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T. Vinoja
Endless edges, 2025Silk paint, wool, stitching on fabric138 x 72 1/2 in
350.5 x 184.2 cmCopyright The ArtistVinoja’s trajectory as an artist is shaped by internal displacement and forced migration since childhood. Her textiles, and installations examine how sites and material archives convey experiences of loss, forced...Vinoja’s trajectory as an artist is shaped by internal displacement and forced migration since childhood. Her textiles, and installations examine how sites and material archives convey experiences of loss, forced abandonment and shattered realities, especially during the final chapter of the civil war in Sri Lanka’s North East and its prolonged aftermath.
Her work explores the interplay of place and memory, particularly how war transforms the environment and affects human experience. Vinoja’s work offers a poignant reflection on the impact of war, not just on individuals, but on the very land they inhabit, showing how displacement and division permeate both memory and geography.
Vinoja’s recent exhibition partipations include Sharjah Biennial 16 (2025); Unravel: The Power & Politics of Textiles in Art at the Barbican, London and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2024-2025); Anatomy of Remembrances, Experimenter, Kolkata, India (2023); Language is Migrant, Colomboscope, Colombo, and Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi (2022); Exploring identities and histories: Looking at Ourselves, Future of Peace, Kilinochchi and Jaffna, Sri Lanka (2021); A Timeless Heritage, Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fuller’s Way North, United Kingdom (2020); Differently able, Non-Violent Living Artist Group and OBR, Batticaloa, Kilinochchi and the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (2017-20); Expressing Post War Struggles through Painting, SVIAS, Eastern University, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka (2017).