Bandu Manamperi
MA Archaeology
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Founding Member and Co-Director
Theertha International Artists Collective
2013
Certificate Course in Conservation of Cultural Property (murals & paintings)
2004
MA in Archeology Post Graduate Institute of Archeology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2002
Post Graduate Diploma in Archeology (Merit). Post Graduate Institute of Archeology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts. BFA (Sculpture), University of Visual and Performance Art, Colombo (formally Institute of Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya), Sri Lanka
2015
Lecture and presentation on Performance Art and Photo Performance, for 1st year students at City School of Architecture (partnering with University of the West of England, Bristol, UK).
2013
Talk on “Golden Barrel Man – Performance artwork by Bandu Manamperi” at the art exhibition venue of WAR & PEACE – Visual Narratives from contemporary Sri Lanka, Harold Pieris Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2011
Lecturers on “The body as Language” at the Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR), Colombo, Sri Lanka
2010
Lecture on “Sri Lankan Performance Art” at the German Culture Centre in Colombo, organized by Theertha International Artists' Collective, Pitakotte, Sri Lanka
2010
Symposium on “Sri Lanka performance Art” at 3rd Beyond Pressure festival of performance Art Myanmar at Kargqwell Co- YIN KABAR Gallery.
Ongoing
2000 To Present
Founding Member, Theertha International Artists’ Collective Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013 – To Date
Lecturing in Museology, Diploma in Museology course, Postgraduate Institute of Archeology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015 – To Date
supervisor undergraduate students on thesis related to performance art and visual art in Sri Lanka
2005 To Present
Chief Coordinator and member of curatorial panel, Theertha International Artists’ Collective’s Traveling Art Education Exhibition on the history of 20th Century Sri Lankan Art curated and compiled by Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe Colombo, Sri Lanka
Past
2016
Chief Coordinator, Theertha Art Lover’s Platform, Theertha International Artists’ Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016
Mentor and Chief Coordinator, Mentoring Program of Colombo Art Biennale 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016 – 2017
Co-Director, ‘Sound and Crossing(s)’, Theertha Performance Platform-2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016
Co-Director, Theertha Performance Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka
