Ragini Upadhyaya’s artistic journey is marked by a series of solo exhibitions that showcase the evolution of her work across various mediums and themes. Starting with her first exhibition in 1979, Upadhyaya has held over 65 solo exhibitions in countries including Austria, Belgium, China, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, and Thailand
These exhibitions have been pivotal in illustrating her diverse artistic expressions, ranging from traditional and mythological themes to modernist interpretations and social commentary.
” A Retrospective of An Artist “, featuring the works of Ragini Upadhyay Grela at Art Council, Nepal. Organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery, 2023
In Official Collections
Bradford Museum U.K., Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), SAARC Building (Kathmandu, Nepal), Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu, Nepal), Tribhuvan Airport (VVIP Room, Kathmandu, Nepal), Nepal Television Office (Kathmandu, Nepal),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kathmandu, Nepal), Ministry of Culture (Kathmandu, Nepal), World Bank (Kathmandu, Nepal), Danish Embassy (Kathmandu, Nepal), PM House (Kathmandu, Nepal), and other Government Offices (Kathmandu, Nepal), Fine Art Academy (Lucknow, India), King Birendra Art Gallery Museum (Kathmandu, Nepal), Lalit Kala Center, Lucknow, India .Tulsi Bhawan, Ayodhhaya, India, Indian Embassy, Nepal. World Bank Museum, Head Office, U.S.A., Culture Ministry, Beijing, China.
In Private Collections
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Greece, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, China, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Switzerland, UK, USA.
1986 | Solo Exhibition | NAFA, Kathmandu
Solo exhibition opened by late queen Ashwaya at NAFA
1990 | Solo Exhibition | Gothei Institute, Germany
Solo exhibition at Gothei Institute, Frankfuirt, Germany.
1990 | Solo Exhibition |
Solo exhibition oped by Former Prime Minister of Nepal , Krishna Prasad Bhattarai at Kathmandu, Nepal
1995 | Solo Exhibition | NAFA, Kathmandu
“Myth of Politics”, inaugurated by former Prime Misister of Nepal at NAFA, Kathmandu
2001 | Solo Exhibition | Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu
Ragini’s Odyssey, inaugurated by late queen Ashwayra Rajya Laxmi Saha
2002 | Solo Exhibition | Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
The Sun Never Dies, Buddha Lights and Truth Shines, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2009 | Solo Exhibition | Riddaren Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Opening of Solo Exhibition – Love in the air at Riddaren Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1979 – National Association of Fine Arts, Kathmandu, Nepal in the presence of late poet Bal Krishna Sama
1980 – Royal Nepal Airlines, Kathmandu, Nepal
1981 – October Gallery, Vajra Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal
1981 – Fine Art Academy of Lucknow, India, inaugurated by Late Nepalese Prime Minister B.P. Koirala
1982 – Morya Hotel, Patna, India
1983 – Fine Art Academy,Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi, India. Sponsored by the Nepalese Embassy in India
1985 – October Gallery in Vajra Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal
1986 – National Association of Fine Arts, Nepal. inaugurated by Her Majesty the Queen Aishwarya of Nepal
1987 – October Gallery at Vajra Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal
1988 – British Council Hall, Kathmandu, Nepal, inaugurated by the Late Prime Minister Mr. Marich Man Singh
1989 – Deutsch-Nepaleschen Hilfsgemeinschaft e.v., Stuttgart, Germany
1990 – Goethe Institute Hall, Guests of Honor the Consul of Nepal in Frankfurt and late Mrs. Busak
1990 – Goethe Institute Hall, sponsored by Goethe Institute, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
1991 – Goethe Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal, inaugurated by the Late Prime Minister Mr. Krishna P. Bhattarai
1991 – Shimba Gallery, Tokushima, Japan
1991 – Ujuka Gallery, Naruto, Japan
1992 – Hananj Restaurant and gallery, Kamojima, Japan
1992 – British Council Hall, sponsored by British Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
1992 – Galerie Art du Temps, Verviers, Belgium
1992 – Galerie Eglau, Radier Werkstadt, Kampen, Germany
1994 – Politics, Dust and Love French Cultural Centre, sponsored by French Cultural Centre, Nepal.
