Siddhartha Art Gallery

Basic Information

The Siddhartha Art Gallery established on September the 27th, 1987 as a contemporary art space and meeting point for artists from Nepal and abroad. In 1997, the Gallery relocated to the magnificent Baber Mahal Revisited complex. The Siddhartha Art Gallery has been active in the promotion of contemporary Nepalese art and has strived to introduce international perspectives in art, to the Kathmandu community. Over the years artists from India, Pakistan, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, South Africa, Mauritius, Taiwan, China, Jordan, Canada, France, Austria, Australia, Finland, Aruba, Curacao, Cuba, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Japan, China along with the Autonomous Region of Tibet, Korea, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States have held their exhibitions at the Gallery.

Over the last twenty nine years the Gallery has organized more than 435 exhibitions.Some have been land mark events: the retrospective exhibitions by the late Amar Chitrakar, Karna Narsingh Rana, Shashikala Tiwari, Ragini Upadhya-Grela, Uttam Nepali, Shashi Shah, the late Tej Bahadur Chitrakar and Birendra Pratap Singh. The Siddhartha launched 'Celebrating Line', the first ever exhibition of drawings in the capital, a powerful anti-conflict exhibition by the eminent artist from Pokhara, Durga Baral and an exhibition by the celebrated Bombay based artist Laxman Shrestha. The Gallery has also organized exhibitions of Nepali artists in London, India, Bangladesh and in Pakistan.

Major Projects

• 27-09-1987 "September Collection I" Paintings & Sculpture by 10 Artists
• 25-07-1989 "Oil & Water Colour" by Shyam Lal Shrestha
• 23-01-1991 "Charcoal Sketches & Water Colour" by David Douglas
• 03-04-1992 "The Human Mind" - Paintings by Uttam Nepali
• 31-08-1992 "My Earth And Sky" - Paintings by Shashikala Tiwari
• 15-09-1992 "Retrospective Exhibition" Paintings & Drawings by Amar Chitrakar
• 02-12-1996 "When Seasons Change", Joint - Paintings by Karna Narsingh Rana &  Shashikala Tiwari
• 15-05-2000 "A Photographic Exhibition" by Andrew Willgress (U.S.A)
• 14-09-2001 "Paintings" by Batsa Gopal Vaidya
• 26-05-2003 "West of the Silk Route"-Paintings by Ben Schonveld (UK)
• 10-05-2005 "Samaya Chakra" - Mixed Media works by Ragini Upadhyay-Grela
• 20-11-2005 "Images of Lifetime … A Historical Perspective Paintings & Drawings" by Late Tej Bahadur Chitrakar
• 15-03-2007 "Laxman Shrestha in Kathmandu" by Laxman Shrestha
• 25-03-2007 Retrospective - Celebrating 40 years of Creativity - Shashi Shah
• 19-03-2008 "The Unspoken | cJoQm" by Mr. Madan Chitrakar
• 23-03-2008 "Joonle Pani Polchha" by Late Rajya Laxmi Rana
• 08-01-2010 "In the Eye of the Storm" by Mr. Manuj Babu Mishra
• 17-12-2010 "Let''s Talk About Art Baby !" by Mr. Sujan Chitrakar
• 25.11.2012 KIAF - 'EARTH | BODY| MIND'
• 24.03.2013 "Expressions of Devotions" by Mr. Uma Shanker Shah and Dr. Seema Sharma Shah
• 05.05.2013 "Rediscovering the Legend - Shri Narottam Das Shrestha
• 03.09.2014  "ARTISTS UNITE - CALL FOR ACTION IN SUPPORT OF FLOOD RELIEF" by 92 Artist
• 27.03.2015  "Birendra Pratap Singh - A Retrospective"
• 18.05.2016  "Photographs & Portraits from the private collection of Kamala Lama"