Rahula Tawalandana grew up in Sri Lanka.

He came to India as a young man, with a group

of Buddhist pilgrims and decided to stay back to complete his Diploma in Fine Arts - Sculp-
ture from the College of Arts, New Delhi. His love for travel and adventure led him to a
group of pilgrims who went by road till Germany. There, he met his future employer at an art
gallery. For the next 6 years he worked as a sculptor and modeler with the Medal Factory in
Bund, Germany, creating various types of medals and working with different forms of media,
before returning to India after the factory burned down in an accident.

Next stop was Dubai, GEMS group of schools. He joined this prestigious institution as an
Arts & Craft teacher. Helping children learn and discover the joys of creation, gave him im-
mense satisfaction. Apart from his responsibilities as a teacher, he was also in charge of stage
decoration for musical concerts and theatrical productions like Matilda, War Horse, Lion
King and many, many more.

Rahula’s works have been exhibited and put on display at several places, but the Triennial
International Exhibition in India, remains his personal favorite. He currently stays in the city
of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, with his wife and continues to nurture his passion for sculpting
and painting. He aspires to create more stunning work for places of worship within different
communities within India and everywhere else.

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 A portrait of
the ‘Mahatma’
Gandhi made
specially for the
Gandhi Museum
in 1977.

Portrait of
a German
This portrait of an gentleman
old man was awarded made at St.
the first prize for best Augustin,
West Germa-
portrait while Rahula
ny in 1983.
was in the final
year at the College
of Art, New Del-
hi, India in 1975.

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Artwork made for the
Medal Factory -G.K.
Rummacher, KG,
St. Augustin 3, in
West Germany from
1977 to 1983.

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 Solo Exhibition Opening Ceremony
Art Exhibition graced by the then Sri Lankan
with the Sierra Ambassador in West Germany, 1980.
Leone Ambassa-
dor in Koln, West
Germany, 1983.

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Energy and motion made visible,
through the abstract artwork.

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A ten feet high
statue of Hanu-
manji at Dev A life-size Buddha
Nagar in New statue made in New
Delhi, 1990.
Delhi, 1989.

Ghandhara
Buddha head in
India, 1990.

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 Special demonstration of utilizing disposed
aluminum cans to make art. A session taken for
the students at the Al Noor Centre for Children
with Special Needs, Dubai,
2008.

Masks, headgears, puppets and overall art production done for various musical
concerts and theatre productions for the GEMS group of schools Dubai & Sharjah
from 1991 to 2018. Concerts and theatre productions like Shakuntala, Matilda, Lion
King, War Horse, Almost Alice, Give the dog a bone and many more.

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 Portraits of Dr. Radhakrishnan,
Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi

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Portraits of Mother Teresa, Shake-
speare, Einstein,Buddhist Monk

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 African and Red Indian masks
created for the Wellington
School, Dubai in 2007.

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