Jagath Weerasinghe
Jagath Weerasinghe is an artist who received his BFA from the Institute of Aesthetic Studies and the University of Kelaniya and an MFA from American University, Washington D.C. He is a founding member of the Theertha Artists Collective and the National Trust of Sri Lanka. He is also a conservator of mural paintings, trained at ICROM, Rome and the Getty Conservation Institute, USA. He has received numerous awards, including the David Lloyed Kreeger Award, American University; Bunka Cultural Award, Sri Lanka; Hirayama Silk Road Fellowship; Visiting Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, University of London; ICCROM Fellowship for Conservation Studies, ICCROM, Rome; Visiting Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, South Africa and Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley and at University of Texas. Currently he is a professor at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya teaching and is researching History of Art History, History and Theory of Archaeology and Heritage Preservation.