‘Galkot International Sculpture Symposium-2020’ - selection of sculptors

‘Galkot International Sculpture Symposium-2020’ - selection of sculptors

Government of Nepal is going to celebrate Visit Nepal, 2020.On this occasion; Galkot Art Foundation is organizing an International sculpture Symposium - 2020, from 17th of February to 4th of March at Galkot in Nepal. We have received 204 proposals from around the world and it was difficult to select few, out of all applications because of some limitations. The Foundation has formed an independent jury to select 15 sculptors from the application received for the symposium in respect to their works. We would like to thank all the applicants who have reposed us and send their fabulous projects. We would like to congratulate all the selected sculptors from the 11 countries -15 sculptors. The final list of selected scluptors is listed below:

1. Jun-ichiro Sugimoto, Japan

2. Praveen Kumar Shrestha, Nepal

3. Liu Yang, China

4. Bettino Francini, Italy

5. Om Khattri, Nepal

6. Xavier Gonzalez,   France

7. Lyudmyla Mysko, Ukraine

8. Lin Li Jen, Taiwan

9. Julie Glaspy, Canada

10. Tutu Pattnaik S.K, India

11. Tanya Preminger, Israel

12. Jorgeluiz Schroder, Brazil

13. Raju Pithakote, Nepal

14. Buddha Chaudhary, Nepal

15. Rajan Kafle, Nepal

The Foundation has formed an independent jury members are:-

• Assoc.Prof. Hirdaya Ballav Panday – Fine Art Central Depatment, Tribhuvan University
• Mr.Tara Parsad Ojha- Secretary, Arambha Contemporary  Nepali Sculptors' Association, Visiting Faculty, Fine Art Campus, Tribhuvan University
• Mr. Indra Bahadur Khatri, Organizer/Artist/ Visiting Faculty, Fine Art Campus, Tribhuvan University