Mohan Tenuwara: Small Towns of Manitoba

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Mohan Tenuwara, "Going South," 2017

acrylic on canvas, 36" x 36"

OPENING RECEPTION October 25, 2018 | 6:30-9:30pm

EXHIBITION STATEMENT:

"Small towns" is a solo art exhibition, featuring 15 selected small-scaled townships in Manitoba. While these communities are relatively small in scale, their input to the growth of our province has been significant and cannot be underestimated.

The show attempts to highlight a few such iconic jewels hidden in our prairie land. The artist celebrates each town’s utility and beauty with tagged stories that look into their contributions to social, cultural, economic and environment aspects of Manitoba.

The prairie stretches out seamlessly and we have it all – see how agricultural communities of Erickson celebrates colourful land patterns while the beautifully crafted architecture of Flin Flon stands out as eye-candy for artists. The winding remote roads of Minnedosa inspires poems of geometry while blankets of snow over Roland can bring you chills. Come visit the exhibit to explore and be inspired by the Manitoba landscapes.

ARTIST BIO:

Multi-talented, Mohan is an artist and architect, as well as a musician. Born and raised in southern Sri Lanka, he moved to Canada with his family in 2005. He began painting as a teenager and had his first exhibition in 1985. Mohan’s freehand ink renderings have appeared in several publications but he now works primarily in acrylic.

Mohan has been painting Manitoba for over a decade. This exhibition devotes special significance to Manitoba’s distinctive tiny towns. Capturing light and texture in the prairie landscape has been a consistent theme throughout his work. As a painter, he sees his role as part storyteller. By supplying a setting and adding characters, he hopes that viewers will use their own experience to complete the story.