ABOUT ARTIST

Bandu Manamperi holds a BFA in Sculpture, MA in Archaeology, is a certified conservationist and a core member the of Theertha international Artists Collective. One of the initiators of performance art in Sri Lanka, Manamperi remains a leading performance artist at present. He creates highly personal art experiences based on the transformation of his own body. His art practice also encompasses sculpture, drawing, painting, and installation art. He lectures and consults on a range of topics including contemporary art, performance, museology, and local craft traditions. Manamperi’s praxis brings together notions of memory and demonstrates how the effects of external events and doctrines are absorbed into the body to create memories that become inscribed within us.