1994 – Galerie Eglau, Radier Werkstadt, Kampen, Germany 1994 – Gallery Gamlastan, Helsingborg, Sweden
1995 – The Myths of Politics, National Fine Art Association, Kathmandu, Nepal
1995 – Gallery S, Eupen, Belgium
1996 – Windows Gallery Joelle, Turku, Finland
1996 – Majmua Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
1997 – Goddesses and Women, Mythology and Reality Goethe Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
1997 – Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, as part of the YWCA World Meeting on Violence Against Women
1998 – Goddesses and Women, Mythology and Reality Gallery Oljemark, Helsinki, Finland
1998 – Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland, sponsored by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1999 – Sensitive Women Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
1999 – Sensitive Women Gallery Bellange, Atelier, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 – Ragini’s Odyssey
2001 – Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal –, inaugurated by her Majesty the Queen Aishwarya of Nepal
2001 – Studio am Schloss, Berlin, Germany
2001 – Atelier I.S., Eupen, Belgium, inaugurated by H.E. Kedar Bhakta Shrestha,Ambassador of Nepal, Belgium
2002 – The Sun Never Dies, Buddha Lights and Truth Shines, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2002 – Bilderwand Manufacture (Culture House), Schorndorf, Germany
2002 – Centrum Kultury 1 Język NIemieckiego, Zielona Gora, Poland
2003 – The Sun Never Dies, Buddha Lights and Truth Shine Culture Hall, Organized by Rotary Club, Halle, Belgium
2004 – Time Wheel at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2005 – Time Wheel at Academy of Fine Art and Literature, New Delhi, India
2006 – Time Wheel , ICCR Hall, Hyderabad, Sponsored by Indian Council for Cultural Relations
2006 – People’s Power National Association of Fine Arts Gallery. Kathmandu (Inaugurated by Former Deputy Prime Minister KP Oli)
2007 – Sound of Love, Majmua Art Gallery, Karachi Pakistan
2007 – Sound of Love Art Shop, Kathmandu, Nepal
2007 – People’s Power Culture House (Manufaktur) Shorndorf, Germany
2008 – Venetian Multiveral Academy, Vienna, Austria
2009 – Love in the Air Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2009 – Love in the Air Gallery Riddaren, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 – Gaijatra Nepal Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2010 – Love in the Air exhibition at Gallery 919, Karachi, Pakistan
2011 – Nature Speaks, Museum Art Gallery, Organized by The Gaekward Art Foundation, Mumbai, India
2012 – Nature Speaks Solace International Designs, Kathmandu, Nepal
2013 – Nature Speaks Studio am Schloss, Berlin, Germany
2013 – Seamer, Teppicharchitektur, Munich, Germany
2014 – Preserve Nature for Our Future Culture Council, Chaudfontaine, Belgium
2016 – Wang Xiaohui Art Museum, Suzhou, China
2017 – From Heart solo at Xiaohui Art Museum, China
2018 – Atelier I.S., Walhorn, Belgium
2018 – Heart to Hearts Solo exhibition at Xianghai Temple, Tongxiang, Jiaxin, Zhejiang, China
2019 – Love revisited Exhibition at Kathmandu Gallery, open by Ms. Veronica Cordy, Ambassador of European Union in Nepal
2020 – From Heart, Solo exhibition at C. C. Gallery, Shanghai, China
2020 – From Heart, Solo exhibition at Private company Tang, Suzhou, China
2020 – Online solo art exhibition at Gallery 6, Islamabad, Pakistan
2020 – Skye Gallery, Province, Rhode Island, USA
2022 – Maxwell Library, Bridge water University, USA
2023 – Retrospective of an Artist at Art Council, Organized by Siddartha Art Gallery, Nepal
2023 – Ragini Upadhyay OPEN MIND , An Retrospective exhibition at Gallery Atelier I.S. Belgium
2025 – Ragini Upadhyay – A Retrospective of an Artist at Bihar Museum, Patna, India.
