Born in 1967 in Kurunagala, Sri Lanka Anup Vega is a largely
a self-taught artist. A very skillful painter he have had number
of exhibitions in Sri Lanka. In 1997 he held a solo exhibition
at the Hermitage Gallery, Colombo and 1998 his artwork was shown
in the Mountcastle Gallery, Colombo. His exhibition titled ‘
Seed pod’ was held at the Gallery 706 in 2000 while he have
had solo exhibitions in 2001 at Mountcastle Gallery and in 2002
at the Barefoot Gallery. Paradise Road Galleries presented Anup
Vega’s exhibition ‘Remaining Apart’ in 2003.
As an art critic Prof. S. B. Dissanayake comments on Anup Vega’s
art: “He makes the quotidian contentment’s of life
communicable through the uncomplicated simplicity of his art”.
Anup Vega lives and work in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
