EXHIBITIONS

ஈசல் Mayfly

Ponnaiyah Peter 2 - 25 Apr 2026 Growing up in the Vanni region during the early stages of the war in Kilinochchi, Ponnaiyah Peter was surrounded by the natural beauty of the land, but also by fear, displacement, and destruction. As a child, he experienced the chaos of war and these experiences deeply influenced his artistic journey. In contrast to joyful events, the war brought dark and complex experiences.

Clouds do not have a fixed position or place. The wind never allows them to stay still in one location, and their journey never ceases. This fleeting, changing quality resonated deeply with Peter and became a recurring symbol in his art. Dark clouds represent emotional responses linked to the deep losses he experienced during the war, which is why these formations are central to his work.

Swarming mayflies emerge from the ground during the rainy season and gather around a
source of light. Unaware that their lives last only for a single day, they move joyfully around the light. Eventually, they lose their wings and move towards the end of their short life. This cycle is a powerful metaphor for Peter. In the midst of war, people lost their identities and lands and were forced into an uncertain future. Through the symbolic form of the insect’s wing, he attempts to make a comparison about these experiences and his own memories. His work seeks to evoke reflection upon memory, loss, displacement, and impermanence. Read more

Alakhshya: One that cannot be perceived

Druvinka Puri 5 - 28 Mar 2026 We are all artists of consciousness, creating our “pictures” of reality. The enduring quest to find the ultimate reality and meaning of the universe merges human scientific discoveries with a spiritual longing for ultimate truth "an unchanging dance of existence beyond time and self" - Druvinka Puri

Born in Sri Lanka and living in the Himalayas in India, Druvinka is a sadhu who practices the ancient occult traditions in India. She has spent over two decades developing an intuitive practice exploring human experience and transcendent realms. Among the first artists exhibited by Barefoot Gallery Colombo, she creates atmospheric canvases in layered washes of greys, blues, sepia, and ochre, often mounting Nepali bamboo paper to form symbolic compartments of karma. Her smaller works draw on the religious symbols and landscapes of her Indian home, forming an ongoing spiritual quest expressed through art. Read more

COUNTDOWN 2026

1 - Minute Film Night 7 Feb 2026 Barefoot Gallery Colombo, in collaboration with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka, is pleased to invite submissions for the second iteration of COUNTDOWN - a screening of one-minute films made by artists and creative practitioners experimenting with the format of video art and the moving image.

Submissions open until 26th January

Click here to read the rules and guidelines for submission.

Submit your 1 - Minute Film here.

Selected films will be screened on 7 February 2026 at the Barefoot Gallery Colombo.
Contact us at +94 77 025 5470 or artgallery@barefoot.lk for any queries.

කවුන්ට්ඩවුන්: මිනිත්තුවක චිත්‍රපට රාත්‍රිය

ශ්‍රී ලංකා නූතන හා සමකාලීන කලා කෞතුකාගාරය සමඟ සහයෝගීව කොළඹ බෙයාෆුට් ගැලරිය, චලන රූප සහ වීඩියෝ කලාව යන ආකෘති අත්හදා බලන කලාකරුවන් සහ නිර්මාණශීලී වෘත්තිකයන්ගේ මිනිත්තුවක චිත්‍රපට තිරගත කරන ‘කවුන්ට්ඩවුන්’ හි දෙවන වටය සඳහා, නිර්මාණ යොමුකිරීමට ඔබට ආරාධනා කරයි.

නිර්මාණ භාරගැනීම ජනවාරි 26 තෙක් විවෘතයි

නිර්මාණ සඳහා වූ කොන්දේසි සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශ සඳහා මෙය ක්ලික් කරන්න.

තෝරාගත් චිත්‍රපට කොළඹ බෙයාෆුට් ගැලරියහිදී 2026 පෙබරවාරි 26 දින තිරගත වෙනු ඇත.
විමසීම් සඳහා +94 77 025 5470 හෝ artgallery@barefoot.lk හරහා අප සමඟ සම්බන්ධ වෙන්න.


கவுண்ட்டௌன்: ஒரு நிமிட திரைப்பட இரவு

பார்புட் கேலரி கொழும்பு மற்றும் நவீன மற்றும் சமகாலக்கலைக்கான இலங்கை அருங்காட்சியகம் இணைந்து கணிப்பின் இரண்டாம் வருட தொகுப்பை வழங்க தயாராகவுள்ளனர். கலைஞர்கள் உருவாக்கியுள்ள ஒரு நிமிட காணொளி மற்றும் அசையும் படம் போன்றவற்றை சமர்ப்பிக்க அழைப்பு விடுக்கின்றனர்.

சமர்பிப்பு திகதி - ஜனவரி 26

இங்கே கிளிக் செய்து நியதிகள் மற்றும் சமர்ப்பண கோட்பாடுகளை வாசியுங்கள்.

தெரிவு செய்யப்பட்ட படங்கள் 2026 பெப்ரவரி 7 பார்புட் கேலரி கொழும்பில் திரையிடப்படும்.

மேலதிக தகவல்களுக்கு +94 77 025 5470 அல்லது artgallery@barefoot.lk தொடர்பு கொள்ளுங்கள். Read more

Neighbours dancing in my garden

Prasad Hettiarachchi 5 - 28 Feb 2026 Barefoot Gallery Colombo is delighted to welcome back Prasad Hettiarachchi, as he continues his inquiry into Sri Lanka’s rapidly changing landscape in his latest solo exhibition, Neighbours Dancing in my Garden.

Centred around ongoing developments across the island, his practice examines the exchange that takes place between those acquiring these lands and those who are displaced as a direct result of it. Read more

RHYTHYM ALLIANCES

Colomboscope 21 - 31 Jan 2026 Rhythm Alliances is an exercise of attunement to the varied dispositions of rhythm—energizing, contrasting, haunting, recurring, turbulent, and imagined. Far more than a static exhibition, it is a celebration of energies and experimental forms. Since experiencing rhythm-making is also an invitation for time-travel, the acts in this edition assemble a communal score of creation, resistance, and alliance-building. Involving over 50 artists and collectives, musicians, choreographers, filmmakers and cultural organizers, the festival programme will continue its pluriversal journey across freely accessible venues in Colombo.

The ninth edition of Colomboscope draws on a range of vocabularies embodying rhythms of remembrance, dissent, and renewal. From the noise of a global order where hyperconsumption and war are rife, how may sonic counter-currents transmit the ingredients of struggles today, make paradoxical realities audible, echo in the lifeways of migrant belonging, and resonate shared dreaming? Across live experiences and exhibited works we will also explore the role of listening in producing relationships of reciprocity and engage with the ways in which acoustic leakages and vocal atmospheres compose new public territories that refute borderlines, data harvesting, and oppressive systems. Read more