Roma Tearne
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Roma Tearne is a Sri Lankan born artist and writer. Her first novel, Mosquito, has been shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Book Awards first Novel prize.
, she has had many exhibitions including "Nel Corpo delle cittá" at the prestigious MLAC ( Museo Laboratorio Arte Contemporanea ) in Rome.
She became the artist in residence at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford in 2002 and while there, worked on
"Happenings in a Museum".
Art
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, she has had many exhibitions including "Nel Corpo delle cittá" at the prestigious MLAC ( Museo Laboratorio Arte Contemporanea ) in Rome.
She became the artist in residence at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford in 2002 and while there, worked on
"Happenings in a Museum".
Books
- Mosquito (ISBN 0007233655) was published on March 5, 2007 by Harper Collins.
- Bone China (ISBN 0007240732), was published in 2008 by the same publisher.
- Brixton Beach (ISBN 9780007301560), was published 2009 by HarperPress.
- The Swimmer (ISBN 9780007301591), published in 2010, was long-listed for the Orange Prize 2011.