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Biography

Biography of Pala Pothupitiya

Education

2010	Training and learning in a traditional
2006	Training program in Pakistan traditional jewelry, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan
2006	Study and training, Pakistan traditional metal work methods and techniques, Craft-villages, Lahore, Pakistan
2006	Study and training, traditional Pakistan sewing methods and techniques, with craft men, Lahore, Pakistan
2002	University of Kelaniya, Institute of Aesthetic Studies, BFA in Sculpture, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003	Ancestral Dress, Gallery 71, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka
2008	Ancestral Dress + My ID, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008-2009	"ArtFul Resistance - Crisis and Creativity in Sri Lanka", Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, Austria
2007	Arte Curioso, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Pitakotte, Sri Lanka
2007	Images of Globalization, Curated by Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe, National Art Gallery, Sri Lanka
2005	3rd Fukuoka Triennial, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
2005	Contemporary Sri Lankan Art: Works by 10 Artists, Millesgarden Museum Gallery, Sweden
2006	Parallel Realities: Asian Art Now, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, UK
2004	Goddesses Descending, Gallery 71, Galle Fort, Galle, Sri Lanka
2004	Urban and the individual, Finomenal Space, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2004	Aham - Puram, Public Library, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
2004	Contemporary Sri Lankan Art, GTZ Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2003	Ancesrtal Dress, Fimomenal Space, Colombo, Sri Lanaka.
2003	Art for Peace Exhibition, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002	Made in IAS, Star Fort, Matara, Sri Lanka
2002	Made in IAS, Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Residencies and Workshops

2006	Residency Workshop, Beacon house National University, Lahore
2005	Khoj International Artists Workshop, Mumbai, India
2004	Swedish-Sri Lankan Residency Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Honors and Awards

2003	Best artist of the year, State Art Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2003	First Palace, Sculpture, State Art Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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