Artist of the Issue: Erina Tamrakar
Erina Tamrakar is a visual artist with the Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from Tribhuwan University, Nepal. She has been working as an artist in Nepal since 1989. Her paintings have focused on women and their relationships that convey a strong commentary on society and surrounding. She also explores some of the images and forms of ancient time, and the feelings of female characters. She is the co-founder of Kasthamandap Artists Group and E-Arts Nepal and Executive member of JK Museum Pokhara. In addition to her 19 solo exhibitions in Nepal and Korea, her works have been exhibited in many National and International galleries since 1990.In 2008, she got the fellowship from Korea National University of Arts in South Korea. She was awarded the third and first prize in National Art Exhibition in 2000 and 2005 respectively and was awarded with Gold Medal in 2008 from Arniko Yuwa Sewa Kosh. She was honored by “Young Achiever’s Award 2011 by Today’s Youth Asia and awarded Old Wing, Chinichi News Paper Japan. She was awarded from Master Tej Bahadur Chitrakar and Bhadra Kumari Ghale awards in 2013 and 2014 respectively. She was also honor by Tamrakar Samaj in 2014 and received Hem Ganga-Mahila Kala Prativa Puruskar in 2017. She has traveled to India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Thailand, Tibet, South Korea, France, USA, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.
