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Saurganga Darshandhari is a visual artist and printmaker based in
Kathmandu. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Tribhuvan University
and Master's degree in printmaking from University of Development Alternative
2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has shown two solo shows Printmaking Feelings 2010 Kathmandu
Contemporary Art Center and Stories 2019 at Siddartha art Gallery. She has
frequently shown her artworks in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, China, South Korea ,
United State Of America(world bank,Washington DC), Germany, Australia, Finland and
Sri Lanka and has participated in artist residencies in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,
South Korea, India and home land. She
has also taken part in the Kathmandu International art Festival 2012. She has
participated in 13th and 15th Asian art biennale at
Bangladesh and 1st Printmaking biennale, India. She participated in
the 19th and 22nd Nippon international performance art festival
at (Tokyo, Nagano, Osaka) in Japan 2013 and 2017, also participate in Imago
Mundi art project . She has participated in Kathmandu Triennial 2017. Recently
her work exhibited in Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial 2018 Japan,
participate in International Print Exchange Program India and nowthere,
Latitude 28 Gallery,India.
She is the founder of Bindu space for Artists
and general member of Sirjana College of Fine Arts, vice- president of
Printmaking Nepal, through which she has conceptualized and coordinated various
art events. Amongst various events that she coordinated such as printmaking
workshops, performance workshops etc; the latest and significant are the art
projects in the earthquake hit areas in Nepal. She through her art organization
initiated children art camp and other art projects helping the earthquake
victims to recover from the trauma caused by the earthquake that hit Nepal in
2015. Furthermore, her organization Bindu co-organized artists’ residency and
exhibition with Siddhartha Art gallery in support of the artists who lost their
houses in the earthquake.
She has won several awards and
was felicitated with best media award from University of Development
Alternative, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008. Some of the noteworthy felicitations and
awards that she received are Basanta Women's exhibition National Academy of
fine Art 2012, National Regional Award Nepal Academy of Fine Art 2014. She was
awarded from Australian Himalayan Art Foundation Award 2014, youth award 2016,
awarded with deshbhakta Ganatantric, Shakti Award 2017 and received National
regional award from Minister of culture, tourism and civil aviation Nepal
government 2018.
She teaches printmaking at
Tribhuvan University Lalitkala and Sirjana College of fine arts.
Saurganga Darshandhari.
Visual artist
00977 9803827096
saurganga@gmail.com
Kathmandu, Nepal.
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