Dharshana Karunathilake | Political cartoon WEEKLY | IT cartoon MONTHLY | Oil painting portraits DAILY
Bio
Studied at Ananda College, Colombo and
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1988 - 2001 Artist / Chief Sub Editor / Assistant Editor – Vidusara Science Weekly Upali Newspapers Ltd.
Writing and interviews of Sociology articles on current matters and translations for the newspaper.
Laying out pages and responsible for the accuracy, quality of the magazine and it’s appearance.
Visualizing and designing of the cover page to ensure that the newspaper were competitive in the market.
Designing of promotional posters, brochures and print media advertisements. Computer graphics including
illustrations, graphs and cartoons etc.
1995 - 2000 Assistant Editor – Vathmana : National Newsmagazine Upali Newspapers Ltd.
Writing articles for the magazine, coordinating staff and freelance journalists, coordinating with guest
writers and coordinating interviews with resource persons. Editing and rewriting articles, laying out
pages and responsible for the accuracy, quality of the magazine and it’s appearance.
Visualizing and designing of the cover page to ensure that the magazine were competitive in the market.
Designing of promotional posters, brochures and print media advertisements. Computer graphics including
illustrations, graphs and cartoons etc.
1997 - 2001 Webmaster - The Island and Divaina : Internet editions Upali Newspapers Ltd. Designing web pages with computer graphics and planning promotional activities such as online
election result over the web, for both Sri Lanka’s leading newspapers “The Island” English daily and
“Divaina” local language daily.
2001 - 2013 Freelance Cartoonist - Sunday Lakbima Lakbima Newspapers Ltd.
Providing the Editorial Cartoon for Sunday Lakbima, local language weekly after analyzing the current
Political situation of the country.
2014 - 2015 Freelance Cartoonist - SIlumina Associated Newspapers Ceylon Ltd.
Providing the Literary Cartoon for Silumina - Sunday, for the Literary Section of the local language
weekly covers dialogues of local literary scene as well as literary issues common for all.
2006 - Todate Freelance Cartoonist - Pariganaka Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.
Providing the IT Cartoon for Pariganaka Magazine, local language monthly for the readership of
Information Technology.
2016 - 2019 Freelance Cartoonist - Sunday Lakbima Lakbima Newspapers Ltd.
Providing the Editorial Cartoon for Sunday Lakbima, local language weekly after analyzing the current
Political situation of the country.
Gallery
Chandrika Kumaratunga | Charcoal on Paper | 15"X11"
Amma and Putha Bandie | Charcoal on Paper | 15"X11"
Asoka Goonetilleke | Charcoal on Paper | 11"X08"
Jacqueline Fernandez | Oil on Canvas | 20"X16"
Rosalie | Charcoal on Paper | 11"X08"
Jehan's Mother | Oil on Canvas | 39"X35"
Asoka Weerasuriya | Charcoal on Paper | 15"X11"
Senani | Oil on Canvas | 27"X19"
Grace | Charcoal on Paper | 15"X11"
Malli and Putha Bandie | Charcoal on Paper | 15"X11"
Fitri | Charcoal on Paper | 11"X08"
Upendra Gunasekera | Oil on Canvas | 27"X19"
Col. G. W. Rajapakshe | Digital | 15"X11"
Asoka Dias | Oil on Canvas | 14"X12"
Tamara De Silva | Charcoal on Paper | 11"X08"
Rev. Fr. Susith Mark Lal Silva | Oil on Canvas | 28"X39.5"
Dayananda mama's parents | Charcoal on Paper | 15"X11"