Saskia Fernando Gallery

Where thoughts and ideas speak through art and come to life, the Saskia Fernando Gallery, the only permanent gallery of Colombo is located along Horton place. It is the first ever gallery to professionalize the contemporary art scene in Sri Lanka.

Highlights

  • The Saskia Fernando gallery was established in the year 2009
  • It has made its mark as the largest contemporary art gallery in Sri Lanka
  • It features over 1000 works of emerging and leading local artists ranging from canvasses to sculptures
  • They have international exhibitions which are held in London, Dubai and Singapore
  • The sister company, Art Space Sri Lanka is also located in the same gallery, featuring all online exhibited art

Overview

The Saskia Fernando gallery was established in the year 2009. It is also the largest contemporary art gallery of  Sri Lanka, imprinting a place in the South Asia art movement.

This gallery has sufficient space and features two exhibition spaces and over 1000 works of emerging and leading local artists, featuring works of art ranging from canvasses to sculptures. Above the entrance one can see a stunning structure of an elephant. This place had collaborated an international exhibition held in London, Dubai and Singapore. ‘Art Space Sri Lanka’; the sister company of Saskia Fernando Gallery is now located at the same spot and features pop up shows over the weekends. It is an online platform which displays all exhibited art of talented artists through exhibitions held online and features that appear monthly.