
Maria Abeyesekere
Portrait & Figurative Artist
Honours, Awards, Events & Features
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Honours
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International Prize “POSEIDON - the king of Laguna- for the Arts at Venice @ Scuola Grande di San Teodoro, Venice on November 29th 2025
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International Artists of the French Riviera Prize @ Musée National du Sport, Nice, France on September 12, 2025
Features
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Master Artists to Collect Vol. V – 2025
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catalogue -International Prize Poseidon for Arts
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Catalogue -of the International Prize Artists on the French Riviera
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Master Artists to Collect Artbook |Issue 3 |2025
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Fine art Connoiseur magazine - Sept./Oct. 2025
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Masterful Minds Magazine - Artists to Watch in 2025 #8
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Artist Talk Magazine #36
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The Indian Express
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Catalogue IBAS
Events
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The Face, The Figure 2025 -Las Laguna Gallery, CA 2025
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Art Expo NewYork 2025
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Botanical Art Worldwide, India - Country representation (Invitational) 2025
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Linkedin Women of the World 2024 - Tribeca, NYC fr. 20th to 25th Aug. 2024
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Association of Animal Artists, Autumn Exhibition, UK from 11th to 24th Nov. 24
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Association of Animal Artists, Annual Charity Art Auction, UK 1st Aug. to 31st Aug. 2024
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Association of Animal Artists, online Exhibition, fr. 24th Jun to 14th July 2024
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Association of Animal Artists, Spring Exhibition, Paterson Gallery, UK fr. 29th Mar. to Apr.'24
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Association of Animal Artists, Autumn Exhibition, The Station, Richmond fr. 19th Nov. to 5th Dec. 2023
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Faraway Places, las Laguna Gallery, USA 2022
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National Oil and Acrylic Society online Assoicate Member Exhibition 2021
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Dubai Art Expo 2021 - country representation (invitational)
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15 Solo and group private shows (invitationals) fr. 2004 to 2021
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Juried Art Exhibition, Christian Youth International, Colombo 1990
Memberships
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National Oil & Acrylic Society, USA - past member
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Association of Animal Artists - past member
Notable local collections
Ian and Roslin Goonetilleke Collection, Largest private art collection in Sri Lanka owned by prominent scholar and art collector, Ian Goonetilleke, donated 90% of his collection to the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka before his death in 2003.



