Archiving Indigenous Culture Through Art • Subas Tamang • Nepal

About Subas Tamang

Subas comes from a family of traditional stone carvers. He incorporates carving, engraving, and different forms of printmaking. He belongs to the indigenous Tamang community, much of whose history is based on oral traditions that are not well-documented. Because of this historic information gap, he seeks to archive the cultural and social fabrics of his and other communities.

Tamang employs traditional skills that he has inherited and learned over time and uses them in his artwork to make them more interactive and meaningful. He also incorporates multimedia techniques and different technologies and is always open to experimenting with new media and collaborations.

He is one of the founder members of Artree Nepal – artist collective. He was commissioned by Samdani Art Foundation for his autobiographical monumental work I Want To Die In My Own House at Srihatta Samdani Art Center and Sculpture Park, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

For more information on Artree Nepal, Artist Collective, visit http://artreenepal.com