University of North Texas 
Artist's Statement
The major concept of my artworks is influenced by the Buddha's teaching of the
“Wheel of Life”, which talks about re-birth and the cause of suffering. In Buddhism as
per my knowledge, they have been using a lot of different symbols to teach Buddha's
teaching and which makes these complicated philosophies easier to understand.
In the Wheel of Life, “Pig” symbolizes “Ignorance”, “Snake” symbolizes “Anger”, and
“Rooster” symbolizes “Attachment”. These all emotions are considered the basic
cause of suffering and always keep looping, which never ends. Also, all color
represents five different elements of the universe such as white (represents air), yellow
(represents earth), red (represents fire), blue (represents space), and green (represents
water).
Visually, my works may not deliver the concept of negative emotion and suffering but I
intend to deliver how I find the positive energy out of it. I enjoy every step of making
art, especially printmaking. Most of my works are experimental and challenging for me
because I never had the opportunity to explore these techniques back in Nepal,
especially multi-color prints and lithography. I tried to explore different techniques of
making art and combine them to approach it in a more contemporary way. Likewise,
photography, digital drawing, performance, sound, painting, and printmaking.
In my recent works, I am trying to figure out what is the cause of emotions and how
senses are related to rise of the emotions and feelings. I have tried to continue the use
of symbols in my artworks and the new symbols are the representation of the five
senses. Such as “smoke” symbolizes “smell”, “mirror” symbolizes “vision”, “water”
symbolizes “taste”, “fabric” symbolizes “touch”, and “drum” symbolizes “sound”.
In near future, I want to see myself as a Buddhist contemporary artist. The artists that I
have been looking for as inspiration are Tshering Sherpa (who recently got featured in
Venice Biennale 2022), Tenzing Rigdol, Rubin Museum of Art, and Rossi and Rossi.
“Wheel of Life”, which talks about re-birth and the cause of suffering. In Buddhism as
per my knowledge, they have been using a lot of different symbols to teach Buddha's
teaching and which makes these complicated philosophies easier to understand.
In the Wheel of Life, “Pig” symbolizes “Ignorance”, “Snake” symbolizes “Anger”, and
“Rooster” symbolizes “Attachment”. These all emotions are considered the basic
cause of suffering and always keep looping, which never ends. Also, all color
represents five different elements of the universe such as white (represents air), yellow
(represents earth), red (represents fire), blue (represents space), and green (represents
water).
Visually, my works may not deliver the concept of negative emotion and suffering but I
intend to deliver how I find the positive energy out of it. I enjoy every step of making
art, especially printmaking. Most of my works are experimental and challenging for me
because I never had the opportunity to explore these techniques back in Nepal,
especially multi-color prints and lithography. I tried to explore different techniques of
making art and combine them to approach it in a more contemporary way. Likewise,
photography, digital drawing, performance, sound, painting, and printmaking.
In my recent works, I am trying to figure out what is the cause of emotions and how
senses are related to rise of the emotions and feelings. I have tried to continue the use
of symbols in my artworks and the new symbols are the representation of the five
senses. Such as “smoke” symbolizes “smell”, “mirror” symbolizes “vision”, “water”
symbolizes “taste”, “fabric” symbolizes “touch”, and “drum” symbolizes “sound”.
In near future, I want to see myself as a Buddhist contemporary artist. The artists that I
have been looking for as inspiration are Tshering Sherpa (who recently got featured in
Venice Biennale 2022), Tenzing Rigdol, Rubin Museum of Art, and Rossi and Rossi.
