Shyami Codippily

Shyami Codippily was born in Sri Lanka, and moved to the USA with her family. She has been an artist since she was three years old, painting in oil, watercolors, and gouache; sculpting in marble; and creating various 2-d and 3-d works with various other materials. She uses her art as an avenue to communicate her experiences with nature. She has received numerous National and International awards throughout her artistic career.
Shyami is also the author, artist, and producer of three acclaimed books on Howard County, Maryland: Farms Never To Be Forgotten, Churches Never To Be Forgotten, and Manors Never To Be Forgotten.
Each piece of artwork that she has created comes signed and dated, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. If you noticed a piece on this site, but is no longer displayed, it could have been sold or taken down to make room for a new piece.

Shyami attended high school in Bethesda, MD, and her first year of college at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA on a full scholarship. She transferred to the University of Maryland where she achieved her BA.

Shyami's work has been exhibited widely, and is in private collections in Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, Australia, and the U.S.
In recent years, she has exhibited at The World Bank, Washington D.C.; The Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD; The Howard County Conservancy, Woodstock, MD; The Farm Heritage Museum, West Friendship, MD; and The Franciscan Friary, Ellicott City, MD.