• In Undefined Landscapes, Rinoshan Susiman transforms the fleeting impressions left by the body on blankets and bed sheets into textured, low-relief landscapes. Beginning with photographic documentation of these temporary traces, he employs a mixed-media process using sand, relief collage, and textile impressions to preserve moments that would otherwise disappear.

     

    The series is presented in a restrained monochrome palette derived from the maroon, saffron, and green of the Sri Lankan national flag. By merging these colors with the intimate traces of the sleeping body, Susiman examines how ideas of nationhood, identity, and power extend into the most private spaces of everyday life.

    • Rinoshan Susiman Topography: Undefined Landscape XV, 2026 Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board 66 x 53 cm 26 x 20 7/8 in
      Rinoshan Susiman
      Topography: Undefined Landscape XV, 2026
      Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board
      66 x 53 cm
      26 x 20 7/8 in
    • Rinoshan Susiman Topography: Undefined Landscape XVI, 2026 Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board 66 x 53 cm 26 x 20 7/8 in
      Rinoshan Susiman
      Topography: Undefined Landscape XVI, 2026
      Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board
      66 x 53 cm
      26 x 20 7/8 in
    • Rinoshan Susiman Topography: Undefined Landscape XVII, 2026 Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board 66 x 53 cm 26 x 20 7/8 in
      Rinoshan Susiman
      Topography: Undefined Landscape XVII, 2026
      Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board
      66 x 53 cm
      26 x 20 7/8 in
  • Rinoshan Susiman, Topography: Undefined Landscape XXVI, 2026

    Rinoshan Susiman

    Topography: Undefined Landscape XXVI, 2026
    Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board
    137 x 107 cm
    54 x 42 1/8 in
    • Rinoshan Susiman Topography: Undefined Landscape XXIII, 2026 Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board 33 x 33 cm 13 x 13 in
      Rinoshan Susiman
      Topography: Undefined Landscape XXIII, 2026
      Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board
      33 x 33 cm
      13 x 13 in
    • Rinoshan Susiman Topography: Undefined Landscape XXIX, 2026 Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board 33 x 33 cm 13 x 13 in
      Rinoshan Susiman
      Topography: Undefined Landscape XXIX, 2026
      Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board
      33 x 33 cm
      13 x 13 in
    • Rinoshan Susiman Topography: Undefined Landscape XXV, 2026 Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board 33 x 33 cm 13 x 13 in
      Rinoshan Susiman
      Topography: Undefined Landscape XXV, 2026
      Sand, Collage and Enamel on Board
      33 x 33 cm
      13 x 13 in
  • Contour lines, grid systems, and embedded lace reference the visual language of maps and territorial boundaries. Through these elements, the bed is reimagined as more than a place of rest; it becomes a symbolic site where personal experience intersects with broader political and social structures. Undefined Landscapes invites viewers to reflect on the relationship between the vulnerable body, domestic space, and the invisible forces that shape both

  • About the Artist

    About the Artist

    Rinoshan Susiman is a Sri Lankan interdisciplinary artist working across moving image, sound, instalation, interactive new media and mixed media. His practice explores memory, the body, landscape and the socio political conditions that shape lived experience. Combining both traditional and digital processes, he transforms temporary bodily traces into abstract visual forms, exploring the relationship between personal memory and colective histories. His recent works reinterpret impressions left on textiles as imagined landscapes, reflecting on trauma, displacement and the layered geographies of post-conflict Sri Lanka.