Mrs. U. G. N. D. Weerasinghe
Head - Department of Textile and Wearable Arts | Senior Lecturer
Profile:
Nadeesha Weerasinghe is a researcher and a textile artist who blends heritage and innovation to create contemporary expressions of culture. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Visual Art, University of the Visual and Performing Arts. Her research explores textile technology through a pragmatic philosophical approach, emphasizing heritage and cultural innovation. She is a capable researcher and an academic who particularly published conceptual and subjective experimental work with significant expertise in textile Art and design. Her works explore identity, memory, and place through fabric and form. By honoring traditional techniques while embracing experimentation, she crafts tactile narratives that connect the past with the present and future possibilities.
Academic Qualifications:
- MPhil, 2022, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka. Dissertation Title: A study on identification of Nelumbo nucifera as a new source of dye extract for textile dyeing.
- BVA. (Hons-1st Class), 2014, Department of Textile and Wearable Arts, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka. Dissertation Title: A semiotic analysis on saree.
- CTHE, Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, 2021, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka
Research Interests:
Conceptual and practice-based research under fashion and textile technology through a pragmatic philosophical approach, emphasizing heritage and cultural innovation.
Publications and Exhibition:
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2025)- A Pragmatic Study on Improving Color Strength and Fastness of Natural Dyes in Batik Textile Applications. Kalam International Research Journal-https://www.seu.ac.lk/fac/kalam/volume18no2.php
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2025)- Unraveling Identity: A Study on the Disintegration of Local Identity in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Dumbara. 5th International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH 2025
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2021) An analitical study of contemporary fashion color trends. International conference on visual and performing arts. Global Academic Research Institute.
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. and Wickramasinghe A.T.P. (2021) A study of the Traditional Textile Dyeing Techniques of Sri Lankan Intangible Cultural Heritage (Special reference to Pahatha Dumbara craft colony and historical sources). 3rd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH 2021), Fostering Folklore Research, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2021) A Study of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Traditional Kinnara Community of Sri Lanka. (Based on the coloring process). 3rd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH 2021), Fostering Folklore Research, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2021) A study of design principles and elements of beads which find from Rajagala historical archeological field. International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts. Global Academic Research Institute.
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2018) A study on the introduction of a new method of obtaining a 3D form for textiles. International Research Symposium, University of the Visual and Performing Arts. Colombo. Sri Lanka
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2017) A Study on the Feasibility of Using Olu, Nelum and Water Lily Flowers for Dyeing Textiles. International Research Symposium, University of the Visual and Performing Arts. Colombo. Sri Lanka
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2017) An Investigative Study of the Origin of the Ossary, the National Dress of Sri Lankan Women. (An analysis based on ancient paintings, literary sources and artefacts of Sri Lanka.) National Archeological Symposium, Department of Archeology, Ministry of Education. Pp 97-105 ISSN-2386-1290
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2022) A study of design principles and elements of beads which find from Rajagala historical archeological field. Journal of Fashion Design, GARI. Pp. 74-82 (1/ISSN 2659-2193) https://www.research.lk/journal/indexed-in
- Weerasinghe, U.G.N.D. (2018), The influence of the Jathaka Katha for evolution of Sri Lankan Arts. The Annual Journal of The Buddhist society of Sri Lanka Press. Pp. 187-189. (ISSN 2012-9408) Sri Lanka Government Press Buddhist Society – Government Printing Department.
- 2012- Footwear and leather Exhibition- BMICH, Colombo
- 2013- Footwear and leather Exhibition- BMICH, Colombo
- 2014- TXT Textile and Wearable Arts Exhibition- JDA perera gallery, Colombo 07
- 2014- Footwear and leather Exhibition- BMICH, Colombo
- 2015- Visual art exhibition(10th anniversary)- JDA perera gallery, Colombo 07
- 2016- Visual art exhibition(11th anniversary)- JDA perera gallery, Colombo 07
- 2017- TXT Textile and Wearable Arts Exhibition- JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07
- 2024- Faculty Show- JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07
- 2025- “Living with Arts” Collaborative art exhibition of South Asian Artists – JDA Perera gallery, Colombo 07