Keepa Maskey

Nepal

Keepa Maskey received her education from Marymount Manhattan College, NY in 1997.This Kathmandu based artist focuses on painting, textiles and performance.  

Keepa has contributed her work to various fundraisers held in New York; Global Women Project, Lend a Hand India and Adhikaar. She has showcased her work at SAWCC, South Asian Women Creative Collective, and a nonprofit arts organization, based in New York in 2006. An experimental performance video, based on her poem titled, “Shattered Dream,” telling her own personal incident of domestic violence was screened at Today’s Youth Asia 2010 and Nepal Africa Film Festival, Russian Cultural Centre, Nepal 2012.

She has participated in Co Creative Connections 5, an intuitive movement performance at Taragaon Museum & Centre for Arts and Culture, Nepal and in Expression Expedition, an experimental platform for performance art, Nepal.

Work Concept:

It is only natural for the performance to form and process organically, if allowed. I felt the deviation from my preconceived ideation based on the mythological story, during. Sure, there were inspirations and elements derived from it but I was more immersed in the present moment and submissive to that organic formation, rather. It was the union of my body with the soil that made me feel complete and sane.

Having said that, I truly believe what comes innately always works or rather seeks the truth as to working or creating around the given themes and theories. Reflecting upon my process, the truth is; force cannot be outwardly and right there lies the performance.

I am contemplating, feeling things through.  How do I move forward?