Kosala Gunasinghe

Painter / Sri Lanka

ABOUT

Born in Sri Lanka into an artistic family, Kosala Gunasinghe began drawing and painting at an early age. In the golden age of hand-drawn signage, his playground was his father's agency workshop, where He studied and practised brush skills after school. In 1999, he moved to Hong Kong to work in the advertising and film industries.

With the evolution of photography, portraiture was an endangered art, but he has always been more drawn to portraits than any other types of painting. A human face is complex and changes constantly with mood. When we meet someone, we look at their face to read their emotions and to understand their personality.

As an artist, he like to challenge myself, that’s why he has never liked doing portraits in a traditional way. He tend to start with short sketchy strokes to capture the essence of the subject's features. Then he use large vividly-coloured brushstrokes or through paint directly onto the canvas to add movement and energy so that the whole piece becomes more dynamic and engaging.

SOLO EXHIBITION

2017, LIFE GOES ON WITHIN YOU & WITHOUT YOU, Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
2017, INCOMPLETE TOTALITY, Kliq Art Space, Hong Kong
2015, TRANSFIGURATIONS, PubArt Gallery, Hong Kong
2014, SERENE MAJESTY, PubArt Gallery, Hong Kong
2013, THE DEVIL INSIDE, Pubart Gallery, Hong Kong

GROUP EXHIBITION

2019, SUMMER SHOW - VI. EDITION - Royal Opera Arcade, London, UK
2019, PORTRAITS EXHIBITION - The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
2018, ROYAL ART PRICE (FINALIST) - Royal Opera Arcade, London, UK
2018, UNITY IN DIVERSITY - Hong Kong Visual Art Center
2017, ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW - Hotel Conrad Hong Kong
2016, EAT THE ART (GROUP) - PubArt Gallery, Hong Kong
2016, ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW - Hotel Conrad Hong Kong
2015, ART ROOMS - Melia White House Hotel, London, UK
2014, THE CIRCLE OF WHITE SQUARES - PMQ, Hong Kong
2014, SAI KUNG SUMMER EXHIBITION - Sascha Camille Howard Gallery, Hong Kong
2013, BANK ART FAIR, HONG KONG - Island Shangrila Hotel, Hong Kong
2013, ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW - Rosella Gallery, Singapore

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