Ragini CV July 2008

Ragini – oil painter and print maker

Education

1982- Graduated in Fine Arts from Arts and Crafts College, Lucknow (India).

1983-1985 - Studied the print’s techniques at the Artist Corner-Lalit Kala Academy, Garhi, New Delhi (India)

11-1987 to 03-1988 - Fellowship sponsored by the British Council in Peacock Printmaker in Aberdeen (Scotland) and 3 months in Oxford Printmaker (England),

10-1989 to 03-1990 - 5 months course at the Künste Akademy of Stuttgard sponsored by the German-Nepal help Association,.

Professional appointment

1992, 1994, 1996 - Guest Artist at the Radier Werkstadt, Kampen (Germany).

April-May 1996 - Visiting lecturer at the Lahti’s Fine Art Institute and Türku Fine Art Institute (Finland).

1996 - Visiting Lecturer at Indus school of Art. Karachi. Pakistan

1998,1999- Visiting lecturer at the Helsingborg Museum, Sweden.

2006, 2007 - Visiting Lecturer at Karachi school of Arts and School of Art and Design , Jamshoro, Pakistan

Member of BP Koirala Foundation since 2006

Solo exhibitions

1979	National Association of Fine Art, Kathmandu in the presence of late poet Bal Krishna Sharma
1980	Royal Nepal Airlines, Kathmandu
1981	October Gallery, Vajera Hotel, Kathmandu
1981	Fine Art Academy of Lucknow (India).Sponsored by Lalit Kala Academy of Lucknow and opened by late B.P. Koirala
1982	Morya Hotel, Patna (India).
1983	Fine Art Academy of India, Ravindra Bhawan (New Delhi), sponsored by the Nepalese Embassy in India.
1985	October Gallery in Vajera Hotel, Kathmandu.
1986	National Association of Fine Art, Kathmandu, opened by her Majesty the Queen of Nepal
1987	October Gallery in Vajera Hotel, Kathmandu.
1988	British Council Hall, Kathmandu, inaugurated by the Prime Minister Mr Marish Man Singh.
1989	Deutsch-Nepalischen Hilfgemeinschaft, Stuttgart(Germany).
1990	Goethe Institute , Frankfurt (Germany), guests of honours : the Consul of Nepal in Frankfurt and late Mrs Busak
1990	Goethe Institute , Schwabish Hall (Germany)
1990	Goethe Institute , Kathmandu opened by the Prime Minister Mr Krishna Prashad Bhattrai
1991	Shimba Gallery at Tokoshima (Japan)
1991	Ujuka Gallery at Naruto (Japan)
1991	Hananj restaurant and gallery at Kamojima (Japan)
1992	British Council Hall , Kathmandu
1992	Galerie Art du Temps, Verviers (Belgium)
1992	Galerie Eglau, Radier Werkstadt, at Kampen (Germany)
1994	French Cultural Centre, Kathmandu, & Galerie Eglau, Radier Werkstadt, at Kampen (Germany) title : « Politics, Dust and Love»
1994	Gallery Gamlastan, Helsingborg (Sweden)
1995	National Fine Art Association, Kathmandu, title : « The Myth of Politics »
1995	Gallery S, Eupen (Belgium)
1996	Gallery Joella, Türku (Finland) title : « Windows »
1996	Majuma Art Gallery, Karachi (Pakistan)
1997	Goethe Institute, Kathmandu, “Goddesses and Women, Mythology and Reality”
1997	Grand Hotel, Taipei (Taiwan), as part the YWCA World Meeting on “Violence Against Women”
1998	Gallery Oljemark, Helsinki, sponsored by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nepal Finland Society
1998	Gallery Harmaja, Oulu (Finland) sponsored by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1998	Gallery Bellange, Atelje, Stockholm, Sweden
1999	Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, “Sensitive Women”
2001	Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, “Ragini’s Odissey 2001” inaugurated by her Majesty the Queen of Nepal
2001	Studio am Schlob, Berlin
2001	Atelier S, Eupen, Belgium – Inaugurated by H.E. K.P. Shrestha Ambassador of Nepal to the EU
2002	The Sun never dies, Buddha lights and Truth Shines – Kathmandu Sep 2002 – Schorndorf (Germany Sep 2002) - Zielona Gora (Poland)
2003	Permanent display at the International Club – Sanepa – Nepal
2003	Rotary Club, Halle, Belgium
2004	Permanent display at the « GALLERY MOKSH » - Jamsikhel – Lalitpur – Nepal
2005	Time Wheel at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu
2006	Time Wheel at the Academy of Fine Art and Literature, New Delhi sponsored ICCR
2006	Time Wheel at the ICCR Gallery, Hyderabad, India
2006	People’s Power at Nafa Art Gallery Kathmandu, opened dpty Prime Minister KP Oli
2007	Sound of Love at Majmua Art Gallery, Karachi Pakistan & Art Shop, Kathmandu
2007	People Power - Culture House ( Manufaktur ) Shorndorf, Germany
2008	Venetian Multiveral Academy, Stoss im Himmel Vienna, Austria
2009	Love in the Air, Siddartha Art Gallery , Kathmandu , Nepal.

Group exhibitions

Kathmandu : 1979, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989,1999
Calcutta (India) : 1980
Madras (India) : 1980
Srinagar (India) : 1980
Tokoshima (Japan) : 1988
Arijiano (Italy) : 1990
Luxembourg : 1992
Liège (Belgium) : 1992
Eupen (Belgium) 1994
Lahti (Finland) : 1996

2007 – GALLERY OPEN EYE, Edinburgh , Scotland , U. K.

2007 - KUNSCENTRUM HAARLEM – Haarlem, Netherlands.

2007 - SIDDARTHA ART GALLERY - Kathmandu, Nepal,

2008 - JAMSHORO School of Art and Design Gallery – Jamshoro – Pakistan

International exhibitions

International Biennial, Lubjiana (ex Yugoslavia), 1983.
International Print Graphic Exhibition, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, 1983 and 1984.
International Asian Biennial, Dhaka (Bangladesh) 1983.
British International Print Biennial, Cardwright Hall, Bradford (England) 1986, Osaka Triennial 1991.

Prizes and awards

National Exhibition Prize (Nepal) 1979, 1985, 1988.
Kate and Robert Wilson Prize, Bradford (UK) 1986.
Birendra Aswaria Memorial Medal Kathmandu 2002.

Present in official collections

Bradford Museum, UK., SARC building, Kathmandu, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Tribhuvan Airport, VVIP room, Kathmandu. Nepal Television Office, Kathmandu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other governement Offices, Kathmandu, Fine Art Academy, Lucknow, India, King Birendra Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan.

Present in private collections

In Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Malaysia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA.

Contact

Ragini Upadhyay - Grela

Balkot – 1/110, Bhaktapur
Nepal

ragini@mos.com.np

tel : +977 1 6630335

Mobile : +977 98510 52244

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