Sangee Shrestha is a multidisciplinary freelance visual artist whose artistic journey spans around three decades. Through her creative works, she explores the complexities of human emotion, identity, and social contradiction through a distinctive blend of figurative expression and geometric abstraction. Through her artistic works, she doesn’t only expose human hypocrisy but also explores emotional states such as love, hate, joy and jealousy. Heer use of geometric shapes particularly the rectangles, squares, and polygons disrupts the surface to evoke deeper psychological and social dimensions, suggesting the fragmentation and mechanization of contemporary life.
Her solo exhibition titled “Antardrishti” or “An Innver Vision,” kicked off at Kala Salon, Chhaya Centre, Thamel, Kathmandu on February 19, 2026, runs for two weeks. The exhibition was inaugurated by chief guest Ms. Nabha Basnyat Thapa, head, Culture Sector, UNESCO, Nepal.
In this exhibition, the artist has set herself a challenge to create multiple sets of works that complement each other in them and in vision. “She has poured herself, heart and soul into creating these intricate works, working steadly over months and years, conceptualizing and executing some of the most sophisticated works of her career,” according to art curator Sophia L. Pande.
“My practice is rooted in the belief that making is a sacred dialogue,” writes Sangee. “It is a conversation between the seen and unseen, where invisible emotions take shape and are brought into light.”
Different mediums she used for her works on display include oil painting, print-making, clay and ceramic as well. “Painting and ceramics allow me to explore the dualityiof creation, the fluidity of movement and the solidity of form,” she opines. “In painting, I use gestures that carry emotion like bereath across a surface.”
“I don’t impose meaning, since I trust the viewers,” she writes, adding “I hope that viewers come without perceptions, allowing their own inner landscapes to rise emotionally and intuitively.”
“In this way, my work becomes a mirror, a silent, sacred conversation between artist and observer, soul to soul.”
Sangee has been awarded with the National Sward in Contemporary Art (2018), Special Award by the National Academy of Fine Arts (2015), Araniko National Art Award: Gold Medal (2010) among others. She has organized several notable solo exhibitions, including ‘Abyakta Abhibyaktiharu,’ ‘Sambeg,’ and ‘Spandan.’