Kesang Lamdark was born in Dharamsala in 1963 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.