Ragini Upadhayay GRELA
Ragini Upadhayay GRELA
Born 1959 / Kathmandu, Nepal
President of WOMEN ARTIST´S GROUP OF NEPAL
First lady Chancellor of Fine Arts Academy of Nepal in history of Nepal
Education
1982 Graduated in Fine Arts, Lucknow College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow, India
1983 – 1985 Studied prinmaking, Artist corner-Lalit Kala Academy, Garhi, New Delhi, India
1987 Fellowship sponsored by the British Council, Aberdeen, Scotland
1988 Oxford Printmaker, England, Fellowship sponsored by the British Council
1989 – 1990 Kunste Academy, Stuttgart, sponsored by Deutsch-Nepalischen Hilfsgemeinschaft, E.V., Stuttgart, Germany
Experience
1992, 1994, 1996 Guest Artist, Radier Werkstadt, Kampen Sylt, Germany
1996 Visiting Lecturer, Lahti’s Fine Art Institute, Türku Fine Art Institute, Finland
1996 Visiting Lecturer, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
1998, 1999 Presentation on Women Issue Paintings and Talk Program, Kulturmagasinet Museum, Helsingborg, Sweden
2006 Visiting Lecturer, Karachi School of Arts, Karachi, Pakistan
2007 Workshop on Nepali Paper on Etching at Institute of Art and Design, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
2008 Presentation, Nepalese Contemporary Women Artists, International Art Conference, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
2009 Presentation, Ragini Art, Pekka Halonen Academy of Art, Tuusula, Finland
2009 Presentation, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Presentation, FOMMA, Karachi, Pakistan
2011 Presentation, National Council of Art, Islamabad, Pakistan
2011 Workshop Presentation of Nepali Paper on Etching, Rawalpindi College of Art, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2012 Presentation, Ragini Art,Gorakhpur International Art Conference, Gorakhpur, India
2013 Presentation, Nepal Day at R. Joest, Museum, Koln, Germany
Awards
1979, 1985, 1988 National Exhibition Prize, Nepal
1986 Kate and Robert Wilson Prize, Bradford, UK
2002 Birendra-Aishwarya Memorial Medal, Kathmandu, Nepal
2005 50 Most Influential Women of Nepal, The Boss, Kathmandu, Nepal
2010 Sankalp Samman, Sankalp Nepal Welfare Society, Kathmandu, Nepal
2011 Best Student Award, 100 years of Lucknow College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow
2013 Toran Kumari Kala Sanskriti Award, Kathmandu, Nepal
2013 Senior Artist Honor Award, Nepal Commercial Artist Association of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
2014 Toran Kumari Memorial Award, India
She has had 58 solo exhibitions including Austria, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland, India, Pakistan, Japan, Hong Kong, Nepal and many group exhibitions in the Netherlands, UK, Italy, Belgium, Thailand, Bangladesh, Germany, Pakistan, India and Nepal. Her works are in private collections in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, USA, China, India, Pakistan and in Nepal. She makes prints.
She lives in Balkot, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Contact: ragini_art@me.com