Shushank SHRESTHA

MANA DIR

December 3 - 7, 2024
NADA Miami (Booth E-204)

Shushank Shrestha is a ceramic artist from Kathmandu, Nepal, who engages with modern culture through the lens of traditional Nepalese art. He received MFA in ceramic arts from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2023. He received his BFA from Kathmandu University School of Arts in 2016, and his work has been exhibited in Nepal, Pakistan, China, France, and the United States.

EXHIBITIONS

2024

“Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now”, The Rubin Museum, New York
2023

“Visual Teaching Fellow Show”, Braitmayer Gallery, Marion, Massachusetts
“MANA DIR”, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York
“NCECA Juried Student Exhibition”, DAAP Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022
“Rising: 1st Year MFA Candidates”, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York
2021
“Where the wild things are”, Siddhartha art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2018

“The Twenty-First Tangshan Ceramic Fair”, Tangshan, China
2017
“Initiation” Ceramic Group Exhibition, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016
“Volitary Grotesque” BFA Exhibition, Kathmandu University School of Arts, Center for Arts and Design, Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, Nepal

PUBLICATIONS


“The house of Kalapremi” by Shristi Karki,Nepali Times, September, 2021
“CITIES ARE INVADED” by Rahaab Allana, PIX newsletter #2, September, 2016

AWARDS & GRANTS

“Travel to learn arts and crafts” by UNESCO and Fondation Culture & Diversité, 2015 : A Four month study tour in Argileum – la maison de la poterie, Saint Jean de Fos, France.
Prashanta Scholarship Award, Prashanta Memorial Society, 2017

EDUCATION


The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA,

Masters in Fine Arts Candidate in Ceramics, 2023

Kathmandu University School of Arts, Centre of Arts and Design, Patan, Nepal

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Studio Arts, 2012 – 2016
Sirjana College of Fine Arts, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010 – 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Visual Art Teaching Fellow in Ceramics, Tabor Academy, 2023-2024

Graduate Assistantship, Kiln Facilities Coordinator, Alfred University, 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture with Stephanie Hanes, 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Intermediate/ Advanced pottery with Adero Willard, 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Foundations with Rey Jeong, 2021

Assisting Walter McConnell - Studio Assistant, June- August 2022; Glazing and firing works for his group exhibition “More Clay! The Power of Repetition” in American University, Washington DC

Herald Secondary School, Kathmandu, Nepal - Art Instructor, 2017 – 2021