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Saurganga Darshandhari

Saurganga Darshandhari is a Kathmandu-based multidisciplinary artist and printmaker whose practice encompasses printmaking, installation, performance art, painting, and mixed media. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Development Alternative, Bangladesh, in 2009. She is currently pursuing an MPhil–PhD in Fine Arts at Tribhuvan University.

Since 2001, Darshandhari has actively exhibited her work both nationally and internationally. She has presented four solo exhibitions and participated in numerous prestigious exhibitions, biennales, triennials, and performance art festivals. Her selected exhibitions include Uttitha (2005, Nepal), Kathmandu International Art Festival (2009), Kathmandu Triennale (2017), the 13th and 15th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, the 1st Printmaking Biennale of India, the Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial (2018) at Tama Art University Museum, Japan, Spread Embrace (2023) in Kunming, China, Bihar Museum Biennale (2023), Silk Road Echoes: Art Unites Hearts (2025), At the Tipping Point (2025) at Taragaon Next, Nepal, the 8th Xishuangbanna International Art Exhibition (2025) in China, Kathmandu International Performance Art Festival (2025), and the Guyu International Performance Art Festival (2026). She has also participated in international performance art festivals in Nepal, Chile, Japan, and other countries.

Her artistic practice has been enriched through artist residency programs in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan, India, China, Germany, and other countries, fostering international dialogue and cross-cultural collaboration.

Darshandhari's work explores themes of memory, identity, cultural heritage, gender, migration, social transformation, and the relationship between humans and nature. Working primarily through printmaking while incorporating installation and performance, she transforms everyday objects and cultural symbols into poetic visual narratives that connect personal experience with broader social and cultural issues.

Her contributions to the arts have been recognized with numerous awards, including the First Prize from the Nepal Red Cross Society (2001), the Sita Shree Award (2003), the 3D Animation Award (MAAC, 2005), the Best Media Award from the University of Development Alternative, Bangladesh (2008), recognition from the Australian Himalayan Art Foundation (2014), the National Regional Award from the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (2014), the National Youth Fine Art Award (2016), the Desh Bhakta Ganatantrik Shakti Award (2017), the National Regional Award presented by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Government of Nepal (2018), and the Bai-ni Kala Lekhan Award (2022), among other honors.

Beyond her artistic practice, Darshandhari has played an active role in the development of Nepal's contemporary art community. She is the Founder of Bindu Space for Artists, an independent artist-led organization established in 2006 that promotes contemporary art through exhibitions, artist residencies, workshops, educational programs, and international collaborations. Since 2010, she has coordinated the annual Monsoon Printmaking Workshop, providing an important platform for printmaking education and artistic exchange in Nepal.

She currently serves as an Academic Council Member of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Vice President of Printmaking Nepal, and a General Member of Sirjana College of Fine Arts. Throughout her career, she has coordinated numerous national art programs, including exhibitions, printmaking workshops, mural projects, sculpture camps, installation art projects, educational art activities, and performance art events. Following the devastating 2015 Nepal earthquake, she actively participated in community-based art initiatives that used art as a means of healing, emotional recovery, and psychosocial support for affected communities across Nepal.

Through her artistic practice, curatorial work, education, and community engagement, Saurganga Darshandhari continues to make significant contributions to the development of contemporary art and printmaking in Nepal.

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