ABOUT



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A Brief Introduction of The Artist
Ishan Pariyar (born 1984) a visual artist who has earned his MFA Degree in Painting from Central Department of Fine Art, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2013. He is the recipient of ‘National Fine Art Award’ by Nepal Academy of Fine Art, ‘Creative Young Artist Award’ by Shiddhi Setuli Pratisthan, ‘Sita Shree Talent Award’ by Pant Memorial Academy, ‘Prashanta Memorial Scholarship Talent Award’ by Prashanta Memorial Society and numerous art prizes.
He has three solo shows to his credit.
He is also a proficient performance artist who has participated in Kathmandu International Performance Art Festival 2016 organized by Bindu space for artists, 18th NIPAF ASIA series (Nippon International Performance Art Festival), Japan in August 2015, Kolkata International Performance Art Festival India in 2016 & 2014, furthermore he has participated in Series of Performance Art in Kathmandu organized by Bindu space for artist since 2013.
He was selected in AIR_MCUBE artist in residence by Gallery MCUBE in 2014, ‘Artists Residency Program’ by Bindu space for artists’ in 2012. He has participated in National/International art exhibitions including ‘International Watercolor Festival’ International Watercolor Society, at Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, ‘Silence’ group art exhibition organized by Nepal Europe Art Center, Sanepa, Kathmandu, ‘Imago Mundi Nepal Collection’ exhibition at Taragaon Museum, Boudha, Kathmandu, ‘Art for Nature’ Relief fund for Wildlife Victims RFWV & EBA Project at Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, ‘Shraddhanjali’ Asia Level Art Show, AAO in Orissa India, ‘Nepali Watercolor Painting’ by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, 6th ‘Incubarte International Art Festival’ in Spain, “7th , 8th, 9th & 10th Park Art Fair” and ‘return to nature’ an art excursion and exhibition by Park Gallery,  National Art Exhibition by NAFA since 2006.  Participated in art workshops like ‘Experiment in Watercolor’, International Watercolor Society (IWS) Nepal, Conservation Art Tour 2070 by National Trust for Nature Conservation (ACAP) in Kaski, NCELL Kalajatra by Kathmandu Contemporary Art Center, ‘Federal Life’ workshop & exhibition by UNDP and Kathmandu University, CRACK International Art Camp in  Bangladesh, ‘Techne’ kala’: enriching art practices through research by Lasanaa, Collaborative art workshop and research by Bindu space for artists’, Running with cameras’ video-art workshop by Sutra.
Currently, he is working and living in Kathmandu.




Bio Data


Artist’s Name:   Ishan Pariyar
Father’s Name: Late Sarbe Pariyar
Mother’s Name:  Late Khim Kumari Pariyar
Date of Birth: 1984
Permanent Address: Pokhara-15, Tutunga, Kaski, Nepal
Local address: Teku, Kathmandu, Nepal
Website: www.ishanpariyar.wordpress.com
Blog:  www.ishanishart.blogspot.com
E-mail:  ishan.pariyar@gmail.com

Membership: 
Creative Artists’ Group, Pokhara
Artists’ society of Nepal, Kathmandu
Spectrum, Kathmandu
Academic Qualifications:
2013– Masters in Fine Arts (Painting), Central Department of Fine Arts,
               Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
2011– Bachelor in Fine Arts (Painting), Lalit Kala  Campus, Tribhuvan University,  Kathmandu
2008– Intermediate in Fine Arts (Painting), Lalit Kala Campus, Tribhuvan University, 
2006– Bachelor in Arts (English), Janapriye Multiple Campus, Simalchour ,Pokhara
2003– Intermediate in Arts, Kalika Multiple Campus, Kajipokhari ,Pokhara
2000– SLC (School Leaving Certificate), Shreee Siddha Secondary School, Phalepatan, Pokhara
1995– Primary level from Shree Janaki Primary School, Mahatgauda-17, Pokhara
Solo Art Exhibition  

