Sumali Piyatissa (Buki) is an artist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She's an Accountant by profession and her love for art desired her to pursue it further. She has been painting for many years, developing her own style and artistic identity to create unique pieces of art. Sumali enjoys experimenting with bold and neutral color palettes along with different textures. From Oil painting to alcohol inks and epoxy resin. Her style of painting is abstract and differs from traditional techniques to a blend of modern mixed media techniques.
Sumali's inspiration si drawn from her travel, surroundings, the people she interacts with and things that capture her eye.
Born
1977
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Country
Sri Lanka
City
Colombo
Occupation
artist
Interests
art
architecture
digital art
Languages
English
Biography
Solo exhibition - "Genèse" - February 2015
"KOLORFLO" - July 2017
Joint Exhibitions -
• Women of the world – NFT artwork exhibition – NoWhere Gallery,NYC (22-
25 Jun) – In collaboration with Starbahn & TheArtling
• Novum Basel Art Climate Change online exhibition (1.3-27.3.2022)
• Artbox project World 2.0 – Urbanside Gallery Switzerland (Feb/Mar 2022)
• Artbox project – Zurich Central Station (Aug 2021)
• Novum Basel Art Climate change online exhibition (6.6-7.7.2021)
• Gallérie Sonia Monti - Paris (Dec 2020- Jan 2021) - Joint exhibition
• Van Gogh Art Gallery - Madrid (March 2020) - Joint exhibition
• Women by Women - Virtual art exhibition hosted by Hansford and Sons
Gallery - 25th - 29th May 2020
• Roys Art Fair - London - Oct 2019
• Innsbruck Art fair - Jan 2020 (In collaboration with Van Gogh Gallery,
Madrid)
• Brush with Art II & III
• Kala Pola Art Fair - Sri Lanka
Education
Self taught Photographer, artist and creative writer