Nepal, April 29 -- Artist Ranju Yadav believes she has grown a lot-both in her career and as a person. She remembers being nervous to even attend art exhibitions and converse with people about a decade ago, but now she is flying across Europe for a solo exhibition, representing Nepal in Germany, Denmark and Finland.

Founder of Mithila Hastakala Udyog in Rajbiraj and the recipient of the National Fine Art Award at the National Fine Arts Exhibition 2019, Yadav has participated in over two dozen exhibitions. She has exhibited her works at events like the Karnaphuli Folk Triennale in Bangladesh, the International Art Exhibition in Myanmar, the Nepal Art Fair in Bangladesh, and the SAARC exhibition in Maldives.

Yadav was born in Thalha, Sapt...