![]() ![]() The feminist theme seems prominent in her early works. And the works on display at this retrospective have incorporated these works of hers. ![]() The artist has completed a long journey exploring the many facets of female identity within the frameworks of cultural heritage, tradition, and society and successfully crafted an important template for dialogue between generations. Upadhyay Grela has been a voice in the conversation surrounding social issues, women rights, injustice, and misfortune through artworks. Although many paths were taken across varying stages of life, it is through colours and brush that I am able to express myself and record these moments as works of art." As I grew, my work has also become a testament to my journey as it has evolved with time and passing phases of life. As a 15-year-old, I stumbled upon its beauty serendipitously, and ever since I have been in love with it. "Paint and brush have always been my sanctuary. She held her first exhibition at the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), in 1978 with former prime minister late BP Koirala and renowned theatre personality late Bal Krishna Sama as chief guests.Īs of now she has held 23 group exhibitions, 32 international exhibitions, and 71 solo exhibitions. I did not do well in my studies, but I was brilliant at painting, so I pursued life as an artist with the help of my family, especially my father." She elaborated, "I used to draw perfect replicas when I was 10. "My paintings are like my diary, which I experience throughout my entire life," said the artist who "captured a great deal of loneliness I experienced during my childhood while studying in India in my paintings". She graduated in Fine Arts from the Lucknow College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow, India. The retrospective is a reflection of moments ranging from joyous occasions to sombre affairs and shares stories about society, matriarchy, surrealism, traditional mythology, symbolism, and modernism, among others.īorn in Kathmandu, Upadhyay Grela spent most of her childhood in Bettiah, India. The retrospective serves as a reminder that it may take a day or two to showcase and appreciate artworks of an artist, but it is a lifetime of dedication and hard work for the artists to make enough masterpieces for a retrospective like this one. The maturity seen in her artwork indicates the amount of dedication she has put into her craft." The artist (Upadhyay Grela) has made a major contribution to Nepali art and this has helped make Nepal renowned across the world. Inaugurating the retrospective on the occasion of the International Women's Day on March 8, President Bidya Devi Bhandari said, "Art is an incredible medium to understand and recognise lifestyle, culture and beliefs of society since the ancient times. Spread over the ground, first, and second floors of the gallery, the retrospective is a glimpse of the artist's artistic journey of 45 years. ![]()
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