Sri Lankan based artist, Malinda Jayasinghe pursued a career in Visual Arts in 2019 after leaving the
corporate sector where he worked since 2015. Being a self-taught artist, his passion for art started at a
young age, figurative drawing – human portraiture focusing on representational realism. He emphasizes
on the human form, and the subjectivity of ‘beauty’ while conveying contemporary issues faced by
humans in their daily lives. Influenced by both modern and contemporary artists such as Rene Magritte,
Salvador Dali and Jono Dry, Malinda uses a combination of graphite and charcoal pencils as well as acrylic
and oil paints in his artwork