A solo printmaking exhibition by artist Rukumani Shrestha called “Vidambana/Irony” is now on display at the Classic Gallery. Rukumani Shrestha is a visual artist from Bhaktapur, Nepal’s cultural capital. She was drawn to dancing, drawing, and painting from the start. She has won numerous dance competitions, including the Live Intercollegiate Dance Competition and Nepal Television’s ‘Aagan’ dance competition. However, she selected printmaking as her academic focus. She has used Nepalese women’s painful tears in many socio-political and religious situations as her subject in her works. She used a variety of printmaking techniques for this, including woodcut, colorgraph, surface prints, and others. She has raised concerns about child abuse and women’s violence, such as rape cases, in her works.