Education

• Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• Master in Sociology, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Academic / Teaching

• Present: Lecturer, Master of Fine Arts Program, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Awards and Honors

• 2022 – Selected for the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program
• 2021 – Thirchaya Rastriya Kalasri Lalitkala Puraskar, Nepali Kala Sahitya, Nepal
• 2020 – Bhadrakumari Ghale Fine Art Award, Bhadrakumari Ghale Sewa Sadan, Nepal
• 2018 – Australian Himalayan Foundation Art Award, Nepal
• 2018 – Artist of the Year; featured among 100 Most Influential Women of Nepal, Women with Vision II / RSTC
• 2013 – Master Tej Bahadur Chitrakar Smriti Puraskar, Best Painting/Artist Award, Nepal
• 2011 – Special Mention, National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Nepal
• 2010 – Arniko National Youth Art Award, Gold Medal from Government of Nepal (for excellence in Modern Art and contribution to Nepali art development)

Curatorial and Professional Contributions
2018 – Present: Curator, Contemporary Art Foundation of Nepal (Dalai-La Art Space)
Contributing actively to the development of contemporary art and artists in Nepal through curatorial practice, programming, and mentorship.

Residencies and Fellowships

• 2025 – Artist Residency for South Asia Artists, 1-month in Pakistan National Council of Arts,
  Represented Nepal as a cultural envoy, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan.
• 2024 – Unlimit Art Fellowship, Art Omi, New York, USA (1- month residency at Art Omi)
• 2023 – Body Embedding, Medo Art Space, Vienna, Austria (1‑month residency)
• 2006–07 – Asian Artist Fellowship Program, Contemporary Art Museum of Korea; 6‑month residency at Goyang Art Studio, Korea

Solo Exhibitions – National

• 2019 – Volume IV: Structural Beauty, Dalai‑La Art Space, Nepal
• 2018 – Shifting Values: Expectation vs. Reality (supported by Australian Himalayan Foundation), Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal
• 2009 – Kaleidoscope, Imago‑Dei Gallery, Nepal
• 2008 – Symbolic Embodiment, Yala Maya Kendra, Nepal

Solo Exhibitions – International

• 2023 – Body Embedding, Medo Art Space, Vienna, Austria
• 2009 – 20.66 mt. S.L.M., Atelier 4 (commissioned by Blauer Hase), Venice, Italy
• 2007 – Interrelation, Goyang Art Studio, Goyang City, Korea

Installations – National

• 2025 – Silent Dependences, Nepal Art Council, Nepal
• 2023 – Chori/Keti manche bhaer (Being a Daughter/Girl), International Club, Nepal
• 2023 – Out of Emptiness, Taragaon Museum, Nepal
• 2022 – My Left Is Right, Gallery Mcube, Nepal
• 2021 – Powerless Power, Taragaon Museum, Boudha, Nepal
• 2019 – Hiti‑dhungedhara (commissioned by Dopper Netherlands in collaboration with Himalayan Climate Initiative), Labim, Lalitpur
• 2018 – Embedded Nothingness (interactive installation), Gallery Mcube, Chakupat, Nepal
• 2017 – In Between – Rato Machindranath (commissioned by Kathmandu Triennale; funded by Australian Himalayan Foundation), Nepal Art Council
• 2015 – Nilah (interactive installation, commissioned by OUCRU Nepal via Wellcome Trust), Image Ark Gallery, Nepal
• 2014 – Jigsaw Puzzles (interactive installation; commissioned by Siddhartha Art Foundation with Karkhana & Robotic Association of Nepal)

Installations – International

• 2024 – Out of Emptiness, Rubin Museum, New York, USA
• 2023 – Be Happy It’s Ok, Museum Quartier, Vienna, Austria
• 2023 – The Set Path, FLUCC, Vienna, Austria
• 2023 – Dhara, Central Garden, Vienna, Austria
• 2009 – Out of Emptiness (interactive installation, commissioned by Blauer Hase), Venice, Italy
• 2007 – Inscape, Goyang Art Studio, Korea

