Sunita Maharjan is a visual artist and art educator based in Kathmandu. She is a founding member and the Chairperson of Srijanalaya, a nonprofit organization dedicated to art and education, and the co-founder of Drawing Room KTM, an artist-run studio and learning space in Kathmandu. She earned her MA in Visual Art and Design from Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2021 and holds a BFA in Painting from Kathmandu University Center for Art and Design (2009).
Coming from a family of farmers indigenous to the Kathmandu Valley, Maharjan belongs to a generation in transition—holding memories of working in the fields but lacking the space and skills to farm. Her artistic practice maps this shifting relationship with land, farming, heirloom seeds, and urban space amidst Kathmandu’s rapid urbanization. Her work explores the dualities inherent in human-made spaces, such as public vs. private, open vs. boundaries, and the evolving connections between land, identity, and belonging.
