You Protect Me
Performance During Kathmandu International Performance Festival 2025.
Click Here
The Thread Project
The Thread Project is about human connection the stories of those who have been displaced, the voices of the marginalized, and the shared experiences that unite us.
Click Here
Project 1336
Procession from Tarragon Museum to Boudhhanath Stupa.
Click Here
Seto Chapel | The White Slippers
Public performance at New Road, Indrachowk, Itumbahal
Click Here

Manish Lal Shrestha — Leading Contemporary Multidisciplinary Artist of Nepal

25+ years of shaping Nepal’s contemporary art movement through performance, installation, mixed-media practice & conceptual visual expression.

Rooted in culture, memory, and transformation, my artworks carry narratives of time, identity, and lived experience crafted through experimental approaches and evolving forms.

Artist Introduction

Manish Lal Shrestha is a Kathmandu-based multidisciplinary visual artist recognized as one of Nepal’s leading contemporary art figures. His practice spans painting, performance, installation, and conceptual research, expanding visual language through experimentation and cultural memory.

With a dynamic body of work created over two decades, he continues to push boundaries, engage audiences, and inspire dialogue across Nepal and beyond.

Conceptual Paintings, Performance, and Experimental Installations

You Protect Me

Sirani | The Headrest

Dipankara Buddha is Pop Art

Seto Chapel | The White Slippers

Cushion

The Ethnic Project

Project 1336

Let them be free in their own world

Monalisa is Pop Art

The Endless Knot

Second Skin | The Thankful Ritual

Tatwa | The Elements

The Thread Project

Vertical Wave

I know to love life, I know to live life...

Play on Its Baba's Toy

Sound of Silence

Blessing of Dipankara

Drapery Project

Rato Machhindranath is Pop Art

Second Skin

Borderless Border

Golden Bell

Sound of Existence

Limited Edition of The Endless Knot

Own Original Merchandise from Manish Lal Shrestha, One of Nepal’s Leading Contemporary Artists
Scroll to Top