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Artists

Abhijeet Prajapati, Aishworya Shakya, Akash Budha Magar, Amisha Maharjan, Amshad Sunuwar, Anil Nepali, Anil Shahi, Anmari Tamang, Anush Khaiju, Aruna Shrestha, Asha Dongol, Avash Nemkul, Bhai Raj Maharjan, Bharat Rai, Bhavika Dugar, Bhuwan Thapa, Bidhata K.C., Bidhyaman Tamang, Bijaya Maharjan, Bishal Manandhar, Bishal Saru Magar, Chandra Shyam Dongol, Chering Gyalpo Gurung, Choengyi Dolma, Dhani Maya Lama, Dhiraj Manandhar, Dolmo Maya Bomjan, Doma Diki Sherpa, Dorje Karmarong, Dorje Sherpa, Erina Tamrakar, Gaurab Dongol, Gopal Kalapremi, Gyan Lama, Hannah Grace, Hitesh Vaidya, Hyolmo Pasang, Ishan Pariyar, Jagdish Moktan, Jigme Namdol, Junu Maya Tamang, Jupiter Pradhan, Jyotsna Udas, Kabi Raj Lama, Kamal Shrestha, Kapil Mani Dixit, Karma Tashi Gurung, Kiran Manandhar, Kripa Shakya, Kripa Tuladhar, Krisha Tamrakar, Kshitiz Limbu, Kunti Shree Thapa, L. Bajra Lama, Lain Singh Bangdel, Lijen Maharjan, Man Bahadur Bal, Manish Dhoju, Manish Lal Shrestha, Manish Thapa, Manoj Tamang, Manu Chaudhary, Meena kayastha, Min Thapa, Mingma Lama, Moulik Limbu, Mount Refuge, Mukta Rani Singh, Muna Bhadel, Nabin Nalbo, Nabina Sunuwar, Namrata Shrestha, Namrata Singh Danuwar, Narayan Bohaju, Nawang Paljor Tamang, Neelam Rai, Nhuja Shakya, Nikhil Bahadur Shakya, Niranjan Maharjan, Nischal K.C., Nurbu Lama, Onesimus Thulung Rai, Palsang Tamang, Pasang Dolpo, Pasang Lama, Pasang Tshering Hyolmo, Pemba Gurung, Pooja Duwal, Prashmi Khakurel, Prashna Budha Magar, Pratima Thakali, Preeti Duwal, Priyanka Singh Maharjan, Purushottam Chaudhary, Rahul Yakami, Ranjan Khadka, Rasik Rai, Regal Studio, Rojan Rai, Rojan Shrestha, Rojina Sunuwar, Roshan Bhandari, Roshan Pradhan, Roshan Tamang, Rudrakshya Man Pradhan, S.C Suman, Sabita Dangol, Sabita Gyawali, Sagun Thapa, Sajal Siwakoti, Sakun Subba, Samana Rai, Samrat Joshi, Sandhya Silwal, Sanod Maharjan, Sanu Tamang, Sapana Tamang, Sara Tunich Koinch, Saru Prajapati, Shailee Bajracharya, Shaili Malla, Sherab, Shrayam Shakya, Shreemila Shrestha, Siddhant Rai, Smarika Maharjan, Sofiya Maharjan, Sonam Chamling, Sonam Rai, Sony Rai, Subas Tamang, Subodh Simbu, Sujan Dongol, Sujit Maharjan, Suman Rai, Suman Rana Magar, Sumana Shakya, Sumitra Baral, Sunita Maharjan, Sunny Sahil Bhopal, Suraj Shilpakar, Sushant Shree Rajbhandari, Suyog Maharjan, Tara Prasad Ojha, Tashi Druketsang, Tashi Nyima, Tashi R. Ghale, Tashi Salaka Sherpa, Tashi Wangdu Sherpa, Tenzin Melak

Choengyi Dolma

Facade is a self-portrait told through the room I live in rather than through my physical appearance. Over time, I carefully shaped this room into a place where I wanted to stay. I believed that if I could make the space feel right, I might also find a way to settle myself within it.

The room feels personal and familiar, but it also acts as a façade. Behind its carefully arranged surface are parts of myself that I am only beginning to recognize: fear, insecurity, the need for validation, people-pleasing, pretence, and other contradictions that I do not yet fully understand. Rather than showing these feelings directly, I let them exist quietly within the room and in the space around it.

Leaving this room for two weeks and returning to it made me realize that it is more than a place of comfort. It is where I confront the distance between the person I present to the world, the person I think I am, and the person I am still discovering. Through embroidery, an ordinary room becomes a psychological space where care, concealment, and self-examination coexist.

Selected Works

Every day in a facade

Exhibited on: Voices From The Himalayas
33.5 x 51.5 inches

Exhibitions