Six of One
group of artists
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Sumi Perera - biography |
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Education:
MA 2004 Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London
MPhil 1996 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London
MSc 1994 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London
MBBS 1983 Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Selected Exhibitions:
2008
Originals ’08 - Mall Galleries, London.
TEN - Bankside Gallery, London.
Artist Book Showcase. Arnolfini, Bristol.
Glasgow Artist Bookfair, Glasgow Concert Hall.
Wood for the Trees. City Hall, London.
Fairytale Museum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
2007
LAB ’07 – ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), London
LOOP 2007. Bankside Gallery, London.
Printmaking Show J:Akebono-so Gallery, Isesaki, Japan
Watermarks on Paper. Arts+Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT. USA
Suburban Landscape. Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture
Wrexham Print International 2007
Regenerator - Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol
BABE ’07- Arnolfini, Bristol
Inkubator. Edinburgh Printmakers
Textual Healing.The Embassy, Edinburgh.
Tactile. Otters Gallery,University of Chicester
Medical Art Society Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries, London.
6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition. Touring till ’07 in 6 venues in the UK & Northern Ireland
7th Helen Keller International Award Exhibition. Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde Glasgow
NinePrintmakers-Riverside Gallery, London
Sitting Room. an exhibition of artists books. Alsager Arts Centre; Permanent Bookshop, Brighton; Amsterdam; Cambridge.
2006
East London Printmakers Show. Menier Gallery, London.
Babylon Lexicon. Hot Iron Press, New Orleans Bookfair, LA, USA.
LAB ’06. London Artist Book Fair, ICA
Dream Landings- John Lewis Store,Watford
1st Manchester Artist Book Fair. Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University
Year of the Dog Show – Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow.
Bookmarks IV- Infiltrating USA, Europe and Australia.
Bookmarked! Crockatt & Powell Bookshop, Waterloo.
Surface and Object. An Origin in Printmaking. Printmakers Council. Morley Gallery.
Books ‘06 / Interaction-Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia.
New Pages: Atski Gallery and the Art Library at University of Art and Design Helsinki.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize Exhibition.
BIMPE IV-The Fourth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. Federation Gallery, Vancouver
art of the STITCH 2006. International Biennial Exhibition-Royal West of England Academy, Bristol;The Hub, National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford; & Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead.
5th Lessedra World Print Annual , Sofia Bulgaria.
“4” Exhibition at the London Print Studio.
4th International Artist’s Book Exhibition 2006 The King St. Stephen Museum, Hungary.
Contemporary Prints by Artists from the Printmakers Council. New Arts Centre, Chatham, Kent.
9th Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair. Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax.
“60 Square Inches” A Biennial NorthAmerican Exhibition.Purdue University.
juxtaBOX. Shoreditch Gallery, 5 Hoxton Market, London.
2005
LAB ’05. (London Artists’ Book Fair). Institute of Contemporary Art, London. UK.
Contemporary Prints3. London Print Studio, Harrow, London.
Bookmarks III: Infiltrating Kontakt : Berlin, Poland, The Netherlands, Cyprus, USA, UK.
Primary Source. An exhibition of Artists Books. University of Warwick, Warwick.
Hibrida II. Bradford and Czech Republic.
2nd International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, South Korea,
8th Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, Halifax. March 2005
2004
LAB’04.London Artists’ Book Fair, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London
‘Clothes Show’ (alternate construction of garments modelled on a catwalk) Palace Strand Hotel, The Strand, London.
Spread the Word Headquarters. London .Solo Show:‘Window Dressing’
Opening of the Book, Camberwell College, University of the Arts, Peckham Road, London.
Projet Mobilivre Bookmobile 2004/2005 – Canada & USA – ‘Cracking the Dress Code’.
1st International Book Fair, Seoul, Korea
7th Contemporary Artist’s Book Fair, Halifax
Bexley Hall, Kent. ‘Obscure’
2003
Text, Textiles and Textures Ley Hill Memorial Hall:
‘To Fly or Not to Fly’ Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Headquarters, Slimbridge Gloucestershire.
National Quilt Championships, Ascot July 2001 Art Quilt ‘East Meets West’
Awards:
• Birgit Skiold Award for excellence in Book Arts, LAB ’05, London Artists Book Fair, Institute of Contemporary Art, London. 2005.
• Grand Prize [1st prize & gold medal] at the 1st International Book Arts Competition, Seoul, South Korea, 2005.
• Prize in the Kaleidoscope Hoffmann Challenge, National Quilt Championships, Ascot. 2001. Art Quilt titled : East meets West.
Collections:
• Tate Britain
• Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
• PrintROOM – Rotterdam
• Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London
• Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collection
• Guanlan Museum, China
• Grafisk vaerksted-Naestved, Denmark
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