Subas Tamang

Born in 1990, Amrdhaha, Nepal. Work and lives in Kathmandu.

Subas comes from a family of traditional stone carvers. He incorporates carving, engraving, and different forms of printmaking. He belongs to the indigenous Tamang community, much of whose history is based on oral traditions that are not well-documented. Because of this historic information gap, he seeks to archive the cultural and social fabrics of his and other communities. Tamang employs traditional skills that he has inherited and learned over time and uses them in his artwork to make them more interactive and meaningful. He also incorporates multimedia techniques and different technologies and is always open to experimenting with new media and collaborations.

He is one of the founder members of Artree Nepal - artist collective. He was commissioned by Samdani Art Foundation for his autobiographical monumental work “I Want To Die In My Own House” at Srihatta Samdani Art Center and Sculpture Park, Sylhet, Bangladesh. His work was exhibited at the Garden of Ten Seasons at Savvy Contemporary organized by para site Hong kong, Savvy Contemporary, Siddhartha Arts Foundation in 2022. He participated in Kathmandu Triennale organized by Siddartha art foundation in 2022. He participated in Dhaka art summit in 2018 organized by Samdani Art Foundation. He participated in Artree Nepal’s Open Studio 2017 and 2018. He was one of the participants of the Monsoon Printmaking exhibition at Siddhartha Art Gallery. He participated in “Camp-Hub, Baisakh 12”, a post-earthquake community art project in 2015 which was organized by Artree Nepal. He also collaborated in an interactive exhibition piece titled “Sarangi” for Yantra 4.0’s Art-Tech exhibition in 2015.