Kailash K Shrestha

Kailash K Shrestha is a contemporary artist based in Kathmandu, Nepal born in Gairimudi village, Dolakha and has received Masters in Fine Arts.

His several years of art practices have employed a variety of visual languages, initiatives and engagements to create narratives that are both personal and relatable. His current series of artworks criticize, question, comment and satire to the deeply rooted malpractice contemporary political context and its consequences and social behavior that has hugely impacted each and every aspect of human kind as well as ecology.

The local identity in the global context is the center of focus in his art practice that demands diverse engagements and mediums from the daily newspapers to photographs, paintings, drawings and other experimental mediums.
Mr Shrestha founded, Artudio, A Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts based in Kathmandu in 2010 right after 3 years of his graduation and have initiated various art projects not just focusing within the art community but also with children, youth and adults from various backgrounds in different communities and public spaces.

He has also lead the “Rivers of the World” International Art Project by Thames festival Trust implemented in partnership with Br...

MFA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS


...On progress

2024 "Phantasmal" on Artsy

2020 "Isolation" Curated by Ujen Norbu Gurung and Organized Tulikaa Kala at Vangogh Room, Patandhoka.

2010 “Silent Flow” organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Kathmandu

2007 “A Shift of Vision” organized by Lalitkala bi-monthly Art Magazine at Nepal Art Council,
Babarmahal, Kathmandu


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018/19 Himalayan Art Fair 2018, Organized by E-artsnepal at Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal

2018/19 Amalgam 2018, Organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery, Babermahal

2018 Kathmandu Art Fair, Curated by Artudio and Organized by Lalitkala Manch, Rastriya Nachghar, Jamal Kathmandu, Nepal

2017 Kathmandu Triennale, Organized by Siddhartha Arts Foundation, Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal , Kathmandu, Nepal

2016 Fundraising Exhibition in New York.

2016 The Solace of Art, Nepal Art Council and Siddhartha Art Gallery

2016 Fundraising art+photography exhibition for Earthquake trauma healing by Global Art Collective in USA

2015 Artists' Unite for fundraising exhibition for flood victims at Sidhhartha Art Gallery

2014 Group show at Tibet Art Gallery, Australia

2013 “KALAJATRA” Nepal’s 1st Art Carnival a group exhibition at Patan Museum

2013 “Panorama”...