Award Winning Contemporary Artist
Sri Lanka
Dammith Krishantha is a Sri Lankan
state award winning artist hailing from the central hill country. He is a self
taught creator who is a skilled artist as well as a sculptor who has the
capacity to combine old and modern styles together in order to create amazing
pieces of art. He is a long term artist who has been updating his skills as the years went on and he has developed a process in which his work is based on.
He has held multiple solo exhibitions
at renowned locations such as the Colombo National Art Gallery. He can boast of a
worldwide audience where his artworks have been sold around the world. Dammith
uses love, music, happiness, meditation, connection
between wild animals and people as his preferred themes for his work and he
believes that anyone with a troubled mind will be able to find their peace from
his work.
Exhibitions
2004 - Artist Camp International Exhibition - Harold Peris
Gallery - Colombo, Sri Lanka
2004 - Stairway Gallery Exhibition - Hotel Thilanka - Kandy,
Sri Lanka
2005 - Rotary Mid-City Project - Ahangama, Sri Lanka.
2012 - Nawa Kalalaruwa George Keyt Foundation - National Art
Gallery - Colombo, Sri Lanka
2012 - Sri Lanka Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation - J.D.A.Perera
Gallery - Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013 - Sri Lanka Art Exhibition - George Keyt Foundation - J.D.A.Perera Gallery - Colombo, Sri Lanka
