Me

Sofiya Maharjan is a visual artist with a keen interest in material culture, memory, attachment to personal belongings, private spaces, and the individual and collective experiences that become embedded in everyday objects. Her practice sits at the intersection of contemporary fine art and ethnographic inquiry, exploring how people make meaning through their relationships with things.

Maharjan holds a Master’s degree in Anthropology and a BFA in Studio Art from Kathmandu University, Nepal. Her academic background has deepened her curiosity about the social lives of objects and the stories they carry, informing a practice grounded in observation, research, and lived experience.

She has a close connection to her surroundings, which she expresses through her work. Believing that it is not so much about how the world is as it is about how we perceive it, she narrates ideas and stories through textiles. Her attachment to thread comes from finding common ground with her mother. Through stitching, lines, and textures, she traces memories, relationships, and moments of everyday life, often finding herself within the stories she tells.