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D.RajaSegar(born 1951) known as Segar, is a Sri Lankan artist and sculptor. A self tutored artist born on 4th Dec 1951 to poor parents in the suburb of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.He use to walk to school which was 5 km away from home to save bus fare so that he could eat something during the interval. After schooling at St Michael's College, Polwatte, Colombo-3 at the age of 19, he started working in a soft drinks manufacturing company in the field of accountancy.While studying for his accountancy examinations he spent most of his time in the reference sections of the British Council library in Colombo.There he was able to browse through a collection of books and periodicals on art and artists.In his news paper interviews he always states;British Council was my university of fine art.Monotonous work in the accountancy department started to bore him.Segar started to design his own greeting cards purely based on the day to day lifestyle of Sri Lankans.

His cards became an instant hit as most of the greeting cards in Sri Lanka were copied from the paintings of western countries. The art lovers who saw his cards wanted him to make large paintings. Hence, comfortably he became a painter. To give his art a serious impact Segar started experimenting the refractive effect of light in his abstract and figurative cubism.

 Major international exhibitions

  • 1988 Chetana Gallery Bombay - India
  • 1990 Mosman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  • 1991 Gallery 202 London W11 - England
  • 1992 The Fiveway Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
  • 1994 Arteast Gallery. Vancouver BE Canada
  • 2002 Art Exquisite Raffles hotel - Singapore
  • 2002 SAARC Artist meet - New Delhi, India
  • 2003 Jamaat Art Gallery - Mumbai, India
  • 2004 Women on top 'Jamaat Art Gallery'http://www.jamaatart.com/previous8.html
  • 2006 Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai, India
  • 2008 Delhi Diplomatic Art Circle, Delhi,India
  • 2009 [M.F.Husain] Art Gallery,Delhi,India.
  • 2010 Alankritha Art Gallery,Hyderabad,India.
  • 2013 ION Gallery, Singapore


Lionel Wendt Art Gallery Colombo 1987 1988 1993 1996 1997 1999 2000One man exhibitions in Sri Lanka


Mixed media Collage 30x15 inch 2013

Segar; Autobiography with Paintings

         hard cover coffee table book 28x22 cm

288 pages 120 gsm 1.45 kilo limited to 500 copies 

numbered and signed by the artist