GOVINDA SAH ‘AZAD’

Govinda Sah ‘Azad’ was born in 1974, in Rajbiraj, Nepal. Govinda obtained a MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art in 2008. This young and prolific artist has held numerous solo art exhibitions and group shows in Nepal and internationally. He has also co-ordinated a number of art workshops under the sponsorship of the UN and Bangladesh Embassy in Nepal. Represented by October Gallery in London, Govinda Sah’s works can be found in private collections worldwide.
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SUBASH THEBE

Born and raised in Dharan, eastern Nepal, Subash joined Fine Art Campus in Kathmandu before moving to London in 2008 for higher education. He did his BA Fine Art from Middlesex University in 2011 and currently doing MA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. Primarily a painter, Subash also works with sound and film. He is a recipient of University of The Arts London International Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Award 2014.
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MANISH HARIJAN

A controversial contemporary artist in Nepal. He was born in poverty in 1985, in a village in the western Himalayas. After passing his School Leaving Certificate he did an Intermediate Level in Fine Art at the Nepal Fine Art College in Kathmandu. The he did a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art at Kathmandu University. In 2011 or his final show he had a solo exhibition at the Siddhartha Art Gallery and was then awarded a KCAC scholarship 2011 – 2012. In 2013 he was selected for the Image Art Festival, Occupy Utopia, in Denmark. He is hoping to start a MA in Fine Art in the UK in near future.
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SANYUKTA SHRESTHA

Sanyukta started his art career as a contemporary artist in the mid 90s in Kathmandu. Born and brought up in the close neighbourhood of Nepal’s first art academy, he is a self-taught artist who mainly works with acrylic on Nepali Lokta paper. Having painted a long series of bright and colourful human compositions from 1996 till 2001, he started studying traditional Nepalese art after a hiatus in 2008, producing a number of tantric paintings in ancient Nepali manuscript style until 2013. A software developer by profession, he currently experiments with a mix of these styles reflecting the last ten years of his life in London as an on-going quest to understand his roots.
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PREMILA VAN OMMEN

Premila van Ommen is co-founder of London based Himalayan arts collective Satsang Productions and editor of fashion archival project Nepalis Got Swag. She holds a Masters degree on Diaspora and Migration studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and is currently working on a new food collective Yak Bites raising awareness through feasting.
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SARITA MAHARJAN

Nepalese artist, based in Birmingham, Sarita graduated from Kathmandu University in BA Fine Art.
She completed her MA Fine Art from University of Wolverhampton in 2012.

RUPESH DANGOL

Rupesh was born in Kathmandu, Nepal and moved to London for higher education in 2008. A BA Fine Art graduate from University of Creative Arts, he obtained a diploma in Design & Animation from City of Westminster College. He works with painting, drawing and digital media.
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AMELIA CHABANNES

Amelie Chabannes is an artist who works in sculpture, installation and Drawing. Chabannes was born in Paris, France. She studied Architecture and Fine Arts in a leading French Art School, ENSAD. She worked for many years with Architects and Designers on major projects, including a Cultural Center In Riga, Latvia. She moved to NY in 2005, she currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
She has been awarded the International Center Award of Excellence for Fine Arts (New York, NY) along with artist Yoshitomo Nara.
Selected collections include the Progressive Collection, Cleveland, Ohio as well as numerous private collections in the United States, Europe, Russia and Japan.
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ANOTNIO NODAR

Born in 1954 in Bainas, Galicia. He studied theatre with Ditea company, Santiago de Compostela, followed by Jacques Lecoq Theatre School, Paris. He has worked as a press photographer for El Diari de Barcelona, El Mundo, Agencia EFE, Ajo Blanco, and co-founded KRA (Kol.lectiu de Recercas Artistiques), and the Art Claustrophobic Show. Since 2001 he has worked on … from portrait to self- portrait … project (p2sp), and collaborations with the Elsa Peretti and Nando Peretti Foundations. Currently resident in London. 1997 – Barcelona (Catalunya).@ Galeria Maria Jose Castellvi, Presentation of … p2sp … project, show with the first 97 participating artists.
This show was awarded the Best Gallery Exhibition of the year 1997 by the ACCA (Associacio Critics Catalans d’Art).
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FERN YORK

Fern’s artwork is interdisciplinary spanning sculpture, painting, printmaking and video art. She exhibits regularly in galleries including The Patan Museum in Nepal, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Kurb Gallery in Western Australia, Newcastle Art Space, The Sydney Fringe Festival, Tantrum Theatre Newcastle and The Australian Theatre for Young People Sydney. Fern was the recipient of an ArtStart grant from the Australia Council for the Arts in 2012 and is currently a resident artist at Newcastle Community Arts Centre.
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CELIA WASHINGTON

Celia Washington is one of the brightest and most original talents to emerge from the Byam Shaw Art School in the last two decades. Her work – oils, mixed media, drawings and prints – conjure up a world at once strange, familiar and utterly compelling.
Celia Washington has already established an international reputation with shows in London, New York and many other countries. She has lived and worked in Florence, Madrid, Tokyo, Paris & Edinburgh, and is now based between London and Kathmandu.
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