculpture .
National Projects based on Arts and Sculpture.
International Projects based on Arts and sculpture.

Exhibitions, Workshop, Conferences and Publications are carried out under the above mentioned three categories

Intervention for the development of Visual Arts

Development of National Art Gallery
Restoration of welfare for the Artists
Establishment of a Museum for the Arts and Sculpture.

Annual Programmes of the Arts and Sculpture Panel

State Arts and Sculpture Festival
State Children’s Arts Festival
“Our Painters” National Arts Exhibitions
Annual workshops for Arts Teachers and Children
Visual Arts Bi-Annual Painting Exhibition
Painting Conservation Project of the National Art Gallery

Panel Profile

Sarath Gunasiri
Chairman
Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer Sarath Gunasiri has been appointed as a member of State Visual Art Advisory Board.

Jagath Ravindra
Member
Senior Lecturer

Born in 1963 in Sri Lanka, Jagath Ravindra is one of island’s foremost abstract contemporary painters. Ravindra's work is clearly identified by his bold compositions, representative of the ease with which his practice facilitates a sensitivity to abstract aesthetic and form. Currently the Dean of the Faculty of Visual Arts for the University of the Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Ravindra has presented his work internationally in Bangladesh, Dubai, Nepal, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Korea and Maldives.

R.M. Dharmasena
Member

Mr. R.M. Dharmasena has been appointed as a member of Visual Art Advisory Board.

Suneth Aravinda
Member
Senior Lecturer

Mr. Suneth Aravinda has been appointed as a member of Visual Art Advisory Board.

Shantha K. Herath
Member
Art Editor

Mr. Shantha K. Herath has been appointed as a member of Visual Art Advisory Board.

Anil Samantha Kumara Athapatthu
Member

Senior artist Anil Atapattu (b.1963) is a well-known artist in the field of Visual Arts. Atapattu expresses his inner most feelings through his ever evolving "sound of silence" series using abstract expressionism. He is a Fine Arts graduate from the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo.

Achala Gunawardena
Member

Mrs. Achala Gunawardena has been appointed as a member of Visual Art Advisory Board.

Rasadurai Surendran
Member

Mr. Rasadurai Surendran has been appointed as a member of State Visual Art Advisory Board.

Deeptha Mangalasoma
Member

Mr. Deeptha Mangalasoma has been appointed as a member of State Visual Art Advisory Board.

Rohan Rodrigo
Member

Mr. Rohan Rodrigo has been appointed as a member of State Visual Art Advisory Board.

Hasantha Wijenayake
Member

Mr. Hasantha Wijenayake has been appointed as a member of State Visual Art Advisory Board.

Suranjith Rathnayake
Secretary
Cultural Development Assistant

Mr. Suranjith Rathnayake has been appointed as a Secretary of State Visual Art Advisory Board.

Hashika Karunarathne
Assistant Secretary
Cultural Development Assistant

Ms. Hashika Karunarathne has been appointed as Assistant Secretary of State Visual Art Advisory Board.