2020 | Solo Exhibition | CC.Gallery, Shanghai, China
From Heart, Solo exhibition at C. C. Gallery, Shanghai, China
2006 | Solo Exhibition
People’s Power, inaugurated by former Prime Minister of Nepal K.P. Sharma Oli
Bihar Museum | Ragini Retrospective | Solo Exhibition 2025 Patna, Bihar, India.
2007 | Group Exhibition | Gallery Open Eye, Scotland
Gallery Open Eye, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – Double Vision Group Exhibition
2018 | Solo Exhibition | Walhom, Belgium
Artist Ragini Upadhyaya Grela presented her sole art exhibition at Walhom, Belgium. Large number of art lovers from people from Belgium visited the exhibition.
1985 – Nepal Association of Fine Arts (NAFA), Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal
1986 – Nepal Association of Fine Arts (NAFA), Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal
1988 – Nepal Association of Fine Arts (NAFA), Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal
1999 – Patan Museum, Lalitpur, Nepal, International Women Artists Exhibition – Women A Commitment
2002 – Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal – Made in Jankpur- A Mithila Yatra
2003 – Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal – Himalayan Expression
2003-2007 – Art Shop, Kathmandu, Nepal, Organized by Women Artists Group of Nepal – Shakti
2007 – Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, Sponsored by BP Koirala India-Nepal Foundation-Ek Raat
2008 – Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
2008 – Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, Double Vision Group Exhibition
2008 – Imago Dei Cage Gallery,Kathmandu,Workshop organized by Women Artist Group of Nepal (WAGON)
2010 – Artist Proof, Lalitpur, Nepal – Contemporary Nepalese Printmakers
2010 – Siddartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal – Celebrating Line
2013 – Artist Proof, Lalitpur, Nepal, Sponsored by BP Koirala India Nepal Foundation- Search for Ethics
2014 – Park Gallery, Lalitpur, Nepal – Emergence of Nepali Modern Art 1960-80 AD
2014 – Park Gallery, Lalitpur, Nepal, Sponsored by BP Koirala India-Nepal Foundation – BP Ko Samjhana ma
2014 – Imageark, Patan, Nepal – Paribartan Sochma: Understanding Gender
2014 – National Exhibition of Fine Art at Nepal Academy of Fine Art, NAFA , Nepal
2015 – National Exhibition of Fine Art at Art Council, Organized by Nepal Academy of Fine Art , Nepal
2016 – National Exhibition of Fine Art at Art Council, Organized by Nepal Academy of Fine Art, Nepal
2017 – National Exhibition of Fine Art at Art Council, Organized by Nepal Academy of Fine Art, Nepal
2017 – Art for Nature, Chitwan, Nepal
2017 – Art workshop, Organized by Kalawati Art Council, Gairakote, Nepal 2018
2019 – National Exhibition of Fine Art, Organized by Nepal Academy of Fine Art, NAFA, Nepal
2020 – Awadhi Art Promotion exhibition for girl child education at Art Council, Nepal, Organized by SLFN
2021 – In My Dream Exhibition organized by Shivata Love Foundation, Nepal
2021 – Art Exhibition on Gandhi Jayani,Organized by Shivata Love Foundation and BP Koirala India- Nepal Foundation, Nepal
2021 – National Exhibition of Fine Art at Nepal Academy of Fine Art, NAFA, Nepal
2023 – National Exhibition of Fine Art at Nepal Academy of Fine Art
2022 | Group Exhibition | Maxwell Library, Bridge water University, USA
2016 | Solo Exhibition | Wang Xiaohui Art Museum, Suzhou, China | Shanghai, China
2020 | Solo Exhibition | South Asian Culture Center, Shanghai China
1991 | Solo Exhibition | Hanaanj Restaurant and Gallery, Kamojima , Japan
Opening of solo Art Exhibition of Print at Hanaanj Restaurant and Gallery, Kamojima , Japan
1996 | Solo Exhibition | Majmua Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2013 | Solo Exhibition | Majmua Schloss, Berlin, Germany
2019 | Nepal Art Now International Group Exhibition | Welt Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Nepal Art Now at Welt Museum, Vienna, Austria.
