b. 1966, Sri Lanka

Muhanned Cader Biography

Muhanned Cader's work emerges from a practice that is experimental and open-ended. His works have been influenced by his life in Sri Lanka and his education in Western artistic traditions of landscapes. Themes of post-colonialism, possession and control shape his works, which investigate the visual world. Working with the Sri Lankan landscape, both sociopolitical and natural, and the sea, Cader depicts scenes of daily life.

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His paintings bring in to focus his use of colour and shape with precision mark-making. His drawings and collages seem to break free from their four-sided boundaries while remaining within the confines of the paper, done so using colour blocking to separate the art from the support. Intimate and exquisitely rendered, Cader always retains an element of the handmade — making vivid the limitations as well the power of the human presence within the natural world.

Muhanned Cader was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1966, where he currently lives and works. He earned his Bachelor's in Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1994. Since then, he has participated in several international projects. His work has been featured at the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) at Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia; 1st Singapore Biennale; Burger Collection, Hong Kong; 1st Lahore Biennale, Pakistan; Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh; Devi Art Foundation, India; 2nd Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India; Herbert Johnson Museum at Cornell University, New York and Nasher Museum at Duke University, North Carolina.

Text courtesy Talwar Gallery

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Untitled by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork works on paper, mixed media
Muhanned Cader Untitled, 2013 Collage on moleskine accordion book
13.9 x 198 x 8.8 cm
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Sky by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork painting
Muhanned Cader Sky, 2023 Oil on cut and unstretched canvas
101.5 x 170.3 cm
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Riverscapes by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork painting
Muhanned Cader Riverscapes, 2023 Oil on unstretched canvas
45 x 90 cm
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Night sky by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork painting
Muhanned Cader Night sky, 2023 Oil on cut and unstretched canvas
89.5 x 170.8 cm
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Island in the sky #10 by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork painting
Muhanned Cader Island in the sky #10, 2023 Oil on plywood
20 x 20 cm
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Sri Lankan Bird (Forest Eagle Owl) by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Muhanned Cader Sri Lankan Bird (Forest Eagle Owl), 2020 Charcoal on paper
50 x 50 cm
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Sri Lankan Bird (Common Coucal) by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Muhanned Cader Sri Lankan Bird (Common Coucal), 2021 Charcoal on paper
50 x 50 cm
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The Southern Common Indian Nightjar by Muhanned Cader contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Muhanned Cader The Southern Common Indian Nightjar, 2020 Charcoal on paper
50 x 50 cm
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