Christopher Kulendran Thomas

Christopher Kulendran Thomas is an artist of Tamil descent who spent his formative years in London after his family left the escalating civil unrest in Sri Lanka. Seeing, mainly from a distance, how an ascendent contemporary art scene in Sri Lanka blossomed from the ashes of ethnic cleansing on the island, Christopher began examining the structural processes by which art produces reality – by which art transforms cities and builds nations. Now working across multiple disciplines and often utilizing advanced technologies, the artist’s studio is a fluid collaboration that brings together technologists, architects, writers, journalists, designers, musicians, activists, and artists to explore new possibilities at the intersection of culture, technology, and citizenship.

Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Vistas of Prosperity and Splendor, 2023
photograph, photographic C-type print
182 x 4 x 142 cm
Courtesy of the artist