I am a visual artist and art educator based in Kathmandu. I received my BFA from Kathmandu University, and my MFA from Tribhuvan University. I am also a founding member of Srijanalaya, a non-profit nongovernmental organization in Nepal dedicated to alternative forms of art education and co-founder of Drawing Room KTM, an artist-run learning and studio space.
My works are often inspired by social contexts, which I represent in a variety of media. My works seek to alert people to things they would normally pass by without thinking. My primary media are drawing, painting, photography, installation and murals. I was born to a farming family from Kathmandu.
I have participated in numerous international and national exhibitions, art festivals, residencies and workshops in the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. A selection of exhibitions and residencies include: Kathmandu Triennale, The City, 2017; India Art Fair, Nepal Art Council Booth, 2017; Coup De Ville Triennale of Contemporary Art, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, 2016; Parallel Realities, Nepali Artists between Tradition and Globalization, Moesgaard Museum, Aarhus, Denmark 2016/17; Camp-Hub, Post Earthquake Community-based Art Project, Thulo Byasi, Bhaktapur, 2015; 1st and 2nd Kathmandu International Art Festival, 2009 and 2012; Photo Kathmandu Photo/Jazz residency, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren in 2015; Abhisaran-Vijayanagar Residency 2014; Floating Peers, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2013 and the Kathmandu Contemporary Art Center residency (KCAC) 2010. My solo exhibitions were Portraits from The Shadow at Siddhartha Art Gallery in 2009, and Repeating Bodies at Kathmandu Contemporary Art Center in 2010.
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