Nepal Pavilion

The inaugural Nepal Pavilion aimed to help raise the profile of Nepal as one of the most vibrant countries for the production, promotion, and presentation of contemporary art. 

Tales of Muted Spirits – Dispersed Threads – Twisted Shangri-La was curated by artists Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hit Man Gurung, and featured the work of artist Tsherin Sherpa, one of Nepal’s foremost contemporary artists. For the Biennale Arte 2022, Sherpa collaborated with artists from across Nepal to draw upon materials from a shared history and incorporate accounts encoded in oral cultures, woven languages, and quotidian rituals to implicate an intersectional and intertwined past that problematizes contradictory conceptualizations of Nepal as well as the broader Himalayan region. 

Appointed by Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the project was co-commissioned by the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts and the Siddhartha Arts Foundation, with lead global support from the Rubin. 

The Nepal Pavilion was open at the Biennale Arte 2022 from April 23 through November 27, 2022.