Kripa Shakya is a visual artist and photographer exploring storytelling through image, memory and everyday life. Her practice blends observation and emotion, creating thoughtful works that connect personal narratives with broader cultural experience.

5000 years ago, two Brahmans named Bidhyadhar and Yeshodhar visited a place near Kumaripati. They had brought a lane with them which they rested against a wall before sleeping. The next morning when they woke up, they saw their lane turn into a big tree. People worship the tree as Barunbrikshya a form of lord Shiva up till this day. The two brahmans had burnt wood at night which is still burning in today’s day even after so many years. That’s why they named this place Aagnishal which means burning wood. My grandfather told me this story on the way home when he used to pick me up from school. We used to walk pass the same tree at Aagnishal. Since the tree is crooked, it blocks the road so people have to bend down to pass through. When I used to walk with my grandfather as a kid, I used to bend down watching my grandfather bend down even though I could easily walk through it up straight.

Buttressed through roots and ruins

Whispering through smoke

Imitating Tree

Childhood memories

At night, she leans alone

White

Yellow

Indigo

Blue

Black

Gray

Orange

Green

Violet

Brown

Pink

Beige

A painting is an artwork that uses color and form on a surface to convey an idea, mood, or scene.

Acrylic

Acrylic Oil

Aerosol / Spray Paint

canvas

cartridge paper

casein

chalk

Egg Tempera

Fresco

Gouache

marker

natural pigment

Oil Pastel

Other

Pastel

Watercolor

painting

Animal

Atmospheric

awareness

Botanical

Cartoon

Chamber

Chaos

Cityscape

Color

Comic

comic world

companionship

Concept Art

Conceptual

consciousness

contemplation

Crown

cultural

Culture

Cure

Deities

Documentary

Emotion

Everyday Life

evolution

existence

exploration

Fantasy

Fantasy Characters

Festival

Figure

Floral

Food

geometric form

Geometry

gift

harmony

Heritage

Historical Events

Holiday

humility

instinct

Island

journey

Knowledge

Landscape

Lifestyle

Marine

Medicine

mindfulness

Mood

motherhood

Mythological

Nature

Nude

observation

passage

path

perception

Performance

Pets

Portrait

quiet moments

reflection

religious icon

resilience

Ritual

sci fi world

Sci-Fi

Science

simplicity

Snow

Social Commentary

solitude

Spiritual

Sports

Still Life

Sunsets / Sunrises

survival

symbol

Technology

thirst

tranquility

Travel

unintentional creation

universe

Urban

Urban Life

urban mind

vulnerability

wander

Water

wilderness

Wildlife

World

A drawing is a visual artwork created by making marks on a surface, usually with pencil, ink, or charcoal, to express ideas, forms, or emotions.

Acrylic Marker

charcoal

colored pencil

crayon

Crosshatching

fine liner

Graphite

metal

drawing

Architecture

Calligraphy

Portraiture

Sfumato

Surreal

Mixed media is an artwork created using two or more different materials or techniques.

Additive

alabaster

aquatint

armature

artificial intelligence

Assemblage

Blacklit Film

Casting

clay

conte

Cyanotype

Digital

Digital Collage

Digital Drawing

Digital Illustration

Digital Landscapes

Drypoint

Dye Transfer

Engraving

ephemeral

Etching

fabric

fabrication

foil

found object

gel medium

Gelatin Silver Print

gesso

giclee

glitter

hybrid medium

Junk Art

Linocut

lost wax casting

metallic paint

Mezzotint

Mixed Media

modeling paste

monotype

Mosaic

photogram

Photography

platinum

raster based software

Relief Printing

repousse

resin

sand

Screen Printing

Wet Plate Collodion

Wood Stain

Woodcut

mixed media

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