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Join us for Artists for Artists (A4A) Production Fund Exhibition

Featuring works by this year’s awardees:
Catharina Danial
Darshani Rathanayake
Kavishwara Jayasekera
Rajitha Rupasinghe

📅 12 - 15 February 2026
🕕 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
📍 Garden Gallery, The Sapumal Foundation
32/4 Barnes Place, Colombo 07

Now in its third year, the Artists for Artists (A4A) Production Fund supports Sri Lankan artists through locally funded grants and mentorship, enabling the development of new work and strengthening sustained artistic practice within Sri Lanka’s contemporary art community.

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KALĀ South Asia is proud to present Dumiduni Illangasinghe as the first international artist-in-residence of the India Art Fair’s Artist-in-Residence programme. In the programme’s five-year history, Dumiduni’s inclusion marks an important moment—positioning Sri Lanka as a compelling and distinctive voice within the South Asian contemporary art landscape.

View Dumiduni Illangasinghe’s outdoor installation located next to the Institution’s Pavilion, near the main entrance to India Art Fair.

Sri Lanka–born artist Dumiduni Illangasinghe’s practice engages with fragility, ritual, and processes of healing. Working across material and symbolic forms, she draws on the logic of mycelial networks to examine dualities of strength and vulnerability within natural systems. Her work reflects an ongoing interest in cyclical time, transformation, and material continuity.

Artwork Details: Soft Armours, 2026, MDF panels (4mm ) with a collage of red broken glass bangles, biodegradable polythene mushrooms and porcelain clay mushrooms, 120 × 60 cm (30 nos), 80 × 60 cm (5 nos)

KALĀ continues to focus on building meaningful connections that place Sri Lankan artists within wider South Asian conversations and regional platforms.

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Shared Ground: A South Asian Conversation

Thank you to everyone who visited, engaged, and contributed to the many thoughtful conversations over the past weeks.

While the exhibition has come to a close, look out online as we reflect on the practices, connections, and exchanges that shaped our Shared Ground.

Participated artists:

@ahmedrasel_photo — Ahmed Rasel (Bangladesh)
@island.cultures — Eagan Badeeu (Maldives)
@farhat3893242 — Farhat Ali (Pakistan)
@ifiri — Firi Rahman (Sri Lanka)
@gopatrivedi — Gopa Trivedi (India)
@hamra_abbas — Khadim Ali Vibha
@kishwarkiani — Kishwar Kiani (Pakistan)
@h11235 — Kiran Maharjan (Nepal)
@namgayrockets — Phurba Namgay (Bhutan)
@tashi313 — Tashi Lama (Nepal)
@vibhagalhotra — Vibha Galhotra (India)
@mariegnanaraj — Marie Gnanaraja (Sri Lanka)

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