Bimba Dissanayake –
My Impression of War oil on board 51 CM X 38 CM
Born 1959,
Occupation:
Graphic designer
Education:
1997 Diploma in
Visual Communication: Universal
1982 Bachelor Degree
of Fine Arts:
Media:
Oils, acrylics, watercolour
Experience related to
art:
2002-2003 Artist
Bonza Collections
1984- 1994 Animation and Graphic Designer at Sri Lanka Television Corporation
Honours and awards:
1997 Pacific Art Award sponsored by Pacific Island Business Development Trust
1987 Special recommendation for Sri Lanka TV program (Children’s story); presented
over 200 cut-out illustrations
1985, 1986, 1987 Award for best New Year card design selected by Sri Lanka Television
1985 Hoso Bunka Special commendation prize for the TV documentary “Nuns in Sri
Lanka” at ABU
General Assembly –
1979 Second Prize; “Sittara” Newspaper all Island Art Competetion
1979, 1983, 1985 First and Third Prizes – Sri Lanka Youth Service Art Award
1978 First Prize (Art) All
1974 First Prize, St Anthony’s Good Shepherd Convent Art Exhibition & Competition.
Solo exhibitions:
1982
Group exhibitions:
1997 Polytechnic, Palmerston North,
1996 Polytechnic, Palmerston North,
1981
1980
1974 St Anthony’s Good Shepherd Convent,
Important
collections:
Collected by many private collectors.
Artists’ statement:
Conflict, suffering, dying, destroying, hardship. These words all describe how war affects people. War has always been, and always will be, a very close thing to my heart. How many people die and suffer from wars? Some get injured, some worry about their loved ones. Some are born to die, living in war zones with bombs and missiles surrounding them. They are never able to see the true beauty of the world. Their memories of the war will never be wiped out of their minds. War can make the world look ugly: it takes away the natural beauty of it. Even after the war has ended no one will ever forget it.
From an artist’s point of view I can show how it felt being in a war. This is an impression of war.