Dilohana Lekamge
Dilohana Lekamge | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1994[1] |
| Known for | Moving image and performance art, art curation |
| Notable work | A Different Ocean |
Dilohana Lekamge is a Sri Lankan-New Zealand artist, writer and curator. Her work uses performance and video to explore Sri Lankan diaspora and migration experiences.[2]
Lekamge was a facilitator for MEANWHILE, an artist-run exhibition space, venue and studio in Wellington, from 2017-2019.[3] She is an archivist for Satellites, a digital archive and online publisher for Aotearoa-based Asian artists.[4]
Art practice
[edit]Lekamge works in performance and moving image media.[5][2]
In 2021 she was awarded the RM Women's Moving Image Grant, with which she produced the work A Different Ocean.[6][7]
A Different Ocean was included alongside a new commissioned film work, A softer limestone, in Like water by water (2023) at Aigantighe Art Gallery, in Timaru. Both works focus on Ram Setu and geological elements of place.[8]
Writing
[edit]As a writer Lekamge has been published widely across New Zealand art channels, including work in Art New Zealand,[9] Gus Fisher Gallery's website,[10] and Christchurch Art Gallery's Bulletin.[11]
Curatorial work
[edit]Lekamge's curatorial lens interrogates the boundaries of national identity in New Zealand art history to find those whose contributions have continued to be marginalised, as in 2022's The house is full at Te Tuhi.[12]
Lekamge was Associate Curator at The Performance Arcade in 2021,[13] and became Exhibition Curator and Gallery Manager for Depot, an art space and creative hub in Devonport, in 2023.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Rose, Sarah; Lacey, Sonya. New nightclub for Courtenay Place (PDF). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Dilohana Lekamge". Circuit. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Who we are". MEANWHILE. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "About Satellites". Satellites. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Dilohana Lekamge". Pantograph Punch. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Curator's talk: Dilohana Lekamge". ArtNow. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Dilohana Lekamge: A Different Ocean". RM Gallery & Project Space. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Like water by water". The Physics Room. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Dilohana Lekamge (2020). "Tyrell and Thompson: Oracles at City Gallery Wellington". Art New Zealand (175).
- ^ Lekamge, Dilohana (2021). "I multiply each day". Gus Fisher Gallery. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Jordana Bragg" in Strongman, Lara (2016). "The devil's blind spot: Recent strategies in New Zealand Photography". Christchurch Art Gallery Bulletin (186). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Shingade, Balamohan (8 September 2022). ""Elsewhere and nowhere else" and "The house is full"". Art Asia Pacific. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "The house is full". Te Tuhi. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Welcoming Dilohana, our new Exhibition Curator & Gallery Manager". Depot. 1 November 2023. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.