STANLEY KIRINDE (b.1930 Sri Lanka)
Stanley Kirinde was educated at Trinity College and at the University of Ceylon. He joined the Public Service soon after graduating and retired as the State Secretary of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping in 1990.
A self taught artist, he is considered one of Sri Lanka's outstanding talents. Working primarily on canvas and on paper, his works are in numerous local and international, public and private collections. He exhibited with the Group of '43 and since that time, has shown selectively throughout the world. His works have been included in exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution (USA), at the Festival of Asian Art – Fukuoka, Japan and more recently in the landmark exhibition of South Asian Contemporary art, Colours of Karma, at the Nehru Centre, London, in 2005.
Major works include portraits of Sri K.R. Narayana, President of India, commissioned by the Indian Government and Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirigama; mosaic murals for institutional headquarters; and historical paintings which are part of the President’s House Collection in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Major Literature
The World of Stanley Kirinde by Sinha Raja
