Pathum (Sri Lanka, 1984) works at the intersection of art and storytelling. Based in Elpitiya, he trained at the Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts and held his first solo exhibition at Lionel Wendt in 2011.

His picture-book interests grew through Martin Salisbury’s writing and a 2016 workshop series at Vibhavi led by Kingsley Gunathilake. An admirer of Armin Greder’s direct, charcoal-led approach, Sameera builds narratives from rural experience, family life and interior states, often returning to recurring figures and motifs.

He lives and works in Elpitiya, where painting, drawing and writing remain closely tied to the landscape and community around him.