Subash Thebe Limbu

Subash Thebe Limbu (b. 1981, Dharan, Limbuwani) is a Yakthung (Limbu) artist from Yakthung Nation (Limbuwan) in eastern Nepal. His Yakthung name is Tangsang (Sky). Encompassing sound, film, music, performance, painting and podcasts, his practice probes sociopolitical issues, resistance and science/speculative fiction. Notions of time, climate change and Indigeneity—or ‘Adivasi Futurism’, as he calls it—are recurring themes in his work. His recent exhibitions include Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions, Kadist, San Francisco (2024); Everything You Can Dream of is True, UTP, Sydney (2024); Lahore Biennale (2024); Kathmandu Triennale 2077 (2022); Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (2021–2202); and Dhaka Art Summit (2020). Thebe Limbu is the co-founding member of Yakthung Cho Sangjumbho (Yakthung Art Society), which is based in Kathmandu, Newa-Tamsaling and the United Kingdom. He received the fifth VH AWARD Grand Prix for his 2023 film Ladhamba Tayem; Future Continuous (2023).