painting + sculpture

Listening to your inner voice is the art of living. 

I was born in Nepal and moved to California in 2006. My dream has been to have a studio at Art Works Downtown since the first time I visited there. Every year I thought about having my own studio so I could become more deeply involved in my art, but time slipped away from me. This year my inner voice became so strong and determined that I applied for the AWD residence. 

As a mother of two, a wife, and a full-time curator at Cedars, there are many demands on my time, but my small, inner voice says these elements can be sources for my creativity. “If there is a will, there is way!” Nothing can stop me if I want to start making art again today. 

I am continuing on my inner journey of finding myself through art. I am working with many questions concerning space, social boundaries, and time and my own dharma. How does a different country make me different? How does my own mindset, my space, my time, affect me and my artmaking? I am searching for a way to express all of this through art. 

I am fascinated by the expressiveness of the human form and their existing. I love working from live models and people I meet every day. That is usually the starting point for my improvisation: I observe carefully and then let my imagination and intuition take over. My main media are acrylics for painting, and wire, wax and clay for sculpting. 

I am thankful to AWD for this opportunity to explore myself as an artist more fully. 

Instagram: @art_sunila