SUDHIRA KARNA

WOMEN RIDING BICYCLES
Acrylic on Lokta paper
2019

 Courtesy of the artist and Janakpur Women’s Development Center

Sudhira Karna began her painting career by making kohbar, ceremonial marriage paintings that depict religious-mythological stories, animals related to gods, and other traditional icons. After completing a project that required her to paint jungle animals, she began to depict animals drawn from her own imagination, using them as motifs rather than human fgures in otherwise human day-to-day scenes. Her works also show the growing agency of women in her village, including their ability to now travel independently on bicycles and contribute to the local economy.

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