Geoffrey Bawa

📣 Join the Team! ✨
The following positions are now open:

→ Graphic and Communications Designer
→ Gallery Assistant

🌐 For more information on eligibility and requirements, visit: geoffreybawa.com/opportunities

The Geoffrey Bawa Trust is a non-profit, public trust that was established in 1982 with the objectives of furthering the fields of Architecture, the Fine Arts and Ecological and Environmental Studies. We offer an exciting, inclusive work environment for enthusiastic, organised and proactive individuals who are eager to take part in the Trust’s mission, responding to new ideas and initiatives with insight and intelligence.

🖼️ What do we know about the home gardens of urban Ceylon, and how are these spaces remembered through literature and history?

💬 Join Pawan Wijesinghe—educator and researcher in literature, cultural studies, and the environmental humanities—for a deep dive into the history of Sri Lankan gardens as depicted in literature, alongside those recorded by colonial travel writers.

🌱 Drawing from the burgeoning field of plant humanities, Pawan's presentation will rethink the garden as a more-than-human space where memories, bodies, and biopolitics shape how it is imagined, perceived, and experienced.

🌳 By situating the gardens within the larger organism of the city, the talk also invites us to experience them as spaces transformed by our changing relationships with both past and future urban life.

🗓️ Thursday, 26 February 2026
⏰ 6:30 p.m.
📍 The Bawa Space, 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 07
🎟️ Admission is free with prior registration
🌐 Register on Eventbrite: geoffreybawatrust.eventbrite.com (links in bio)

💬 Join us for an evening discussion with ecological gardener and a native plant enthusiast Somil Daga.

🌳 Somil’s presentation will look at the creation of sustainable landscapes in the face of climate change, and how habitats can be created for plants and animals in highly populated urban environments.

⛰️ Celebrating the idea of embracing the wilderness, Somil will take you on a journey of restoring the wilderness of two heritage landscapes in the desert cities of Jodhpur and Nagaur in Rajasthan, India. He will also share his experiences working as Park Director at Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park in Jodhpur and the Project Director at Abha Mahal Bagh in Nagaur.

🗓️ Tuesday, 24 February 2026
⏰ 6:30 pm
📍 The Bawa Space, 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 07
🎟️ Admission is free with prior registration
🌐 Register on Eventbrite: geoffreybawatrust.eventbrite.com

This talk is part of the Intersectional Ecology talk series at the Geoffrey Bawa Space. Somil’s talk is supported by a grant from the International National Trusts Organisation.

💭 Join us for a tour that explores the question of how we know what we know.

🔎 Through the lens of the Lunuganga garden, 'Ways of Knowing' brings together works by Clara Kraft Isono, Barbara Sansoni, and Ruvin de Silva, alongside objects from the Geoffrey Bawa Collection, to explore how we learn from the world around us. This multi-sensory exhibition spans virtual reality, film, textiles, seeds, maps, and oral traditions—inviting visitors to look, listen, touch, and move.

🗓️ Tuesday, 17 February 2026
🕦 6:30 p.m.
📍 The Bawa Space, 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 07
🎟️ Admission is free with prior registration.
🌐 Register on Eventbrite: geoffreybawatrust.eventbrite.com

🤝 'Ways of Knowing' is supported by a generous grant from the British Council as well as Kohler India, Initiating Partner for the Geoffrey Bawa Trust’s Exhibition Programme.

💬 Talk: House to Art Center: Reinterpreting the Jim Thompson Legacy Across Time

🇹🇭 Join us for a public talk with Gridthiya Gaweewong, Artistic Director of the Jim Thompson Art Center, as she reflects on how the institution builds on the legacy of Jim Thompson while engaging contemporary artistic inquiry and speculative cultural futures.

🖼️ Conceptually rooted in the Jim Thompson House Museum, the Art Center extends and critically reexamines Thompson’s mid-century project—linking historical memory with present practices across exhibitions, research, and public programmes.

🗓 Friday, 13 February 2026
⏰ 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
📍 Siam Nivasa, 43 Dr CWW Kannangara Mawatha, Colombo 07
🎟️ Admission is free with prior registration.
🌐 Register here: https://House-to-art-Center.eventbrite.com

🤝 This talk is presented as part of a cultural exchange between Thailand and Sri Lanka, organised in collaboration with the Royal Thai Embassy in Colombo.

🧵 Weekend workshop: Mapping with Thread!

🎨 Join visual storyteller, illustrator and animator Shenuka Corea, for a morning of stitching and socialising.

👕 Mark your own stories on a wearable map with embroidery. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to embroider their own designs onto one of the Trust’s limited edition Lunuganga map t-shirts. The workshop will go over basic embroidery and applique techniques. All levels of stitching and embroidery experience are welcome!

🛍️ This event is being held in celebration the opening of our re-vamped Bawa Design Store, now offering a variety of artisanal products that reflect Geoffrey Bawa’s prolific career and diverse artistic interests and collaborations.

🗓️ Saturday, 11 October, 2025
🕦 10:30am — 12:00pm
🎟️ LKR 3000/- (T-shirt included)
📍 The Bawa Space, 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 07
👛 Purchase ticket via: https://geoffreybawa.myshopify.com/products/workshop-mapping-with-thread-with-shenuka-corea

🥤 Workshop materials including the T-shirt, and refreshments will be provided. Suitable for ages 15 and up.

👁️‍🗨️ The Bawa Space welcomes all visitors and aims to be accessible to everyone. For more information on visiting us, you can read or listen to our previsit guides at: geoffreybawa.com/ways-of-knowing

🙌🏽 The ‘Ways of Knowing’ exhibition is now officially open!

🌿 Using objects from the Geoffrey Bawa Collection, along with works by three guest artists – Clara Kraft Isono, Barbara Sansoni and Ruvin de Silva – ‘Ways of Knowing’ emphasises forms of perception in addition to sight, and reflects on the many ways we come to understand the world around us.

A special thanks to everyone who joined our opening party – especially DJ Infrastructur 🪩🪜 for creating the perfect groovescape 🎶and our celebration partner On the Rocks! 🍸🧊

🌞 We have an exciting programme of workshops, events, and talks coming up so stay tuned for updates.

🗓️ On view 2 August 2025 – 28 February 2026
🕦 Thursday–Sunday, 11.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.
📍 The Bawa Space, 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 07
⭐ Free Admission

👁️‍🗨️ Ways of Knowing is accessible to all audiences, check out the website for more details: geoffreybawa.com

🤝 ‘Ways of Knowing’ is supported by a generous grant from the British Council as well as Kohler India, Initiating Partner for the Geoffrey Bawa Trust’s Exhibition Programme.

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