Anoma Wijewardene is a Sri Lankan contemporary artist with over 40 years of experience under her belt. Anoma used to work in England, but moved back to her island home to pursue her artform. Anoma's paintings and installations encapsulates her passion for sustainability, diversity and peace. She has held several exhibitions all over the world, including Venice, London, Sydney, Dubai, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Maldives and Colombo.
In 2016, Wijewardene represented Sri Lanka in an exhibition 'One Belt, One Road', organised Sotheby's Hong Kong.. Anoma showcased her work at the European Cultural Centre at the Palazzo Bembo during the 58th Venice Biennale. Anoma chose to submit her work ‘Kintsugi’; a reflection on fragmented and wounded societies, which incorporated an installation, video and a book. Additionally in the year 2019, Anoma launched the Monograph 'ANOMA', in London at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, on International Women’s Day 2019. The book is a retrospective collection of her life and career in art over the years. Wijewardene was among one of four South Asian representatives including artists from India and Pakistan to take part at an exhibition entitled, In the Fore in 2009 which was held at The Noble Sage Art Gallery in North London. She contributed eight works on the theme of Power. Wijewardene studied and worked in the UK for thirty years as a designer and artist. She held solo and group exhibitions in Colombo, London, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Singapore. She created solo exhibitions in Gallery stores including Wright and Teague in London, The One and Only in Maldives, Stellar Downer Gallery in Sydney, Gallery Taksu in Kuala Lumpur, Art Heritage in New Delhi, Paradise Road Gallery and Barefoot Gallery in Sri Lanka. She worked with Sri Lankan poet, Ramya Jirasinghe on notable exhibitions including Deliverance in 2012 and EarthLines in 2016. Her first major solo exhibition was Quest in 2006. A trilingual exhibition, Quest featured the use of digital technology as a medium, as well as video installation. The primary source material for the exhibition were photographs that were taken in Jaffna, Colombo, along the A9 highway which connects the city of Kandy with Jaffna, and in tsunami-affected areas in the south of Sri Lanka. These places locate the artist's philosophical journey: the quest for peace. Anoma worked as a designer for several years in the UK. Her designs were featured on the cover of Vogue. Her clients include; Yves St Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren.
