About

Sattya

What is Sattya

Sattya Media Arts Collective is a community arts space in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Since 2011, it has been a place where artists, photographers, activists, storytellers, and curious people come together through making, media, and shared projects.

It's your creative community in Nepal, built on DIY and do-it-together values — where creativity is social, accessible, and part of everyday life.

Mission

Sattya's mission is to be a catalyst for creativity, learning, and community.

We create space for artists, media makers, students, and anyone interested in hands-on learning to connect, experiment, and help shape Nepal's creative culture.

Values

Sattya is participation-based and rooted in inclusiveness, shared learning, and openness.

DIY & Do-It-Together

Learning by making, sharing, and figuring things out together.

Accessibility

Open to all backgrounds, ages, and skill levels.

Experimentation

Not everything needs to be planned or perfected.

Art & Social Engagement

Creativity as a way to question, respond, and connect.

Resourcefulness

Reuse, recycle, and work with what's available.

Nontraditional Structure

Flexible, evolving, and transparent.

Community Input

Ideas grow through people, not systems.

Cross-Cultural Exchange

Learning across different perspectives.

Team

Sattya is run by a small team in Kathmandu, supported by a wider network of collaborators, residents, and volunteers.

Core Team

Subodh Bhandari

Program Lead

Visual artist working with community, architecture, and layered visual practices. Moving between creating, teaching, and collective learning, Subodh leads programs at Sattya, shaping spaces for collaboration, exchange, and everyday creativity.

Obsessed with: architecture / documentation / plants / cooking

Nutan

Community & Communications

Brings together people, stories, and ideas through projects, outreach, and creative work. Part community listener, part professional yapper. Keeps a pulse on Kathmandu's creative scene while helping make Sattya feel welcoming, connected, and alive for all!

Obsessed with: travel / fiction / conversations

Shreya Chochchhe

Creative Space Lead

Fashion designer who creates, sees potential in scraps, beauty in weird little details, and art in everyday things. Helps shape Sattya's spaces with texture, personality, and a lot of creative improvising.

Obsessed with: pop of RED

Akshov Shakya

Business & Operations

Artist at heart, but business innovator with over a decade of experience across startups, tech, and business operations. Most excited by the space where art, tradition & technology collide — building things that are equal parts creative experiment and functional reality.

Obsessed with: 3D printing & digital fabrication / emerging creative tech / ArtxTech entrepreneurship

Anya Vaverko

Founder

Builds spaces where art, storytelling, and community come together. Usually somewhere between organizing creative chaos, rethinking systems, and convincing people to try something they've never done before.

Obsessed with: travel / thrifting / interior design / camping / upcycling / forest / live music

Extended Team

Creative Residents

Visiting creatives who live and contribute to the space in Kathmandu.

Volunteers

Part of the Sattya Volunteer Crew, supporting events and daily life.

Collaborators

Artists, facilitators, and partners working across Nepal and beyond.

Board

Sattya is supported by two boards that guide long-term direction, governance, and sustainability. They do not run daily operations, but support the organization through oversight, advice, and networks.

Nepal Board

Provides local guidance and oversight, grounded in the realities of working in Nepal's creative and cultural landscape.