Krishan Rajapakshe is an artist whose practice spans drawing, graphic design, and the production of community gatherings, all centring around the idea that art is an inherently relational process. Through comics and illustration, I use drawings an artist whose work traverses drawing, graphic design, zine production, and cultivating community-driven spaces. In my visual practice, I engage with drawing as a medium of narration-building, where comics and illustrations function as both a personal and collective tool for storytelling. Through these works, I investigate the potential of art as a social process—an ongoing exchange that shapes and reshapes meaning in response to the interactions it sparks. My approach is rooted in relational aesthetics, where the value of art is not solely in its objecthood, but in the dialogues and connections it facilitates.
Central to my practice is the production of zines, a form of narrative archiving that challenges the institutional control of print media. Zine-making for me is both an artistic and critical practice that interrogates the boundaries of who is permitted to publish and whose stories are preserved. These self-published works serve as a platform for alternative narratives, creating space for voices often excluded from mainstream discourse. Through this practice, I explore the politics of visibility, identity, and cultural production, engaging with themes of access, representation, and the democratisation of knowledge. Zines become sites for collective reflection, where the act of publishing is an invitation to participate in the construction of shared histories and the questioning of hegemonic narratives.
In parallel to my visual and editorial practices, I co-manage a communal kitchen, a space that functions as both a site for learning and a performative gathering. Here, cooking and the act of sharing meals become a communal art practice—a way to generate relationality and care through the exchange of knowledge and resources. The kitchen, as an artistic platform, offers a space for collaborative creation, where the preparation and sharing of food extend beyond nourishment to become a medium for cultural transmission, care work, and community building.
Together, these intertwined practices—drawing, zine production, and the communal kitchen—represent a commitment to producing gatherings that blur the boundaries between art, social engagement, and everyday life. Each project is an invitation to participate in the creation of spaces where care, learning, and creative exchange are not only possible but essential. Through these relational environments, I seek to foster critical reflection, collaborative making, and collective care as core principles of contemporary art.
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