- Mouthpainter
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Karki Bhim Kumar
- India
Date of birth: 08.07.1992
Scholarship holder since: 01.03.2020
Bhim Kumar KARKI was born on 8 July 1992 in Bunglung, India.
On 28 June 2012 while serving in the Indian army he sustained a spinal cord injury which resulted in lifelong paraplegia.
Mr Karki lives at the Khadki Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre, Pune.
Bhim Kumar Karki has been painting with his mouth since November 2016. Mouth painting has given his life a purpose, and at the end of the day he goes to bed contented, with a feeling of creativity. He enjoys his life with his new passion, art.