Dilohana Lekamge
Dilohana Lekamge is an artist, writer and curator. Her work uses performance and video to explore Sri Lankan diaspora and migration experiences. She is currently based in London, UK where she is completing a Masters on the history of Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
She was previously held roles as an Archivist at Satellite, Curator and Exhibitions Manager at DEPOT Artspace and Gallery Coordinator at Fresh Gallery Ōtara. She completed the writer's residency at RM Gallery and Project Space in 2023, curated the exhibition The house is full at Te Tuhi in 2022, and in 2021 she was the Associate Curator for The Performance Arcade. She was a Facilitator at MEANWHILE from 2017 to 2019. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries throughout Aotearoa.
Dilohana Lekamge on CIRCUIT · 4 works
A well-told lie (2024)
Scenes of a vacant house are overlaid with a narrative that speaks of a misplaced copy of Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje’s fictionalised memoir, Running in the Family (1982).
A softer limestone (2023)
A softer limestone centres on Ram Setu, or Adam’s Bridge, a limestone shoal crossing the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India. Ram Setu is a unique geological feature and a site of foundational significance to these nations' different religious groups.
Kili (Ritual Impurity) (2016)
Facing the camera a female performer claws at her lower torso, washes herself, and finally covers herself in a light fabric.
Writing & podcasts featuring Dilohana Lekamge
The Two-Fold Commitment: entanglements of sound and image at the play_station Film Festival
The Two-Fold Commitment: entanglements of sound and image at the play_station Film Festival
Jane Wallace excavates layers of meaning in the aural and visual registers of the six artists' films shown in the 2024 play_station Film Festival.
Worth Your While: A Conversation with Elisabeth Pointon, Dilohana Lekamge, and Laura Duffy
Worth Your While: A Conversation with Elisabeth Pointon, Dilohana Lekamge, and Laura Duffy
Curated by Laura Duffy, worth your while is an installation for public art space Masons Screen. Here, Duffy talks to Elisabeth Pointon and Dilohana Lekamge about their work.