Sumi Perera RE

About Sumi Perera RE

Lecturer, MA Printmaking, Middlesex University, London 2016 Artist-in-Residence National Open Art Competition 2016 http://www.nationalopenart.org/artists-in-residence.php Overall Best in Show Prize at DRAW 16 [Strathmore Fine Artist Paper Bursary for one year] Guest Artist Full Fellowship 6 week Residency Award & Solo Show-VENICE: http://www.scuolagrafica.it/art/venice-artists-residencies/royal-society-of-painter-printmakers-at-scuola-internazionale-di-grafica/ Saxa Loquuntor-Stone Lithography Residency. Pierre Press, Toulouse, France 6-20th May 2017 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS "¢ Tate Britain [8 works] "¢ Victoria & Albert Museum [10 works] "¢ Ashmolean Museum, Oxford "¢ Yale Centre for British Art, USA [2 works] "¢ Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan "¢ British Library, London, UK "¢ Guanlan Museum, China "¢ Grafisk vaerksted-Naestved, Denmark "¢ Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Permanent Art Collection. Alexandria, Egypt "¢ Southern Cross University Artist Book Collection, NSW, Australia "¢ CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Reserach) Collection,University of West England, Bristol. UK "¢ Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Kansas, USA "¢ Centre for Artist Books, Visual Research Centre, DCA, Dundee "¢ ULUS Print Triennial Collection, Belgrade, Serbia "¢ PrintROOM - Rotterdam "¢ Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery "¢ Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London "¢ DFWEA Collection, Satu Mare, Romania "¢ Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collection "¢ Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK "¢ Scarborough Print Archive, UK "¢ Iraq National Library, Baghdad "¢ Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, R.O.C. "¢ Scarborough Print Archive "¢ Leeds College of Art Library Collection "¢ Lafayette College Library, Artist Book Collection USA PRIZES/AWARDS [see below] Born in Sri Lanka Resides in the United Kingdom Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers [RE] Sumi Perera's work oscillates between the vertical and horizontal plane, liberating wall hung artwork to a publicly accessible space to be handled and touched. Usually her work is available as a democratic multiple, often in the form of an artist book. By giving the viewer the opportunity to engage physically with the work, she transfers artistic license by inviting them to bring their own perceptions and experiences to the pieces. In some instances the artwork is altered by the viewer and allows the final authorship or editorial control of the piece to be shared.Perera's work invariably exploits her background as a doctor, scientist and artist, working in the East (Sri Lanka, her native country), and the West (the United Kingdom, her adoptive country). Mixed media assemblage techniques combining traditional forms of printmaking are digitally manipulated to transform unique artwork into democratic multiples. Slight variations on the theme are used to generate 'unique multiples', whilst blurring boundaries between the artist/artisan, orient/occident and the past and present. Often several narratives unfold within the hidden spaces of the book as a detachable spine allows the book to be undressed. Perera exhibits her work in solo and group shows and is a member of the -The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers [RE] (http://www.banksidegallery.com/) -Society of Designer Craftsmen [FSDC] -Society of Graphic Fine Art [SGFA] -62 Group (http://www.62group.org.uk/) -Printmakers Council (PMC) -East London Printmakers(www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk/perera/1.htm) -LOOP http://www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/27217.htm http://www.loopartists.co.uk/Sumi_Perera.htm -Six of One (http://www.six-of-one.co.uk/sp.htm