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"The Beauty Of Sri Lanka Does Not Lie Merely In Its Sun Kissed Shores And Yearly Festivals; It Lies In Everyday Life, In The Streets And In The Temples That Bear Witness To The Footsteps Of Sri Lankans. Capturing This Beauty Has Always Been Marie’s Vision. For Her, It Would Almost Be A Crime Not To Boast The Beauty Of Her Motherland As She Sees It, And So Marie’s Life Has Taken Her On A Continuous Journey Of Discovering The Magnificant In The Mundane." |
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1950 - 1960 (Click here) |
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1957 |
1" Prize For expression Drawing - St. Bridget's Convent ART club - Judge W. Beling. |
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1960-1968 |
Studied Art and drawing with the late Ivor Baptist and Prof. Douglas Amarasekara - Prof. of Mathematics-University of Ceylon and Dire Amarasekera Academy of Art, Dawson Road Colombo 5 |
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1960 - 1970 (Click here) |
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1968 1970 |
Joint Exhibitions with Meridian Art Group Nuwara Eliya — Sponsored by the Lions Club |
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1970 |
Ceylon Society of Arts prize for Landscape - 1970 Onwards Joint Exhibitions with Lvor Baptiste |
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1970 - 1980 (Click here) |
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1970 |
First ever in Sri Lanka - Mother and daughter Exhibition opened by President Goppallawa |
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1975 |
Painting selected by the Cultural Department to represent Sri Lanka at the Third Triennale Exhibition (International) - New Delhi, India |
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1977 |
Exhibition of Paintings - Colombo Sponsored by the Alliance France De Colombo |
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1979 |
Exhibition by the Embassy of France |
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1980 |
Exhibition of Paintings - in Thailand at the Nuan-Nang Art Center Bangkok (Sponsored by Prof. Uab Sabasen of the Bhirasi Art institute |
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1980 - 1990 (Click here) |
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1981 |
Joint exhibition with Artist S. H. Sarath and Sita Joseph |
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1982 |
Tour of the U.S.A Visiting Art Galleries in New York & Washington visiting student Methodist Art School-Demarast New Jersey U.S. |
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1983 |
Exhibition at the Lionel Wendt gallery |
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1983 |
Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Ceylon Society of Arts - Green Path (Art Gallery) |
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1984 |
Studio Exhibition - Colombo-7 |
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1985 |
Retrospective Exhibition - 20 years of Paintings at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery |
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1985 |
Joint Exhibition sponsored by Cultural Ministry/ Foreign Affairs Japan & Japan Air Lines at the Fukuoka Art Museum - Japan |
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1986 |
Greetings CARDS of Paintings sold in Aid of the Archbishop’s Charities |
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1986 |
Exhibition — Sixth Triennale in New Delhi - India |
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1986 |
Exhibition — Independence Commemoration at the National Art Gallery — Sri Lanka |
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1986 |
Exhibitions of Paintings of Sri Lanka in Austria at the Ring Gallery Vienna - (4th - 17h March) Sponsored by AIA.C.D between International Organizations & Austria and Air Lanka under Patronage of the U.N. And Ministry of Education and Culture - Austria – Dr. Herbert Moritz |
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1986 |
Visiting Student Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna - Austria |
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1986 |
Serendib (Magazine of Air Lanka) carries article on the Paintings. |
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1987 |
Exhibition of Randenigala Series Lionel Wendt Gallery |
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1987 |
Elected I.A.A. (International Art Association - Paris) |
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1989 |
Exhibition "Poem of Love' Lionel Wendt Gallery |
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1989 |
Exhibition at Bishops College — for H.R.H Prince of Wales |
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1989 |
V.S.O (Voluntary Services Organization) in London — England -Exhibition for this Charity in 40 countries CARDS SOLD FOR CHARITY |
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1990 - 2000 (Click here) |
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1991 |
SAARC EXHIBITION OF South Asian Art - Art Gallery |
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1991 |
A Quarter Century of Art Retrospective Exhibition Lionel Wendt Gallery Book of the same title, Launched on 25 yrs of work With Co-operation of:- Nihal Fernando - Studio Times and Christopher Dias - Print Pack Ltd |
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1991 |
Exhibition (Joint) ‘Modern Sri Lankan Painters at National Art Gallery — Presented by the George Keyt Foundation |
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1993 |
Exhibition ‘Abstraction and Experimentation’ Sponsored by ANZ Grindlays Bank |
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1993 |
Article published Sunday Times: (features) ‘PEASE BIGINS IN THE MINDS OF MEN’ |
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1994 |
Exhibition ‘Light and Colour — | Lionel Wendt Gallery |
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1997 |
Greeting Cards of Paintings sold in aid of HELPAGE SRI LANKA Approx. Value collected Rs: 300,000 |
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1997 |
Light and Colour III — Exhibition of 30yrs of Paintings in Aid of the Children’s Heart Project of the Inner Wheel Club of Colombo West — Sponsored by ANZ Grindlays Bank. CALENDER for 1997, ALSO Sponsored by this Bank |
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1998 |
PRESIDENT OF THE INNER WHEEL CLUB OF COLOMBO – WEST DIST 322 Greeting cards of Painting— Sold in Aid of the children’s HEART PROJECT raising approximately Rs. 300,000 |
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1998 |
Exhibition ‘Jubilee Year 2000’ at Queens Court — Trans Asia — in Aid of Breast Cancer Project of the SLMANA (Sri Lanka Medical, Association of North America.) approximately Rs. 300,000 |
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2000 |
Zonta International Woman of Achievement Aword |
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2000 - 2010 (Click here) |
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2000-2002 |
Raffles Hotels SINGAPORE - Exhibition also at SUNTEC CITY (Joint exhibition with Indian Artists) |
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2005 |
Harold Peries Gallery - Lionel Wendt — Sale Exhibition. |
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2006 |
2006— Exhibition - ‘ In the Light’ - ARKIPELAGO — Colombo 03 |
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2008 |
– April – Exhibition – ‘The Color Red’ – Harold Peries Gallery – Lionel Wendt |
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2010 - 2020 (Click here) |
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2011 |
Silent Auction for Sunshine Charities (Sri Lanka) - Hotel Hilton - New York, USA. Marie - (Major Donor of Paintings for the SLMANA |
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2011 |
'Fashion Asia' Nominee - Awards in Dalian China |
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2012 |
2012 – Visited Rajasthan, India to paint the dessert landscape |
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2019 May |
Visited USA again.To Study the Paintings at METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART; 5th Avenue New York and at the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART(M.O.M.A) for a period of 3 months. |
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