Visual artist and educator Binod Shrestha is presenting ‘Silent Bone’, a multi-site art project opening across several cultural spaces in Kathmandu this month.

The project brings together sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, video and site-based work. Rather than being held in a single gallery, ‘Silent Bone’ unfolds across multiple venues, with each location presenting a different part of the larger project.

According to the media release, the project is rooted in an investigation of memory, language, the body and the quiet residues of violence that remain in personal and collective narratives. It does not follow a single story or offer a fixed conclusion.

Instead, it invites visitors to move between sites and encounter the work through different forms and spaces.

Some works appear as objects, some as gestures and some as spaces of silence or absence. Visitors can experience one site on its own or follow the project across multiple locations.

The first section, ‘Nepali Sublime: Body in Translation’, will be presented in collaboration with the Dalai La Art Space in Thamel. Curated by Bidhata KC, it opens on June 9 at 5:30 pm and will run until July 10.

Another section, ‘Of Place, Memory, and Residue’, will be held in partnership with Siddhartha Art Gallery and Babar Mahal Revisited from June 12 to June 26. It opens on June 12 at 5:30 pm.

A performance titled ‘Silent Bone: a performance’ will take place at Mandala Theatre, Lakhechaur Marga, on June 23. The performance is by invitation only.

The project will continue with ‘The Shape of Stillness’, presented in collaboration with the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts from June 26 to July 5. It opens on June 26 at 5:30 pm. Another section, ‘Reliquaries for Remembrance’, will be presented in partnership with Tara Gaun Next from June 28 to July 5, opening on June 28 at 5:30 pm.

Shrestha is a visual artist and educator based in Texas. He holds MFAs from Bangalore University in India and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. His creative practice includes drawing, sculpture, photography, installation, performance and video.

His work explores the body, memory, home, cultural hybridity and the intersection of violence. Shrestha has exhibited at institutions such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Beijing Biennale, as well as at international exhibitions in the United States, India, Nepal, and China.

His awards include the Dozier Travel Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art, a fellowship from the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts at the University of North Texas, the McKnight Individual Artist Fellowship and an Art Matters Foundation Grant.

With its multi-site structure, ‘Silent Bone’ allows audiences to experience the exhibition in parts. Each location can stand alone while also contributing to the larger project.

Silent Bone

When: June 9 to July 10, 2026
Where: Multiple venues across Kathmandu