Bidhata KC
She has always believed that much of our socio-political history, culture, traditions and values are preserved and portrayed in various forms of art. She believes that artistic expressions give spaces to capture historic moments in time, capture socio-cultural realities and most importantly, provides the freedom of expression to socio-political issues.
Artist Bidhata KC is one of the most pertinent contemporary artist in Nepal. Her work expresses versatility and exceptional creativity, explored through a variety of media as a platform to explore nature and society. Nationally and internationally, she has been prolific in exhibiting her works, attending workshops. She is the recipient of prestigious ‘Arniko National Youth Art Award 2010. She has done more than 8 solo exhibitions and has participated in various group exhibitions and projects both nationally and internationally. In 2013, she was awarded with ‘Master Tej Bahadur Chitrakar Smriti Puraskar’ for the Best Painting/Artist category and in 2011 her painting bagged ‘Special Mention Award’ in National Fine Art Exhibition. Additionally, in 2006/7 she got the ‘Asian Artist Fellowship Program’ from Contemporary Art Museum of Korea. She was a grantee of ‘Glocalization of Art: Contemporary Art Practice 2010’, from Lasana, ‘Artist in the City- Urbanization & Urban culture2011’, from Social Science Baha, ‘NAC Travel Grant 2015’, from Nepal Art Council. She was represented by the Nepal Art Council, for the India Art Fair 2016. KC was one of the commissioned artist for the Kathmandu Triennale (2017). She was honoured by ‘Artist of the Year 2018’, Women with Vision II, 100 Most Influential Women of Nepal /RSTC and in 2018 ‘. She is one of the recipient of ‘Australian Himalayan Foundation Art Award 2018’. She was awarded by ‘Bhadrakumari Ghale Fine Art Award 2020’, by Bhadrakumari Ghale Sewa Sadan.
Bidhata KC
Visual Artist
Academic Background
Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting 2001 (Lalit Kala Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
Master of Sociology 2004 (Patan Multipal Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
Master of Fine Arts in print 2010 (Fine Art Department, Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
Award
2018: ‘Artist of the Year 2018’, Women with Vision II, 100 Most Influential Women of Nepal /RSTC
2018: ‘Australian Himalayan Foundation Art Award’, Nepal
2013: ‘Master Tej Bahadur Chitrakar Smriti Puraskar’- Best Painting/Artist award
2011: Special Mentioned Award, National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Nepal
2010: Arniko National Youth Art Award, Gold Medal, Nepal (Explain: National Government Award for excellence in Modern Art and Contributions to the Development of Art in Nepal)
Grant and Fellowship
2015: ‘NAC Travel Grant 2015’, Nepal Art Council, Nepal
2011: ‘Artist in the City- Urbanization & Urban culture’, Interactive Mapping and Archiving Center, Nepal
2010: ‘Glocalization of Art: Contemporary Art Practice’, Lasana, Nepal
2006-07: Asian Artist Fellowship Program, Contemporary Art Museum of Korea, Korea
Solo Exhibition National
2019: ‘Structural Beauty’, Dalai la Art Space, Nepal
2018: ‘Shifting Values: Expectation Vs Reality’, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal
2018: ‘Thopaharu (,),’ GG Machan, Pulchowk, Nepal
2013: ‘A Decade in Art’, Sarwanam Art Gallery, Nepal
2012: ‘Time at Crossroads’ (Dobatoma Ubhiyeko Samaya), Mammy’s Eatery & Tapas, Nepal
(Paintings are based on Poet Bhim Karki’s poems)
2009: ‘Kaleidoscope’, Imago- Dei Gallery,Nepal
2008: ‘Symbolic Embodiment’, Yala Maya Kendra, Nepal
2007: ‘Foliage’, Shangri-La Hotel, Nepal
Solo Exhibition International
2009: ‘20.66 mt. S.L.M.’, Venice, Italy
2007: ‘Interrelation’, Goyang Art Studio, Goyang City, Korea
Installations National
2019: ‘Hiti-dhungedhara’, Labim, Lalitpur
2018: ‘Embedded Nothingness’, Gallery Mcube, Chakupat, Nepal
2017: ‘In Between- Rato Machindranath’, Kathmandu Triennial, Art Council, Nepal
2015: ‘Nilah’, interactive installation, Image Ark Gallery, Nepal
2014: ‘Jigsaw Puzzles’, interactive installation, Nepal Art Council, Nepal
2008: ‘Unsung’, Yala Maya Kendra, Nepal
2008: ‘Aasha’ at Basantapur, Nepal
2007: ‘Door’ at Jyamircot, Nepal
2007: ‘Persistence’ at Shangri-La, Lazimpath, Nepal
Installations International