Residencies – National

• 2018 – Air Mcube Season 8 (3‑month residency), Chakupath, Lalitpur, Nepal
• 2014 – Fragments of Mustang, 8‑day residency, Lomanthang, Mustang, Nepal
• 2007 – Female Heroes / Her Stories, Lasanaa (alternative art space), Nepal
• 2007 – Inspiration Manaslu, Nepal

Residencies – International

• 2025 – Artist Residency for South Asia Artists, PNCA, Pakistan
• 2024 – Art Omi (1‑month residency), New York, USA
• 2023 – Body Embedding (1‑month residency), Medo Art Space, Vienna, Austria
• 2007 – Goyang Art Studio (6‑month residency), Goyang City, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions – National

• 2025 – Interdependence, Licchavi House, Nepal Art Council
• 2025 – Feminist Futures: Art, Activism & South Asian Womanhood, Taragaon, Boudha, Nepal
• 2024 – Continuum, Jan Kath Rug & Art Space, Boudha, Nepal
• 2023 – Deities of Nepal, Nepal Art Council
• 2022 – Parallel History, Gallery Mcube, Nepal
• 2021 – Beyond Border, Taragaon Museum, Boudha, Nepal
• 2020 – Made in Mind Series II (2‑minute experimental video art project), Gallery Mcube, Chakupat, Nepal
• 2020 – Tangential Stress, Museum of Nepali Art, Nepal
• 2019 – Himalayan Art Festival (Earts Nepal), Nepal Art Council
• 2018 – Sight and Sound, Gallery Mcube, Chakupat, Nepal
• 2017 – City: My Studio / City: My Life (Kathmandu Triennale), Nepal Art Council
• 2017 – Sexuality: Stories of Sexuality & Rights of Socially Discriminated Women (FAITH Organization), Patan Museum, Nepal
• 2014 – Masculinities, Gender Identities & the Role of Men in Prevention of GBV (UNDP), Nepal Fine Art Academy
• 2013 – A Federal Life (UNDP & KU Faculty of Art & Design), Yala Maya Kendra, Nepal

Selected Group Exhibitions – International

• 2025 – 39 Footnotes, Accent Sisters, New York, USA
• 2024 – Body Embedding, Lidu International Art Center, Beijing, China
• 2024 – The Lake That Once Was, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India
• 2024 – Reimagine, Rubin Museum, New York, USA
• 2023 – Little Donau 3 Art Festival, Vienna, Austria
• 2021 – Not Your Average (10 Contemporary South Asian Women Artists), Zaamanart, Pakistan
• 2020 – Deconfine (online digital art festival), Media Art South Asia / French Institute in Paris
• 2019 – Global Women – Women’s Art, Art Bridge Gallery, Chiang Rai, Thailand
• 2019 – Balance for Better, Zee Arts, Dubai
• 2018 – Press for Progress, Zee Arts, Dubai
• 2016 – Metamorphosis, India Art Fair, Delhi, India
• 2014 – Solidarity with Nature: South Asian Perspective (SAARC Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka), at Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Selected Workshop Participation – National

• 2014 – Sacred Water (6‑month workshop with community women in Patan), commissioned by Oxford University Clinical Research Unit / Wellcome Trust, Patan, Nepal
• 2013 – 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: Masculinities & Men’s Role in GBV Prevention (UNDP), NAFA, Nepal
• 2013 – A Federal Life (UNDP & Kathmandu University), 3‑day workshop on federalism, Nepal
• 2011 – Promoting Trust Between Man and Woman (GBV, BBC Sewa Nepal), Patan Museum, Nepal
• 2011 – Buddhana (supporting women with HIV, drug users, and incarcerated women), FAITH, Nepal
• 2010 – Glocalization of Art: Contemporary Art Practice, Lasanaa, Nepal
• 2010 – Serendipity Experimental Print Workshop, Lasanaa / Sirjana Art Gallery, Nepal