SKSuprabha Kharel Albuquerque, NM

Art · Architecture · Atmosphere

SuprabhaKharel

A practice between plan and pigment—where models hold light, paintings hold memory, and every line searches for space.

Architectural collage of a translucent barrel vault, pale yellow geometry, and botanical line drawings.
01 Space in Translation
Expressive painting of a figure beneath a rounded yellow building and dark sky.
02 Always the Artist

अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि

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00 / Approach

I am interested in the moment a line stops being a mark and begins to hold space.

Across the work

Observation, atmosphere, repetition, the handmade, and the unfinished.

01 / Selected studies

Between room
and reverie.

Architectural collage of a looping vault and botanical drawings.01—13

Architecture · 2026

Space in
Translation

From folded modules to sectional collage, a first-semester archive follows one recurring gesture as it learns to become threshold, room, and route.

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Painting + text · 2024

Just Like
Thunder

A figure, a red guitar, and a current of restless blue. The paired poem carries the work beyond the edge of the small canvas.

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Small painting of a figure floating in dark blue water with a red guitar.01—02
Painting of a young reader in blue beside a red curtain and black cat.01—06

Painting · 2023

The
Reader

A quiet interior of blue cloth, red curtain, patterned floor, and a black cat keeping watch—an ordinary scene made ceremonial.

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02 / Work index

The archive

29 studies across architecture, painting, drawing, moving image, and the life of the studio.

29 works shown

Architectural collage of a looping gray shell, botanical linework, translucent models, and pale yellow grid.Space in TranslationArchitecture · 2026
Models, renderings & spatial studies13Small square painting of a closed-eyed figure in a pink jacket floating in dark blue water while holding a red guitar, photographed on a checkerboard surface.Just Like ThunderPainting · 2024
Acrylic study & poem02Colorful painted disco ball taped to a warm wall beside two small family photographs.Old Pictures of YouPainting · 2026
Paint on paper01Top view of cream nested frames and a fan-shaped armature centered within a field of deep-purple rings and dots.Bubly WublyArchitecture · 2026
Paper model & graphic study05Painting of a young reader in a blue dress seated by a red curtain with a black cat nearby.The ReaderPainting · 2023
Paint on canvas06Close view of the ballerina painting, signed Suprabha at lower right.Ballerina, Five ViewsPainting · 2023
Paint on canvas05Very dark monochrome architectural rendering with a pale vertical form emerging through dense grain.Do You See What I See?Architecture · 2026
Digital rendering02A fragmented black-and-white paper model glows from small interior lights, throwing angular shadows across a dark tabletop.अधुरा कामहरूArchitecture · 2026
Physical model & light01Painting of loose pink peonies in a dark blue vase displayed on a small easel.Peonies, Studio LightPainting · 2026
Paint on canvas02A hand paints pink flowers on a canvas at an easel as golden sunlight falls across the bouquet and blue vase.Peonies, in ProcessStudio · 2026
Process photograph01Still-life painting of burgundy grapes spilling from an ochre vase above a heavily used palette and brushes.I WonderPainting · 2026
Oil study01Layered red angular outlines radiating around a small blue architectural center on white.Interior OrbitDrawing · 2025
Digital line study01Process film of a Shambhala-inspired painting with a lotus, Himalayan mountains, figure, and travelers.Shambhala on CanvasMoving Image · 2024
Painting process film01Dense black ink sketch of a figure holding their head inside compressed rooms, photographed under a hard desk shadow.All the NoiseDrawing · 2024
Ink sketch01Expressive painting of a faceless figure beneath a rounded yellow building and dark sky, captioned always the artist, never the muse.Always the ArtistPainting · 2024
Mixed-media painting01Watercolor sketchbook illustration of a curled seated mermaid surrounded by loose blue water marks.I Too Wish I Was a MermaidDrawing · 2024
Watercolor illustration01Vertical watercolor landscape of misty dark trees with a small bright green passage, surrounded by pens and paint tubes.Little Birds Would Be NicePainting · 2024
Watercolor study01Small watercolor of a sunlit yellow-green field and distant trees, open on a desk among art tools.Day OnePainting · 2024
Watercolor study01Small square painting of a lone bird in a violet storm sky above a sparse dark fence line.Braving the StormPainting · 2023
Paint on canvas01A hand holds a canvas showing a lone figure among yellow sunflowers and giant bees beneath a blazing orange sky.Field, Two RegistersPainting · 2023
Color and monochrome studies02Colorful painting of Himalayan peaks behind traditional red-and-white buildings, reached by an orange path between vivid green hills.Path to the MountainsPainting · 2024
Landscape painting01Small gold moth painting on dark canvas shown above a row of warm and cool color-grade variations.Gilded MothPainting · 2024
Miniature painting study01Crowded artist's table with brushes, painted pink roses, an eye study, pigments, and a cup of tea.Studio AtmosphereStudio · 2024
Process photograph01Person seated before layered abstract paintings in a room covered with energetic red, black, teal, and ochre marks.Cute StudioStudio · 2024
Gallery encounter03Time-lapse of a charcoal study after Käthe Kollwitz’s The Prisoners, with a hand shading a tightly grouped line of figures.Study after Käthe KollwitzMoving Image · 2024
Drawing process film01Vertical film revealing a detailed graphite portrait on white paper beside a black-and-white checker pattern.Portrait in GraphiteMoving Image · 2023
Drawing process film01Vertical process film of a colorful mountain landscape and temple painting in progress.Landscape in MotionMoving Image · 2024
Painting process film01Dark vertical film of a red apple drawing crossed by moving crimson light and the words a for apple.A for AppleMoving Image · 2024
Light & drawing study01Asmi performs through an art studio, moving between a sink, sculpture, lit easel, and tall storage shelves.Asmi Performing — JournalStudio · 2025
Performance documentation01
Black-and-white mirror portrait of Suprabha surrounded by artwork.

03 / About

Suprabha Kharel is an artist and architecture student at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture + Planning.

Her practice moves between hand and model, observation and atmosphere. Paintings, watercolors, drawings, spatial studies, digital renderings, and process films are held together by a curiosity for how memory takes form.

Based
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Studying
Architecture · UNM SA+P
Working across
Art, space & moving image

अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि Aham Brahmāsmi

04 / Say hello

Let’s make room
for an idea.

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