Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “I am not guilty”, Exhibition view Balzer Projects, Basel, CH, 2017
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Exhibition view: “Le Mur de Thonon”, Le Mur de Médiathèque, Thonon les Bains, FR, 2021
Exhibition view: “Asia Now Paris art fair”, Monnais de Paris, FR, 2023
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Exhibition view: “Asia Now Paris art fair”, Monnais de Paris, FR, 2023
Image credits: Asia Now
Exhibition view: “Of Love and War Tamil (Hi-)Stories from India and the World”, Linden-Museum Stuttgart, DE, 2022
*1980 and grew up in the city of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
lives in the French Alps and is working between Europe and Sri Lanka.
In her multidisciplinary work, Deneth uses photography, audio and video, painting and printing on textile and embroidery on different surfaces. The subjects that she focuses on are forgotten Colonial histories, Immigration, Sri Lankan diaspora, injustice of women immigrant workers, stories of children growing up in war and conflicts zones and silent feminists. Her artistic practice runs along a thin line which separates art and activism; it is her intend to play with that tension.
For 22 years she has been working with ‘Cheetha’, a traditional Sri Lankan printed textile. This fabric carries a disappearing part of the Sri Lankan culture. It can be seen only in few villages or among the older generation because of the phenomenon of western fashion trends and mass made clothes from China. While the majority of the Sri Lankan population considers it low class and kitschy to wear clothing made from Cheetha, this material is highly nostalgic for her – it carries her childhood and the weightlessness of life as a kid. Not only Sri Lankan textile but any textiles that have a controversial meaning always attracts her attention.
(Eg: edelweiss textile used by farmers in Switzerland & Keffiyeh scar)
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Exhibitions, Fairs & Projects
Available Works
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Emptiness of mother’s lives”, 2015, Pigment on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 92 × 92 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Children of the sun needs your help”, 2014, Pigment on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 82 × 85 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Within”, 2014, Pigment on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 92 × 92 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Children of the sun I”, 2014, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric, 30 × 30 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Children of the Sun needs your help”, 2014, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric, 30 × 30 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Three musketers III”, 2014, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric, 30 × 30 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “White like memory black like hope”, 2014, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric, 30 × 30 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Mind”, 2014, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric, 30 × 30 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “A poetry by Mahmoud Darwish”, 2015, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric, 30 × 30 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Resistance”, 2015, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric, 49 × 32 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “A girl named Meadow”, 2014, Mixed Media, 30 × 30 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Save you, Save me”, 2014, Mixed Media, 92 × 115 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Women Power”, 2017, Pigment on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 86 × 91 cm
Image credits: The artist
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Freedom”, 2009, Acrylic on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 92 × 109 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Imagination”, 2006, Acrylic on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 53 × 120 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Mind”, 2010, Acrylic on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 65 × 65 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “The Man I know”, 2012, Acrylic on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 92 × 100 cm
Image credits: Gaetan Boisson
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Mother of All”, 2019, Pigment on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 83 × 138 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “The Revolution is today”, 2022, Pigment on Cheetah Cotton Textile, 92 × 92 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “ Identity-project i am not guilty”, 2017, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric with Artist’s Hair, 30 × 54 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Prayers-project i am not guilty”, 2017, Embroidery on Row Cover Fabric with Artist’s Hair, 30 × 54 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Yours Sincerely, I am not guilty”, 2017, Embroidery on Rock, 8 × 9 cm
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Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige: “Paradox-project I am not guilty”, 2017, Mixed Media, 8 × 9 cm
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