SAGAR MANANDHAR

Painter

Nepal

"The extended quest to locate my individuality is the main impetus for my creation. When I work on my pictorial space, I become an eternal part of it, as it reflects my own soul. For me, painting is the result of an inner visualisation towards the outer world with full enthusiasm, forcing me to be a part of it. It is the instant overflow of sensuous harmonies onto the canvas as the representation of memories and experiences. The journey never ends, but begins as the search progresses in every creation. Communication between me and my paintings provides more ideas to work on continuously. They transfer the power and ideas to analyse myself and my vision. I want my colours to speak their own language as they flow freely and rapidly, generating a chromatic fusion of shades and tonalities. Every colour for me has its own importance in my pictorial language. Painting for me is the arena to express the visual experience and inner search for numerous visual possibilities. The composition with the vibrant brushstrokes flowing against the plane, the thinly layered transparencies of colours with the thick impasto creates the environment of different variations for a lyrical abstraction."

About the Artist

Sagar Manandhar, Born in 1985 inKathmandu, Nepal. He has completed his Bachelor in Fine Arts and Master in FineArts from Banaras Hindu University, BHU, Varanasi with gold medal in bothBachelor and Master degree. He is now working as an Assistant Professor atKathmandu University, School of Arts, and Department of Art and Design. He hasparticipated in many national and international art workshops such as ‘YogyakartaArt Festival’, Jogya National Museum, Jogya, Indonesia, Shanghai InternationalExchange and Workshop, Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, Inspiration Manaslu, Samagaun, Manaslu. He has seventeen solo exhibitions and many group shows in his name in Nepal andforeign countries. He has alsoworked at Panjim, Goa in a residency organized by Indian Atelier. A committed faculty member with a passion and vision to further enhance the institution’steaching methodologies through continual dedication to mentoring students.Passionate in learning new ideas and teaching methods to improve the skills andknowledge of the students to prepare them for a professional career with betterworking ethics. He is enthusiastic to work in different themebased series paintings with experimentation in mixed media techniques. He livesand works at Kathmandu, Nepal.