Palija Shrestha is from Kathmandu, Nepal and currently resides in San Francisco. While holding a full scholarship, Shrestha received her Masters in Fine Arts Degree at California College of the Arts in 2019, and studied Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art in Hollins University in 2014. Shrestha was a finalist of the Barclay Simpson Award, was nominated for the Headlands Residency Award, the Vermont Studio Center Fellow and has received the Betsy Richardson Boney Scholarship, Claudia W. Belk Scholar Award, and Figg Belk Scholarship Award.
Shrestha’s practice is based upon the term ‘in-between’ taken from Homi K. Bhabha, “Location of Culture”. With materiality and the term ‘in-between’ as content within her work, Shrestha hones her practice in various medias including, but not limited to: painting, installation and performance.