Chammika Jayawardena b. 1975

Chammika  Jayawardena  holds a BFA from the University of Visual  and  Performing  Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and completed a four  year certificate course at the Vibhavi  Academy of Fine Arts. Chammika obtained  his MA in Archaeology  from the University of  Kelaniya in 2012 and is currently reading for his Mphil  at the Post Graduate  Institute of Archaeology  at  the University  of Kelaniya.  In addition to curating  several   exhibitions.  Jayawardena   has  participated  in 42  group exhibitions  since  1998. His first  solo  exhibition  was  held  in 2001. He participated in the South Asian International  Art Program in Tokyo in 2004, exhibited at the India Art Gallery, Pune in 2009, and the Museum of Ethnology Vienna in 2008. Chammika  has lectured at the Sri Palee  Campus,  at the University of Colombo from 2010 to 2016. At  present  he is a visiting lecturer at the Department  of Intergrated  Design at the the University of Moratuwa. Chammika  taught at the Vibhavi  Academy OF Fine Arts from 2007 to 2010. Since 2007 he has also worked as a freelance  art  director in film, television and commercials.