Uma Bista is an artist based in Nepal. She uses the camera as a tool to tell visual narratives that focus on issues of social, cultural, familial, personal, political, and psychological perspectives on gender inequality.
She is an alumna of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Angkor Photo Workshop in Cambodia, and VII Academy in Arles, France. Uma was named in the British Journal of Photography's annual "Ones to Watch 2019." She was a Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow in 2020 and currently serves as an Advisory Committee member at Women Photograph.
Her works, "Our Songs from the Forest," "Stay Home, Sisters," "Boundless," "I," and others, have been published and exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Breda Photo Festival, Chobi Mela, Photoville, Pen & Brush Gallery, and Caravan Magazine, among others. She is an educator and a member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo, and 13Jara Collective.