2020 | Solo Exhibition | CC.Gallery, Shanghai, China
From Heart, Solo exhibition at Private company Tang, Suzhou, China
1979 – College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow, India
1980 – Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta, India
1980 – Madras, India
1980 – Srinagar, India
1982 – Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow, India
1983 – International Biennial, Lubjiana (Ex-Yugoslavia)
1983 – International Print Graphic Exhibition, New Delhi, India
1983 – International Asian Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1986 – British International Print Biennial, Cardwright Hall, Bradford, England
1988 – Hananj Gallery, Tokoshima, Japan
1990 – Arijiano, Italy
1991 – Osaka Triennial, Japan
1992 – Luxembourg
1992 – Liège, Belgium
1994 – Atelier I.S. Gallery, Eupen, Belgium
1995 – Lahti Museum, Lahti, Finland-Nepal Group Exhibition Aesthetics in Practice Conference
1996 – Lahti University Hall, Lahti, Finland
2003 – Habiart Gallery, New Delhi, India, Organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery – Himalayan Expression 2003
2007 – Gallery Open Eye, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – Double Vision Group Exhibition
2008 – Jamshoro School of Art and Design Gallery, Pakistan
2008 – Kunste Centrum, Haarlem, Holland – Double Vision Group Exhibition
2009 – Siddartha Art Gallery, International Art Exhibition – Separating Myth from Reality Status of Women
2010 – London, UK, Organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery 2010 – Artist proof Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium – Double Vision Group Exhibition
2011 – Gallery 6. Islamabad, Pakistan
2013 – Strang Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan – Double Vision Group Exhibition
2012 – Neerja Modi Art Centre, Jaipur, India
2012 – Gorakhpur Fine Art Faculty, Gorakhpur, India
2014 – Artist proof Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium – Exhibition 60/60
2015 – Atelier IS, Walhorn, Belgium to support the Flood Victims of Nepal.
2015 – Beijing Library, Organized by Ministry of Culture, China
2016– International Art Exhibition, Darbhanga Palace, Varanasi, India, Organized by Art beyond the border.
2017 – Korea-Nepal International Art Exchange Exhibition, titled “Draw the Himalayas”, Korea
2018 – 18th Asian Art Biennial of Bangladesh, Invited as Guest Artist from Nepal
2019 – Group exhibition End of the Night at Newstead Railway Art Hubs Gallery, Newstead, Australia
2019 – Group exhibition End of the Night at Mrs Harris ‘s Shop, Adelaide, Australia
2019 – Nepal Art Now at Welt Museum, Vienna, Austria.
2019 – Fine Artworks of Representative Asian Artists, Organized by Ministry of Culture, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2020 – Living Gallery, New York
2021 – International Creative Collaboration for Tolerance and Peace online exhibition, organized by Turkish Airlines
2023 – Bihar Museum biennale 2023
2019 | International Group Exhibition & Lecturer | Culture, Hanoi, Vietnam
With Media in Vietnam at fine Artworks of Representative Asian Artists, Organized by Ministry of Culture,Hanoi,Vietnam
2023 | Solo Exhibition | Gallery Atelier I.S. Belgium
Ragini Upadhyay “OPEN MIND – An Retrospective” exhibition at Gallery Atelier I.S. Belgium