2013   –   ‘Better than Bitter’, Patan Museum, Lalitpur, Nepal
2006   –   ‘Color of Experience’, PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara, Nepal
2006   –    Space Cell Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Participation in residency
2014    – AIR_MCUBE Local Artist in Residency Program organized Gallery MCUBE, Lalitpur
2012    – Residency Art Program by Bindu, a space for artists’, Kopundol, Lalitpur
Performance Art Shows
2016–Kathmandu International Performance Art Festival, Bindu space for artists’, Kathmandu
2015– Nippon International Performance Art Festival (NIPAF), Tokyo, Osaka $ Nagano, Japan
2015– ’Time’ performance art at Taragaon Museum, by Bindu, a space for artists
2014– ’10 Minutes’ performance art at Taragaon Museum, by Bindu, a space for artists
2014– ‘Ethos of Surrounding” at AIR_MCUBE Open House Exhibition at Gallery MCUBE
2014– International Live Performance Art by bindu, a space for artists, Kathmandu
2014– Kolkata International Performance Arts Festival, at Stidio21, Kolkata, India
Participation in Art Exhibitions
2016– International Watercolor Festival, IWS Nepal, Nepal Art Council Gallery, Kathmandu
2016– ‘Silence’ group art exhibition organized by Nepal Europe Art Center, Kathmandu
2016– ‘Imago Mundi Nepal Collection’ exhibition at Taragaon Museum, Boudha, Kathmandu
2016– ‘The-Lit: Exclusion Within’ Nexus Culture Nepal
2016– ‘Nepali Pasal’ the Nepali Shop at Asia Kula Kula ring, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju,
                South Korea
2016– ‘ Art for Nature’ Relief fund for Wildlife Victims RFWV & Eba at Nepal Art Council,
                 Kathmandu
2016– National Art Exhibition by Nepal Academy of Fine Art, at Nepal Art Council,                                           Kathmandu
2016– Exhibition by Creative Artists Group at Pokhara Art Gallery
2015– Let’s start, Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, at Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu
2015– MFA ‘69 Batch Group Art Exhibition, Art Council, Kathmandu
2015– “9th Park art Fair” by Park Gallery, Pulchowk, Lalitpur
2015– National Art Exhibition by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Kathmandu
2014– “8th Park art Fair” by Park Gallery, Pulchowk, Lalitpur
2014– AIR_MCUBE artist in residence Open House Exhibition at Gallery MCUBE, Chakupat,                    Lalitpur
2014– ‘Shraddhanjali’ Asia Level Art Show, by Artist Association of Orissa, India
2014– Snow Leopard Conservation art exhibition by Annapurna Conservation Area Project,
                Pokhara
2014– ‘Mansoon’ Painting exhibition organized by creative Artists’ Group,
                 Pokhara Art Gallery
2014– National Art Exhibition by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Balmandir, Kathmandu
2014– ‘Unity in Diversity’ group art exhibition by Spectrum at Pokhara Art Gallery, Pokhara
2014– ‘Nepali Watercolour Painting’ by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts
2013– Conservation Art Tour, Painting Exhibition, Pokhara
2013– 6th ‘Incubarte International Art Festival’, Valencia, Spain
2013– A Federal Life, Exhibition by UNDP and Kathmandu University at Yala Maya Kendra
2013– “Park Art Fair” organized by Park Art Gallery, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal
2013– National Art Exhibition by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Balmandir, Kathmandu
2013– ‘return to nature’ an art excursion and exhibition by Park Art Gallery, Nepal
2012– National Art Exhibition by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Balmandir, Kathmandu
2012– Etching Print Art Exhibition by Newa Chhen Art Gallery, Patan, Lalitpur
2012– ‘Portrait to self-portrait’ a project by Antonia Nodar organized by Kathmandu
                 Contemporary Arts Center(KCAC), Patan Museum, Lalitpur, Nepal
2012– 9th annual art exhibition by Spectrum, Art Council, Kathmandu
2011– National Art Exhibition by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Balmandir, Kathmandu
2011– 8th annual art exhibition by Spectrum, Art Council, Kathmandu
2010– Gaijatra cartoon exhibition, PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara
2010– Painting workshop and exhibition, Lalitkala Manch, Kathmandu, Nepal
2009– Drug rehab painting workshop and exhibition by Ecstasy,
                Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu
2009– Group art exhibition, Sarlahi , Nepal
2009– ‘Spring Celebration’, PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara
2009– Nirvana Artists’ Group, Birgunj, Nepal
2009– Sambahak, group art exhibition by Nepal Lalitkala Manch, Butwal
2008– Home Coming Exhibition, Family Academia Korea at Art Council, Kathmandu
2008– Festivals and Heritage of Nepal by Lions Club, Lalitpur
2008– 2’ nd Straw art exhibition by Brain Power, Tourism Board, Kathmandu
2008– Inter college painting exhibition, Rising Artists Group, Art Council, Kathmandu
2008– Alfresco, Art Exhibition, Art Council, Kathmandu
2008– ‘Lalit Kala Art Week’Lalit kala campus, Kathmandu
2007– Aesthetic Art Gallery, Pokhara
2007– Champapur painting exhibition, Art Council, Kathmandu
2007– 6’th annual art exhibition, Spectrum, Art Council, Kathmandu
2007– Art exhibition by POYUSAP, PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara
2007– Contemporary Art exhibition, NAFA, Kathmandu
2007– Lalitkala Festival  in Lalitkala campus, Kathmandu
2007– Armala Painting Exhibition in PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara
2007– Nepal Jaycees, Kathmandu
2007– Poster exhibition on HIV/AIDS, Kathmandu
2006– Gaijatra Cartoon Exhibition (yearly) PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara (2002-2006)
2006– Creative Artists` Group, Pokhara
2006– National Art and Craft exhibition, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Kathmandu
2004– Creative Artists` group, PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara
2003– Creative Artists` Group, PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara
2002–  Pokhreli Yuwa Saskritik Pariwar and Yuwa Boudhha  Sangh, Pokhara

