Neranjala Gunasinghe - My work is about babies. I use their clothes and other baby items to portray their lives and to grasp this plight of children in lower privilege strata of the society.

Bio: (B:1968) Post graduate Diploma in Archaeology, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University Of Kelaniya..(1995)(B.F.A) Bachelor of fine arts Degree. Institute of Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya (1994) Participated Exhibitions, State Art and Sculpture Exhibition (print making) National art gallery, Colombo. (1995)An exhibition in the 9th Triennial India (print making), Lalith Kala Academy, New Delhi (1995). 50th UDHR International Print Portfolio, National Arts Council, South Africa (1999).Works as Assistant Director, National Craft Council.Lives and works in Horana, Sri Lanka.

  Prabhavathi Meppayil  -My first impression of this place is the stunning green landscape; the ariel view I got from my flight. It has been only a few days in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Living and working here has been very interesting. The city with remnants of its cultural past and consumerist present, seems very familiar, like any city in my country or for that matter in this part of the world. A city of contradictions.

Sleeping Buddhas and inscriptions on the rocks of Viharas.
The sleeping figure, cannot hear the voice any more. He is like an indifferent lover. I want to inscribe the numbers.....of the stars in the endless sky, of the dead and the forgotten.......

The Cinnamon Window.
How could I not capture the landscape of this beautiful place? I made a cinnamon window, along side the other windows on the gallery wall. My friend Pala asked me if I knew the colonial history of the Cinnamon. I said no, assuming perhaps the colonial history of cinnamon must be same as the Colonial histories of rubber and other plantations in India. After all, we share colonial history.
I arrange the cinnamon sticks once again, so that they remind us of our history.

Bio: (B:1965) Completed B.A. from Bangalore University (1986), Diploma in Fine Arts, Ken Shool of Art , Bangalore(1992). Was part of a residency at Kanoria Center for Arts, Ahmedabad(1993-95) and at Gaestatelier Krone, Aarau, Switzerland(2001). Participated at the 'Trans-Quer' International Artists'Workshop,Basel, Switzerland(2005) and Khoj International Artists’ workshop, Bangalore(2003).Held solo exhibitions at Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland (2001) and Chitra Art Gallery, Bangalore(1999) Group shows include,Are we like this only,Vaderha Gallery,Delhi(2005), Subtlety-Minimally Sakshi Gallery, Latit Kala Academy, New Delhi(2004), Recent works, Gallery Threshhold , New Delhi(2003), Highlights,Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (2003), Fragments, Heritage Gallery, Mumbai(2002), Figures in my mind, Gallery Espace, New delhi (2001) On the edge of Volume, curated by Martha Jakimowicz-Karle,Sakshi Gallery & Alliance Francaise, Bangalore(2001), Boomi Geetha Song of the Earth, Redchair Gallery, Kansas City, U.S.A (2000). Lives and works in Bangalore.