Govinda Sah 'Azad' — From Our Store

Effortlessly balancing traditional eastern metaphysical insights about the nature of reality with visual realisations that are in accord with the latest formulations of contemporary western science, Govinda Sah ‘Azad’ imagines a cosmos of boundless possibilities. From an early age, he was interested in drawing and sculpture. He left Nepal to live in India and from 1991-94, worked as a signboard and wall painter in Delhi. In 1995, he returned to Kathmandu and joined the Fine Art College to realise his dream of becoming a painter. During his studies, he participated in several group exhibitions, which resulted in a first solo exhibition in 1999. Professor and Campus Chief of the Fine Art College and prominent artist, Govinda Dongol, dubbed Govinda Sah, ‘Lion Heart’.

He joined the MA Fine Art course in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2006, but soon thereafter acquired sponsorship and moved to London to study. Govinda obtained a MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art in 2008.

His first solo exhibition, Transcriptions, was held at October Gallery in 2011. In 2012, his work was included in the Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts, London. In 2013, October Gallery held his second solo show Lightness of Being and Tibet House, New York, USA presented the solo exhibition, The Universe Within.

Boundless Possibilities (2016) was his third exhibition, followed by a fourth solo exhibition, Absence Presence (2022-2023) at October Gallery. In 2024, Sah presented a solo exhibition during the Infinity Festival at ARK, Margate, UK, followed by the duo exhibition Govinda Sah 'Azad' + Judy Tuwaletstiwa: Boundless at Pie Projects, Santa Fe, USA. The artist’s work was included in Turner and Changing Visions of Landscape, at Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, UK, 2024 – 2025.

Govinda Sah’s works can be found in public and private collections worldwide including major collections such as the Royal Collection, Abu Dhabi, UAE.