Sanathanan Thamotharampillai

Born in Jaffna, Sanathanan’s art practice traces loss, memory, home and the self. His work involves various disciplines; research, documentation, and oral history that explore complex issues related to Sri Lanka’s civil war. With Raking Leaves, a curatorial publishing organization, he produced a book documenting people’s lived experiences and feelings about displacement alongside artistic interpretations of these stories. His works such as Incomplete Thombu and Cabinet of Resistance are today some of the most recognised artistic representations of Jaffna and its recent history.

Academics

Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Delhi (1997 and 2000, respectively)

PhD in Art History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2011