Palden Weinreb was born in 1982 in New York, where he studied art and still lives. He graduated from Skidmore College in 2004 and has worked at the Rubin Museum of Art. His work concentrates on drawing, painting, lithography and new media. He recently returned from spending time with his Tibetan family in Lhasa and said: "While exploring connections of heritage, I engaged in a deep cultural immersion and performed extensive research in contemporary aesthetics and customs."