Saurganga Darshandhari

Saurganga Darshandhari is a visual artist and printmaker based in Kathmandu. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Tribhuvan University and Master’s degree in printmaking from University of Development Alternative 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has shown two solo shows Printmaking Feelings 2010 Kathmandu Contemporary Art Center and Stories 2019 at Siddartha Art Gallery. She has frequently shown her artworks in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, China, South Korea ,Poland, United State Of America (World Bank, Washington DC ), Germany, Australia, Finland and Sri Lanka and has participated in artist residencies in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Korea, India and home land. She has also taken part in the Kathmandu International art Festival 2012. She has participated in 13th and 15th Asian art biennale at Bangladesh and 1st Printmaking biennale, India. She participated in the 19th and 22nd Nippon International Performance Art Festival at (Tokyo, Nagano, Osaka) in Japan 2013 and 2017, also participated in Imago Mundi art project . She has participated in Kathmandu Triennial 2017. Recently her work was exhibited in the Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial 2018 Japan. She also participated in the International Print Exchange Program India and in the NowThere exhibition at the Latitude 28 Gallery, India. She is the Founder of Bindu Space for Artists and General member of Sirjana College of Fine Arts, vice- president of Printmaking Nepal, through which she has conceptualized and coordinated various art events. Amongst various events that she coordinated such as printmaking workshops, performance workshops etc; the latest and significant are the art projects in the earthquake hit areas in Nepal. Through her art organization she initiated art camps for children and other art projects helping the earthquake victims to recover from the trauma caused by the earthquake that hit Nepal in 2015. Furthermore, her organization Bindu co-organized artists’ residency and exhibition with Siddhartha Art Gallery in support of the artists who lost their homes in the earthquake.
She has won several awards and was felicitated with Sitashree Award 2005, best media award from University of Development Alternative, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008. Some of the noteworthy felicitations and awards that she received are Basanta Women’s exhibition National Academy of fine Art 2012, National Regional Award Nepal Academy of Fine Art 2014. She was awarded from Australian Himalayan Art Foundation Award 2014, youth award 2016, awarded with Deshbhakta Ganatantric, Shakti Award 2017 and received National regional award from Minister of culture, tourism and civil aviation Nepal government 2018.
She teaches printmaking at Tribhuvan University Lalitkala and Sirjana College of fine arts.