Curriculum Vitae

DATE OF BIRTH: 12th November, 1977

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

B F A, Sir J.J School of Art, Mumbai University, Mumbai, 2001

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

The Thread Project, Gallery Mcube, 2025
Borderless Border, NY20+ Artist in Residency Exhibition 2024, NY20+, Chengdu, China
Project 1336, Huge Public Procession at Patan Durbar Square, Nepal, 2024
Project 1336 – Object in Focus and Huge Public Procession to Boudhanath Stupa, Taragaon Museum, 2019
Seto Chapal | The White Slippers, Public Performance at Indra Chowk, Kathmandu,
Nepal, 2018
Sirani:The Headrest, Australian Himalayan Award Exhibition, Siddhartha Art Gallery,
Babarmahal Revisited, 2018
Sound of Existence, Dalaila Art Space, 2018
Tapestry Project, Waley Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2017
Project 1136, Kathmandu Triennale 2017, Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2017
Nepali Pasal, Asia Kula Kula Ring, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea, 2016
From 2007 to 2011, Sheetal Garden Gallery, Kathmandu, 2011
Interactive Site-Specific Art Exhibition, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture premise, Karachi, Pakistan, 2008
Sound of Nostalgia, Interactive solo art show, Newa Chhen, Lalitpur, Nepal, 2007
Sound of Wisdom, Chautara Art Gallery, Almere, Holland, 2006
Vibes I, Institution les Esserts, Cugy, Switzerland, 2005
Vibes, Gallerie Giovanetti, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2005
Collective reverberation, Gallery 9, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2005
Sound of existence, Café Mitra, Kathmandu Nepal, 2004
Sound of existence, Mithila Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2004
Sound of Hope, Gallery 9, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2004
Sound of Intimacy II, Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2004
Sound of Intimacy, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003
Sound of Silence, Sirjana Contemporary Art Gallery, 2002

WORKSHOPS/ ARTIST IN RESDENCIES

RAI 2025, Pahang, Malaysia
Kathmandu International Art Festival 2024, Taragaon Next, Nepal
Trans Studio Project 4.0, Bikalpa Art Center, 2019
Urban Implosion, ACC Arts Space Network, Gwangju, Korea, 2017
Artist in Residence and exchange program, Waley Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2017
Artist in Residence, Changdong Artist Studio, MMCA, South Korea, 2014
VASL Artist Residency, Karachi, Pakistan, 2008
Visiting Lecturer for 3rd year BFA Students, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan, 2008
Organized Naya Awazharu, Two Months Local Residency Program for young upcoming Artist, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2007
Kalavart International Art festival and Artist’s camp, Ujjain, India 2006
Coordinated Sutra International Artists Workshop, Patan Durbar Square, Nepal, 2006
Lalitkala Loktantrik Aviyan, Gurukul, Nepal, 2006
Theertha International Artists Collective, Kandy, Srilanka, 2006
Khulla Dhoka Artists Workshop, Siddhartha art Gallery, Babarmahal Revisited, Nepal,
2006
Sutra Local Artist workshop Pokhara, Intl’ Mountain Museum, Nepal, 2006
Uttishtha, the new beginning- Sutra, Osho Tapoban, Nepal, 2005
Nuga Mikha International Artist Workshop- Sutra, Bhaktapur, Nepal, 2004
Coaxing the Nature- Sutra, Osho Tapoban, Nepal, 2003
Bichalit Bartaman, Basantapur, 2002

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now, Wrightwood 659, Chicago, USA, From 8th Nov. 2024 to 15th Feb. 2025
Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now, Rubin Art Museum, New York City, 2024
Himalayan Art Festival 2018- 2025, Nepal Art Council
Kathmandu International Performance Festival 2019, Organized by Bindu
A Stitch in Time, The 4th Today’s Documents, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China,
2019
Vertical Wave, created for Sea of Heartbreak, Busan Biennial Sea Art Festival 2019,
Busan, South Korea, 2019
Chha, Gallery Mcube, Nepal, 2019
Sirjana 2019, Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal, Nepal, 2019
14th Gongju International Art Festival, LimLip Art Museum, Gongju, South Korea, 2017
Kathmandu Triennale 2017, Nepal Art Council, 2017
The Speed of the Contemporary, Gallery Mcube, 2015
Global Village (Abcoudel/ Landshut/ Brondby Strand), 2014
Rebirth, Performing Art, Bikalpa Art Center, Nepal, 2014
I’m almost in Depression due to Load Shedding, God Please Rescue Nepal, Performance Art at Sarwanam Theatre, December, 2013
Arts of Nepal, the Art Center Highland Park, Illinois, USA, March- April, 2012
Future of History, Park Gallery, Nepal March, 2011
Two Men Show, Gerance Publiaz, Renens Switzerland from 16th September 2010 to 7th January, 2011
Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh from 8th October to 6th November, 2010
Two Men show, Gerance Publiaz, Renen, Switzerland, 2010
Propagation, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal, 2010
International Art Festival, Patan Museum, Nepal, 2009
The Mystical Odysseys, Four Men Grand Art Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India, 2009
Operation Heartbeat, Embassy of Japan, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, India, 2008
Friends of Bagmati, Radisson Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2007
Bells -Silence and sounds, Three Men Show, Gallery 32@ Dent-inn, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2007
Two men Show, Chautara Gallery, Almere, Holland, 2006
Group Exhibition Gallerie Giovanetti, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2004
Two men Show “Situation” Times bank Hall, Mumbai, India, 2000

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Retrospective Exhibition of Ragini Upadhyaya (1978-2025), Bihar Museum, Patna, India, 2025
One World, International Print Exchange Program, IPEP India, 2022
Re-Interpretation, The Nanee, Bhaktapur, Nepal, 2022
National Exhibition of Fine Arts 2021, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Naxal, Nepal
Co-Curated First Yanjiao Biennale 2020, China
Made in Mind Series II, Experimental Video Art Project, Gallery Mcube 2020 with 52
artists from 13 countries.
AIR_MCUBE International Artists Residency since 2011 at Gallery Mcube
Himalayan Art Festival 2018, Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal, Nepal

AWARDS

Australian Himalayan Art Award 2018
National Fine Art Award, Nepal Academy of Fine Art, Nepal, 2011
2nd Prize, 35th National Exhibition, NAFA, Nepal, 2005
3rd Prize, 34th National Exhibition, NAFA, Nepal, 2004
2nd Prize, Landscape competition, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India, 2000

ASSOCIATED WITH

Founder Director, Gallery Mcube, Nepal
Founder Director / Curator, AIR_MCUBE International Artists’ Residency Nepal
Trustee of Sirjana College of Fine Arts, Kathmandu, Nepal

COLLECTION

Australia, Austria, Denmark, Canada, Croatia, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Malaysia, The Netherlands, France, USA, UK, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, India, South Korea and
many private collections in Nepal.