Meet the team working to curate, produce and present Kathmandu Triennale 2077. While these are the primary members of the KT2077 team, we work very closely with a number of valued collaborators, volunteers, consultants and advisors who make the Triennale possible on all levels and stages of the project.
Sangeeta Thapa
Chairperson/Founder
Sharareh Bajracharya
Director
Cosmin Costinas
Artistic Director
Sheelasha Rajbhandari + Hit Man Gurung
Co-Curators
Apoorva Rajagopal
Head of Communications + Development
Dipak Lama + Suresh Maharjan
Production Team Co-Leads
Luniva Shakya
Manager
Curatorial Assistants
Dipti Sherchan
Jagdish Moktan
Pooja Pant
Priyankar Bahadur Chand
Sanjeev Maharjan
Tenzing Sedonla Ukyab Lama
Urmila Gamwa Tharu
Venue Managers & Coordinators
Aman Shahi
Bishal Yonjan (& Program Coordinator)
Denish Maharjan
Hitesh Vaidya
Kamal Shrestha
Laxmi Tamang
Matina Maharjan
Puja Maharjan
Rashana Bajracharya
Rubi Maharjan (& Program Coordinator)
Sara Tunich Koinch
Subas Tamang
Sujan Bir Bajracharya
Sujan Shrestha
Researchers
Vibhustuti Thapa
Priyankar Bahadur Chand
Editorial Team
Cosmin Costinas
Sheelasha Rajbhandari
Hit Man Gurung
Priyankar Bahadur Chand
with
Apoorva Rajagopal
Sharareh Bajracharya
Tenzing Sedonla Ukyab Lama
Translators
Bikkil Sthapit
Kriti Adhikari
Prawin Adhikari
Priyankar Bahadur Chand
Rajendra Maharjan
Ritu Rajbanshi
Rochak Dahal
Tricia Taormina
Photography and Video
Kathaharu
Hitesh Vaidya
Denish Maharajan
Aman Shahi
Sujan Shrestha
Media Coordinators, Nepal
Urza Acharya
Sarthak Bhattarai
Nischal Khadka
Multimedia Manager
Shreeti Prajapati
Artwork Storage Manager
Pragya Thapa
Artwork Logistics Coordinator
Binod Bhujel
Administrative Officer
Sanjan Shrestha
Accountant
Volunteers
Bibek Khoteja
Bikash Gurung
Dikshya Rai
Krijan Manandhar
Kripan Subedi
Menuka Shahi
Prabina Joshi
Pursottam Chaudhary
Rasna Shrestha
Rojan Bajracharya
Rojan Maharjan
Ronisha Shrestha
Sabina Rai
Sacheena Shrestha
Safal Dhakhwa
Samna Rai
Subeckshya Shakya
Sulav Napit
Yambang Thapa Magar
Sangeeta Thapa is Chairperson and Founder of Kathmandu Triennale. She is also the Founder/Director of Siddhartha Arts Foundation as well as Siddhartha Art Gallery, established in 1987 in Kathmandu.
Read MoreSharareh Bajracharya is an arts educator and administrator who believes in the power of the arts to make the earth tremble, loosen up, for change. She is the Chairperson and Co-Founder of Srijanalaya, a non-profit organisation incorporating arts and creativity into education.
Read MoreCosmin Costinas is Executive Director/Curator of Para Site, a leading independent non-profit for contemporary arts in Hong Kong.
Read MoreSheelasha Rajbhandari is an artist based in Nepal. She is a founding member of ArTree Nepal artist collective, and has work housed in major international collections, contibuted to publications and has collaborated with Hit Man Gurung on several projects.
Read MoreHit Man Gurung is an artist based in Nepal and is one of the founding members of ArTree Nepal artist collective. His works have been collected widely. He also continues to collaborate with Sheelasha Rajbhandari on various projects including curation and publications.
Read MoreDipak Lama is a visual artist and Founder of Aakar Kalaghar centre for art and design. He also works as a freelancer in production mentoring and advising for projects related to the art field.
Read MoreSuresh Maharjan is a visual artist based in Kathmandu. He also runs weekly community art classes, and has worked in art event production since 2012.
Read MoreApoorva is an arts administrator based out of Hong Kong. She has experience in fundraising, audience building and business development for arts institutions.
Read MoreLuniva Shakya is an arts administrator currently based in Kathmandu. She has worked as a docent, artist liaison, exhibition assistant and project coordinator in Hawai'i and Nepal, and looks to reimagine historical and contemporary praxes in art and museology in all her roles.
Read MoreDipti is a PhD candidate whose research interest lies at the intersection of athropology, art history and feminist studies.
Read MoreSanjeev Maharjan is an artist and art educator based in Kathmandu. He is Co-Founder of Drawing Room KTM, and a founding member of Srijanalaya.
Read MoreJagdish is a visual artist who works independently and as part of Aakrit artist collective based in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Read MoreSedon is an arts adminitrator and collaborator who is passionate about Himalayan arts and antiquities. She is based in Nepal but works with artists and collectives across Asia and the US.
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