Avanthi Jayasinghe’s ‘Chaos Rendered’ at Sky Gallery

Avanthi is deeply inspired by the interplay between chaos and order, light and darkness, and the myriad complexities of the human experience.

“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder, a secret order” - Carl Gustav Jung Avanthi Jayasinghe presents her exhibition of paintings, “Chaos Rendered” at the Fareed Uduman Art Forum’s - SKY Gallery from 5th April to 7th April 2024. Interestingly, Avanthi is a Counselling Psychologist by profession and later completed her PHD at the University of The Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, researching on the evolution of Christian Art in Sri Lanka, with a special focus on the Christian works of David Paynter.

Chaos is a fact of life. It can make life unbelievably messy, but also beautiful. Chaos, often perceived as disorder and randomness, has always been for Avanthi a catalyst for artistic exploration, to harness meaning, beauty, and transcendence into the fabric of existence. At its core, chaos embodies unpredictability and complexity offering a fertile ground for inspiration. Oftentimes, the inner world is a storehouse of tumultuous emotions, thoughts, memories, and experiences that define the human condition.

As an introvert, art has always been for Avanthi an embodiment and expression of this inner world, a neverending journey towards completion, and coherence from the internal pandemonium.

The series of paintings in this exhibition represent the idea that wholeness, completion, and resolution can emerge from seemingly disordered backdrops that can oftentimes be likened to our own life stories. Positive aspects that we strive for such as love, joy and serenity are all a dynamic continuum rather than a static state of being and this flow can only be achieved by accepting that chaos not only exists, but it can be used as a vehicle for growth.

As an artist, Avanthi is deeply inspired by the interplay between chaos and order, light and darkness, and the myriad complexities of the human experience. Through her work, she seeks to explore the dynamic tension between these opposing forces, inviting viewers to contemplate the beauty and fragility of existence. Visitors must note that there is a stairway to climb up to the gallery.