“My art is an amalgamation of the lived realities, learned experience and the stories that I have been keep hearing from our elders.”
Shri Kumar Adhikari, based in New Delhi, is a young and talented artist from Nepal. He completed his B.F.A. in Painting from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 2011, and his M.F.A. in Painting from IGNOU, New Delhi in 2013.
From 2008 to 2022, he actively participated in several art camps and workshops, including:
Art camps in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi
National Art Camp, Srinagar, Kashmir
Mural Workshop at FMG Group of Institutions
He was also allotted a studio at Garhi by the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, during 2013–14.
From 2010 to 2024, Sri Kumar Adhikari has taken part in innumerable group shows in Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, and even Washington D.C., organized by several noted galleries.
He has received multiple awards, including:
All India Certificate Award for the Kalanand Art Contest, 2018
Silver Medal Award, Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, 2017
Award in Drawing, 86th Annual All India Art Exhibition, AIFACS, 2013
Consolation Award, Birsa Munda International Painting Competition, Jharkhand, 2013
First Prize for Illustration of Prem Chand Stories, 2008
First Prize in Cartoon Competition, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, 2008
His works are part of notable collections, including:
Baber Mahal Vilas – The Heritage Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal
Department of Fine Arts, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi
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Shri Kumar Adhikari