Sushila Bishwakarma
Exhibiting Artist
Kerabari, Morang
Sushila Bishwakarma is a visual artist and storyteller from Morang, Nepal. For Sushila, photography offers a way to understand herself and her surroundings and to use images to express emotions where words are unable to. Her work focuses on environmental, social and gender issues, connecting them through the lens of memory and nature.
Her projects have been published in several photobooks and magazines, including "It's In Our Nature" and "femLENS." In 2024, she was a winner of the European Union Nepal's 50th Year Friendship Anniversary Photography grant. Her photo story “Longing” has been exhibited at the Nepal Art Council and in Brussels, Belgium.
Sushila participated in the 2025 edition of Angkor Photo Workshop and Festival as well as the 2024 International Storytelling Workshop, jointly organized by Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh, and Photo.Circle, Nepal. She has both academic and professional backgrounds in education and conservation.