SAPANA SHAH
Visual Artist, Sarlahi, Nepal
Sapana Shah is a young emerging female visual artist and social worker from Sarlahi, Terai region of Nepal. She is a graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program, University of San Diego, Institute for Peace and Justice & Leadership, Masters in Fine Arts (MFA), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Intermediate in Nurse, Kathmandu Om Hospital and Research Center, CTEVT, Kathmandu Nepal.
Sapana has been primarily working on her core interest in social awareness programs through artistic expressions and social works itself. She has participated in various workshops, training, exhibitions in Nepal as well as in abroad. She is currently working at Lalitkal Campus, Tribhuvan University as Faculty Lecturer, Art Therapist consultant at Boddhisatva In Action Foundation (BIA), Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal, and SOS school Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Her medium of artistic expression varies from drawing to photography and video making and writing. We are happy to represent her at Bikalpa Art Center’s new avenue the online store platform and more. We would like to wish her good luck in her future endeavors.
I have tried to depict the pain and agonies of transgender communities of Nepal how individuals are living the painful life wearing the multiple masks. Transgender people are the people who are oppressed, discriminated against due to their sexual orientation and or gender identity. I have painted these pains and divided identities of masculinizing and feminizing in my street project called The Pave Of Different Journey.
The street is a platform where we come across many other lives. It is like a stage for real live performance which gives us cognitive knowledge. Thus I am very fascinated to observe the vibrant environment of the street life of transgenders. I convey ideas and emotions which go beyond the use of words which is only a communication between my artworks and the viewers as it is always a reflection of society whether it adds enjoyment of understanding of life.
The Pave Of Different Journey
The Pave Of Different Journey is an attempt to portray the pain and agonies of transgender communities of Nepal how they are living the painful life wearing the multiple masks. Transgender people are the people who are oppressed, discriminated against due to their sexual orientation and or gender identity. I have painted these pains and divided identities of masculinizing and feminizing in my street project called The Pave Of Different Journey.
The street is a platform where we come across many other lives. It is like a stage for real live performance which gives us cognitive knowledge. Thus I am very fascinated to observe the vibrant environment of the street life of transgenders. I convey ideas and emotions which go beyond the use of words which is only a communication between my artworks and the viewers as it is always a reflection of society whether it adds enjoyment of understanding of life.