Kesang Lamdark

Kesang Lamdark (b.1963) was born in Dharamsala0 and grew up in Switzerland. After apprenticing and working as an interior architect in Switzerland, he went on to study art at the Parson’s School of Design in New York, followed by an MA in visual art at Columbia University, NY.

Searching for an appropriate cultural space for himself, he always felt like an outsider, until eventually, looking within, he came to understand and reconnect with his heritage while living in the west. His displaced, multi-cultural upbringing allowed him a broader personal energy. As an artist, he combines unusual materials to create a taste for something different. Ultimately, his life and work are about bringing together the unfamiliar. From Tibet to India to Switzerland to America, from hair to plexi to butter to nail polish, his unique background is the driving force behind his art.

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