James Khati

James Khati is a Kathmandu based artist who is originally from Chitwan district of Nepal. He graduated in Fine arts from Kathmandu University, Centre for Art and Design. He has participated in couple of National exhibitions in Nepal. He has been involved in international residency programme like Micro Galleries Patan in Nepal.
He calls himself more as a visual poet working on the ideas of memorabilia. Very open to ideas, situations and opinions, he believes that he is still finding his own voice of storytelling in a very experimental and physically cathartic manner.
He believes that every object has its own story to tell. Being inanimate does not in any way silence its voice as some of the simplest and overlooked objects carry thousands of narratives and interpretations. Time moves in one direction but memories move in another and wherever memories are created, we can feel its physical presence that moves us in endless possible ways. As time fades, so do the objects and spaces but what remains are ruins and traces that starts a new life of its own with a poetic potential in them.
The imageries used in his works are usually photographic references of a diverse range of moments in one’s daily life; whether it is a memorable one or simply abandoned, to which he relates to through communication and realization.
He moves on with art more as a therapeutic way of releasing his energy to the world. As a learning artist, he explores on the idea of making art very impersonal using personal experiences and voices. Thus, his work revolves around the idea of duality, romanticism and visual poetry.