RAGINI UPADHAYAY
(Artist/Printmaker)
Former Chancellor, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (2014-2018) Nepal’s First Woman Chancellor at Art Academy
President, Shivata Love Foundation, Nepal https://shivata-love.org
Member, BP Koirala India-Nepal Foundation (BPKF)
Former President, Women Artists’ Group of Nepal (WAGON)
Former Director, Artist Proof Gallery, Nepal.
Web: www.ragini-art.com
Email: ragini_art@me.com
Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragini_Upadhyaya
EXHIBITIONS
66 solos exhibitions in Asia, Europe, Australia and USA
Full list in long CV
PRIZES AND AWARDS
1979 National Exhibition Prize, Nepal
1985 National Exhibition Prize, Nepal
1988 National Exhibition Prize, Nepal
1986 Kate and Robert Wilson Prize, Bradford Museum, UK
2002 Birendra Ashwarya Memorial Medal, Kathmandu, Nepal
2005 50 Most Influential Women Of Nepal Award by The Boss, Magazine, Kathmandu, Nepal
2010 Sankalpa Samman, Sankalpa Nepal Welfare Society, Kathmandu, Nepal
2011 Best Student Award In 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 Bhadra Kumari Sewa Sadan Award, Nepal
2016 Sahamati Award for social work, Nepal
2019 Honorary Life Membership of U.P. Art Circle, Lucknow, India
2019 Glapeb Awards 2019 Artist of the Year from Bharat Nirman Foundation, India
2019 Shabdayatra Mahila Pratibha (Woman Talent Award 2078 ) Banepa, Nepal
2020 Arnika Lalit Kala Samman Award 2078 – Shree Lunkarandas-Ganga Devi Chaudhary Academy for Art and Literature
2022 Extraordinary Individual Honor from Lumbini Peace Forum for creating history as the first woman chancellor of Nepal
PRESENT IN OFFICIAL COLLECTIONS
Bradford Museum U.K., Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), SAARC Building (Kathmandu, Nepal), Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu, Nepal), Tribhuvan Airport (VVIP Room, Kathmandu, Nepal), Nepal Television Office (Kathmandu, Nepal), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kathmandu, Nepal), Ministry of Culture (Kathmandu, Nepal), World Bank (Kathmandu, Nepal), Danish Embassy (Kathmandu, Nepal), PM House (Kathmandu, Nepal), and other Government Offices (Kathmandu, Nepal), Fine Art Academy (Lucknow, India), King Birendra Art Gallery Museum (Kathmandu, Nepal), Lalit Kala Center, Lucknow, India.Tulsi Bhawan, Ayodhya, India, Indian Embassy, Nepal. World Bank Museum, Head Office, U.S.A., Culture Ministry, Beijing, China.
PRESENT IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Greece, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, China, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Switzerland, UK, USA.