2009: ‘Out of Emptiness’, interactive installation, Venice, Italy
2007: ‘Inscape’ at Goyang Art Studio, Korea
2006: ‘Pigment’ at Goyang Art Studio, Korea
Collaborative Installation:
2013: ‘Gadha lai Bhari Pugena Bhane Runcha’, Martin Chautari, Nepal
2012: ‘Still Life’ American Ambassador Residency, Nepal
2011: ‘Sri Ganesh’, Art Council, Nepal
2011: ‘Elapse’, Art Council, Nepal
2010: ‘You Could be the One…’, Lasana, Nepal
2010: ‘…Sense of Beauty?’, Lasana, Nepal
Residency National
2018: ‘Air Mcube season 8’ 3 months residency, Chakupath, Lalitpur, Nepal
2014: ‘Fragments of Mustang’, 8 days residency, Lomanthang, Mustang, Nepal
2007: ‘Female heroes/ her stories’, Lasanaa, an alternative art space, Nepal
2007: ‘Inspiration Manaslu’, at Manaslu, Nepal
2007: ‘Naya Nepal’, Arohan Gurukul, Nepal
2006: ‘Impression of Manang’, at Manang, Nepal
Residency International
2007: 6 months residency, Goyang Art Studio, Goyang City, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions National
2019: ‘Himalayan Art Festival’, Nepal Art Council, Nepal
2019: ‘Amalgam’, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal
2018: ‘Haptic Perception’, Dalai-la Art Space, Nepal
2018: ‘Sight and Sound’, Gallery Mcube, Chakupat, Nepal
2018: ‘Seduction of Print Making’, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal
2017: ‘City: My Studio / City: My Life ’, Kathmandu Triennial, Nepal Art Council, Nepal
2017: ‘Sexuality’, stories of sexuality and sexual rights of socially discriminated women, Patan Museum, Nepal
2014: ‘Masculinities, Gender Identities and the Role of Men in Prevention and Elimination of Gender Based Violence’, organized by UNP, NAFA, Nepal
2013: ‘A Federal Life’, Yala Maya Kendra, Nepal
2012: ‘Under the Bodhi Tree’, Sidhartha Art Gallery, Nepal
Selected Group Exhibitions International
2019: ‘Shanghai International Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition and Workshop 2019’, Dragon Modern Art Center, Shanghai, China
2019: ‘Global Women- Women’s Art’, Artbridge Gallery, Chiangrai, Thailand
2019: ‘Balance for Better’, Int. Women Art Exhibition, Zee Arts, Dubai
2018: ‘Press for Progress’, Int. Women Art Exhibition, Zee Arts, Dubai
2018: ‘Seven Continent of Fashion’, Art exhibition, Cannes Film Festival, France
2018: ‘International Art Sojourn’, Sri Sri University, Orissa, India
2016: ‘Metamorphosis’, India Art Fair, Delhi India
2014: ‘Solidarity with Nature; South Asian Perspective’, organized by SAARC Cultural Centre – Sri Lanka at Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006: ‘Nepal Bangladesh Youth Art Exhibition’, National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Selected Workshop Participation National
2018: ‘Seduction of Print Making’, 10 days long workshop, Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal, Nepal
2013: ‘Sacred Water’ 6 months long workshop with community women of Patan, Nepal
2013: ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence’: ‘Masculinities, Gender Identities and the Role of Men in Prevention and Elimination of Gender Based Violence’, organized by UNDP, NAFA, Nepal
2013: ‘A Federal Life’- 3 days long workshop based on Federalism, Nagarkot, Nepal
2012: ‘Under the Bodhi Tree’, 5 days long wrokshop based on Ecology and Conservation, organized by WWF Nepal
2011: ‘Promoting trust between Man and Woman’, based on GBV (gender based violence) organized by BBC Sewa Nepal, Patan Museum, Nepal
2011: ‘Buddhana’, 1 week workshop to support- Women with HIV Positive, Women Drug Users and Women in Prison, organized by FAITH, Nepal
2010: ‘Glocalization of Art: Contemporary Art Practice’, Lasana, Nepal
2010: ‘Serendipity Experimental Print Workshop’, Lasana, Nepal
2009: ‘The Process to Move’, 2 days Int. Art Workshop, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Nepal
2009: ‘Water and Art’, Int. Art Workshop, Yala Maya Kendra, Nepal
Selected Workshop Participation International
2019: ‘Shanghai Int. Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition and Workshop’, Shanghai, China
2018: ‘International Art Camp II’, Solo, Indonesia
2018: ‘International Art Sojourn’, Orissa, India
2006: ‘Changdong & Goyang Artists Workshop’ National Museum of Korea, Goyang Art Studio, Korea
2005: ‘Nepal Bangladesh Youth Art Workshop’3 Days at Silpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
