Shashi Bikram Shah: A Visionary Voice of Nepali Modernism Shashi Bikram Shah (born 1940) stands as one of Nepal’s foremost contemporary artists, a beacon of modernist painting and a profound interpreter of Hindu mythology. His lifelong dedication to artistic exploration began in Kathmandu, nurtured by familial encouragement for creative pursuits and solidified by a scholarship to the Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai—a formative experi…