Participation in the art workshop
2018 - Pourakhi Kala Utsab' a workshop during Internation domestic worker day, Pourakhi Nepal
2018 -  Beat Plastic Pollution ' World Environment Day at Central Zoo, Lalitpur
2018 - ' Tista Kagada Ekikaran' Workshop organized by Nepal Kala Mandal at Chandragiri
                 Gadhi, Kathmandu
2017  - Buddha and Modern Art, Boudhha Arghau Sadan, Pokhara
2017 - KIPAF 17 Performance Art Workshop ' SPACE, + BODY AS A MATERIAL' by
                 TONY SCHWENSEN, Kolkata, India
2016 -  INTERIOR AND EXHIBITION DESIGN WORKSHOP by
                Siddhartha Art Foundation Education initiative
2016 - ' Experiment in Watercolor', International Watercolor Society Nepal
2016– ‘Experiment in Watercolor’, International Watercolor Society (IWS) Nepal, Kathmandu
2015 – ‘Lets stART’ Workshop at Basantapur
2014– ‘Unity in Diversity’art workshop in Pokhara by Spectrum, Artists’ Association
2014– Snow Leopard Conservation Art Tour by Annapurna Conservation Area Project,                                 Jomsom, Mustang
2013– Feminine Force, performance art workshop by Action aid, Lasanaa & Ashmita Nepal
2013– ‘Reflection of Lumbini’ workshop and exhibition organized by Ostrich Nepal, Lumbini
2013– Conservation Art Tour 2070 by National Trust for Nature Conservation (ACAP), Kaski
2013– ‘NCELL Kaala Jatra’ Paper mache mask making workshop KCAC and NCELL
2012– ‘Free the life within you’, Painting workshop by KCAC AIR Ted Barr
2012– CRACK International Art Camp at Kustia, Bangladesh
2012–  National workshop on building  artists’ network in Nepal by Lasanaa, Kathmandu
2012– ‘Art for public’ a workshop by run by young artists of Pokhara and NAFA
2012– ‘Techne’ kala’: enriching art practices through research by Lasanaa, Kathmandu
2011– ‘Art for Public’ a road painting show by young artists of Pokhara, Pokhara
2011– A workshop celebrating shivaratri at Pashupatinath, by Spectrum, Kathmandu
2010– ‘Art for Public’ a movement by young artists, Lakeside, Pokhara
2010– Awareness  raising through art by NAFA, Karuna Foundation and CPN, Kathmandu
2010– ‘Sadhbhab’, An art workshop  by Nepal Academy of Fine Art (NAFA), Kathmandu
2010– ‘Baadal’painting workshop by Zero Century Nepal
2009– Greeting card competition, Bird Conservation Nepal, Kathmandu
2009– Workshop by Rising Artists Group, Tourism Board, Kathmandu
2009– Teesa Sahitye Pala’, Lalitkala Campus, Kathmandu
2009– Children’s illustration in Nepal, Denis writers association, children’s literature society                     & Room to read, Nagarkot
2008– Development of children literature and illustration in Nepal, Denis writer’s association,
                children’s literature society and Room to Read, Nagarkot
2008– Art workshop by Creative Artists Group, Pokhara
2008– Collaborative art workshop and research, Bindu, Kathmandu
2008– Art mela on international earth day, Kathmandu
2007– Running with cameras’, video-art workshop by Sutra, at Pokhara
2007– Swarnim Bouddha Bihar, Sunakoti, Lalitpur
2007– ASA, Pulchowk Engineering College, Lalitpur
2007– kala Upaban, by National Association of Fine Arts, Kathmandu
2007– ‘Champapur festival ‘, Commercial Artists Association and Champapur Jaycees
2005– Armala Bikash Manch, Pokhara
2005– Creative Artists` Group, Pokhara
2004– Nepal Mountaineering Association, Pokhara
2004– Armala  Bikash  Manch, Pokhara
2002– Organized by Poyusap and Yuwa Boudhha Sangh
(2002-2006) – Workshop organized by Pokhreli Yuwa Saskritik Pariwar, Pokhara)

