Chand Kumar Bhattarai
Artist Statement
It’s all about being not of becoming…
It’s all about expressing not impressing…feeling deep within and living in NOW
–feeling presence
Remaining silent and listening to existence…smile…expressing emotions and
devotions to my art work…
It’s all about free will and freedom of expression…There is no limits to mediums and
means…
It is a mixed media, a fusion, juxtapose, contrast and clear abstract…as we human
are…
Look around our surrounding, beautiful nature, ecosystem and even food chain …
we all are interrelated …we do coexist …still a unified inspirational art…be natural.
Some universal, few controversial yet rooted traditionally in mind fused with modest
style…
I am simply don’t believe in any category or time period, as time is just an illusion…
…it’s beyond and invisible…exploring everything around…
Creative art knows no boundaries and reasons…no distinction /discrimination–caste,
creed, religion and gender...We are same …human being born under same blue
sky, same blood runs through our veins and feels with heart, a mortal.
Being real and creating virtual worlds around…
Coming from inside out where heart units with hands of an artist to produce an art
piece whether it’s just a brush stroke or scribbles with pen…
It’s not medium that counts, it’s the artist‘s rich feeling and passion for transferring
his invisible imagination into reality matters.
Officially origin from Gelephu, south of Bhutan and then moved to other southern
border town Phuentsholing, neighbor to Jaigaon (small village town) India. As most
of my childhood days and education are rooted in phuentsholing.It is a frontier
where two distinct worlds meet. It is a frontier where the safety of the Himalayan
Mountains does not exist much yet beautiful to live in .Finding bright side in any
pitch blackness of life…simply believing my beliefs-human beings have the power
beyond what we think we can…love and beliefs heals everything, live to love have
faith..I have absorbed the sounds, smells, movement, feelings and images of a
collision and fusing of two cultural worlds.
Being one-eyed fused with artistic styles…finding beauty in imperfections and living
with challenges as my creative process. I am forever……
Volunteered and helped in conducting regular voluntary weekend Visual Art Classes
and art counseling for school going/out of school youth and old Bhutanese art
enthusiasts in VAST(Voluntary Artist’s Studio of Thimphu) Bhutan.
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Dorji Wangchuk
Artist Statement
In the attic of my ancestral home in Mongar, my eyes drowned in a sea of yellow, saffron and orange as I measured the vastness of our annual maize harvest hanging from the beams. Outside, I soaked the lush green succulence of the chillies growing in our garden. From the dark green forests overlooking our house, the soulful notes from a cowboy’s flute floated down the terraced rice fields. With our pet dog lazing in the sun, the sounds of the clashing cymbals and the chanting in a neighbour’s house were a familiar treat to my ears. Wanting to capture these blessings, I’d slip into a reverie only to be awakened by a sudden gust of wind that ruffled the dormant prayer flags, sending a breeze of freshness into the late autumn afternoon in rural eastern Bhutan.
Many years later, the blessings of Bhutan and my good fortune landed me in the sphere of activities of a creative and a caring soul in the person of Azha Kama. In 1998, I found myself in the womb of a nurturing body, VAST, the Visual Artists Studio of Thimphu. Under the stewardship of Azha Kama and myself as one of the founding members, my journey as an artist was enriched and the traveller in me was emboldened.
Thanks to these blessings and the support of my family, I’ve been able to embark on intrepid journeys when it comes to artistic explorations. My own experiences have been characterized by joy and sorrow, courage and fear, strength and weakness, love, pain, life and death.
I’m deeply honored that my humble offerings will be the first display of an artist’s work at Alaya Gallery, the new home of VAST. In my journey as an artist, my guiding star has been VAST, and art itself has become my life.
In our new home, through the extraordinary powers and expressive possibility made possible by art, I invite you to share my passion in exploring the canvas of everyday sensations of life ad the unparalleled beauty of Bhutan.
Tashi Delek!
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Maiyesh Kumar Tamang
Artist Statement
Theme :Human struggle
Media :Sculpture
This sculpture is created as a reflection of our human life. Many of us tend to forget the real
meaning of life and most of us are lost in the land of attachment and hatred.
The way this sculpture is build it tells us about the hardship that is involved in our human life.
In order to be a prefect human being one need to struggle a lot and sacrifice many things on the
way to perfection. There are lot’s of things that needs to be sacrifice.
Though our life is too precious to get. But when we are born as a human being we are
bounded by four suffering in this short life.
These suffering are pain of Birth, Aging, Getting sick and Death.
With this four sufferings and our desire and greed burning like a flame in this life .We are
never happy. So in order to explore internal peace within oneself we have to give up all our
attachment for the things that we are in love.
So in order to attain the peaceful and pure mind he need to struggle. So the various curls which
is going around sculpture represents the phase of our struggle that we face in this life.
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Pema Tshering
Artist Statement
When I was 13 years old, I became an
active member of VAST-Bhutan (Voluntary
Artists Studio Thimphu). Attending all the
weekend art workshops, and absorbing as
much as I could from my mentors, art has
become the only way of life for me.
I tend to favor watercolor, as I enjoy the
challenge of controlling color in fluid
space, and the results of controlled
technique with free borders and nuances
of spontaneity. Although most of my
watercolor work is landscapes and
portraits, I have started to enjoy
experimenting with more abstract images
using the water color technique. The
current pieces here represent one of my
ventures into abstract imagery with water
color.
In most of my art work, I am preoccupied
with the feeling of being surrounded by
spiritualism. My art explores Buddhist
spiritualism and how it manifests in
everyday objects, portraits, symbols and
common life. I try to visualize and explore
landscapes of belief, faith and the
supernatural. The current pieces attempt
to envision the inner turmoil, journey and light of a practitioner, while envisioning
the very physical and visual presence of
being.
Growing up in Bhutan, a country deeply
entrenched in traditional Buddhist art, I
try to free the Buddhist concepts from the
regulations of its traditional
representation and psyche.
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Sukbir Bishwa
Artist Statement
As a small boy of eight or nine back in the village, where Paper and pencils were luxury items my young uncle (maternal) use to draw small designs on fullscape paper or wooden planks use to be a mesmerising affair and getting inspired was only very natural.
Later, as I passed out from the Primary school and joined the junior high school Color brushes and Drawing books were very generousely supplied by the Government and the passion started flowering…every year the painting competitions use to be my favourite show and gettingt awarded was easy. Also the Award that I received in 1975 motivated me to paint more.
And in 1984 when I joined the Government Service I could buy the materials and paint my favourite subjects in the evenings or during weekends . Ultimately, after serving the government for more than 23 years and I resigned in 2009 and persued my passion and in March 2012 I was able to open a small gallery in Thimphu.
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Zuki Nima
Artist Statement
Conceptual
Photography,
Video
Installations,
Social
Documentations,
Animations
and
designing.
Resolving
social
issues.
Environmental
projects.
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