Dolakha Album Exhibition 2016

Dolakha Album: Community Homestay Art Residency was hosted by Artudio in Gairimudi, Dolakha from May 3rd to 10th, 2016. This residency was curated by Kailash K Shrestha, a contemporary visual artist and founder of Artudio.

Five Nepali contemporary artists; Sujan Dangol, Surendra Maharjan, Sandhya Silwal, Rajan Shrestha & Abhimanyu Dixit were carefully selected as the participating resident artists of the residency. Artists from the Global Art Collective also joined the team for a community sculpture burn.

After the successful curated exhibition in the community of Gairimudi, the exhibition was held in Artudio, Swoyambhu, Chhauni Hospital Road from 12th August to 20th August 2016. The Exhibition was inaugurated by Sangeeta Thapa, Founder/ Director of Siddhartha Arts Foundation’s Education Initiative and Siddhartha Art-Gallery.

Dolakha Album: Community Homestay Art Residency was supported by SAFEI, CKU and Buddha Kumari Foundation.

Visual Documentation: Karma Tshering Gurung, Shashim Shakya, Yugal Shrestha, Santosh Prashad Rimal, Prabesh Maharjan, Siddhant Kapali, Krimin Tuladhar/Artudio

Dolakha Album Exhibition entrance

Map of Gairimudi, Dolakha

Team panel

Curatorial Note

Details of ASTHITWA by one of the resident artist Sandhya Silwal

Patyang stencil installation with light projection of ASTHITWA by one of the resident artist Sandhya Silwal

Movie screening

Movie screening

Movie screening

Viewers interacting with artwork

Multimedia projection mapping “STILL” by one of the resident artist Rajan Shrestha

Exhibition team members

One of the resident artist Rajan Shrestha singing Gairimudi song “CHARAI TIRA HARIYALI BICHMA HAMRO GAON” written by Pratiksha Moktan one of the student from Gairimudi, Dolakha

Viewers reading curatorial note

Artist and Curator Kailash K Shrestha with viewers

Viewers watching short film “SAPANA” created by one of the resident artists AbhiManyu Dixit

Viewers watching short film “SAPANA” created by one of the resident artists AbhiManyu Dixit

Viewers watching short film “SAPANA” created by one of the resident artists AbhiManyu Dixit

Artist and Curator Kailash K Shrestha interacting with viewers during the exhibition

Artwork by local artisan Chhabi Bahadur Shrestha in the exhibition

Details of “DHUNGA” Social structure/Social sculpture by one of the resident artists Sujan Dangol

Details of “DHUNGA” Social structure/Social sculpture by one of the resident artists Sujan Dangol

Details of “DHUNGA” Social structure/Social sculpture by one of the resident artists Sujan Dangol