San Kara

Of colour, of line, of passion, of meaning, of love. That is how San Kara describes his work.

Hand drawn digitally as black line sketches or scanned from sketch pad drawings, Kara’s work asks to touch borders of pop, street, expressionist and colour field art. To explore sensual energy, harmony and conflict with comic strip lines acting as barriers against chaos.

Each piece is described by five reflections of itself, from the mundane to the bizarre by changing emotions created through colour applied to unchanging black line work. And five. to synchronise with the number building blocks in our physical world. Exploring his work through collaboration with video artists, Kara encourages his team to bring forward their own passions and venture into the animated world of virtual art. Then with HD digital printing to produce limited edition pieces to bring his work back to the world of physical art.

Kara was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the United Kingdom at the age of seven. Fascinated by his father’s technical drawing ability as a Civil Engineer he too wanted to follow a passion for drawing, but less technical and more expressive.

A Foundation at the Chelsea School of Art then a BA graduation from Central St, Martins, London, he pursued a career in design, working as a creative for Saatchi & Saatchi, before establishing his own design agency with branches in London and Sri Lanka. After selling his agency, San Kara turned to his original passion for drawing.

Influenced by traditional artist like Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Dorothy Fratt. Then more contemporary artists like David Hockney, Michael Craig-Martin, Heather Gwen Martin, Helen Beard and Mr Brainwash, Kara now explores his own interest in colour and line.

With numerous smaller exhibitions in local venues sharing space with other artist, Kara’s work has found homes in the Central and Greater London regions. His shared presence in (UN) Fair Milan is the first outside the United Kingdom in an attempted to reach out to the larger world.