Awards
2016-  Honored by ‘Creative Young Artist Award, 2073’ by Creative Artists’ Group, Pokhara
2016-  Honored by ‘National Fine Art Award’, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Naxal, Kathmandu
2012-  Awarded in Eastern Region Art Exhibition by Camlin Limited at Birla Art Academy,                             Kolkata, India
2011-  ‘Sita Shree Pant talent award’ by Pant Memorial Academy, Kathmandu
2011-  Third position ‘my blood your life’ by Red Cross Society, Kathmandu
2009- ‘Prasanta Memorial Scholarship talent Award’ by Prashanta Memorial Society,
                 Kathmandu
2009-  First, Lalitkala Award by NFSU, Lalitkala Campus, Kathmandu
2009-  Third position in Poster competition by Nepal Red Cross, Kathmandu
2008-  First prize ‘Climate Change’ National Level Open Art competition,
                Eurasia Reiyukai Kathmandu
2008-  First, Open Art Competition, Creative Youth Society, Kathmandu
2008-  Consolation prize in Mt. Everest day, ANFSU, Lalitkala Campus
2008-  First prize in water caravan, peace on the move, by Guthi and USAID Nepal
2008-  Best prize, Eurasia Reiyukai, Kathmandu
2007-  First Prize in valley-wide inter college art competition, Lalit Kala Campus, Kathmandu
2007-  First prize in Lalitkala art week, Lalitkala Campus, Kathmandu
2007-  First Prize in International Marathon open watercolor painting competition, Lalitpur
2005- Admiration Prize in western regional art exhibition by Royal Nepal Academy,
               Nepal Association of Fine Arts (NAFA) and Creative Artists  Group, Pokhara
2005- Consolation Prize in Valley-wide art competition, Nepal Mountaineering Association                        Pokhara
2004-  Putali Sai Memorial Award, Janapriye Multiple Campus, Pokhara
School Level Art Competition
1998- First Prize, District level Art Competition
               organized by Pragatitishil Rastriye Yuwa Sangh, Pokhara
1998- Consolation prize in District level Card Making Competition by Red Cross
1997-Third Prize, District level Art Competition organized by Nepal Redcross Society

Working experience
  • Office secretary at PSM Art Gallery run by Creative Artists’ Group, Pokhara ( 2000- 2006)
  • Art Teacher For different institutions like Harvard Academy, Pokhara(2006), Little Blossom englsh public School, Kathmandu(2007-9), Paramount Academy, Kathmandu(2009-11)
  • Article published in Canvas weekly art magazine in various issues.
  • Art Teacher at Triyog Higher Secondary School, Kathmandu since July 2011- 2016
  • Co-ordinate art events
  • a paper presentation on ‘Possibilities and future of watercolor painting in Nepali Context’ for Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in 2015
  • Working as Freelance illustrator for children’s book and magazine.

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