Tenzing Rigdol

 

Born in 1982 in Katmandu

Lives and works in New York, USA

 

Education

2005

BFA Painting/Drawing, The University of Colorado at Denver, USA

BA Art History, The University of Colorado at Denver, USA

2002

Tibetan traditional sand painting and butter sculpture, Shekar Choten Monastery, Katmandu, Nepal

1999

Diploma in Tibetan Traditional Tangkha Painting, Tibet Tangkha Art School, Katmandu, Nepal

1998

Tibetan Traditional Collage Thangkha Art, under the tutelage of Gen Tsering Yanki La, Tibet

1997

Tibetan Carpet Design, Tibetan Handicraft Center, Dharamsala, India

 

Selected Exhibitions

2011

What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?, Rossi and Rossi, London, UK

Roundabout, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

Our Land, Our People, site-specific installation, Dharamshaia, India

Modern Tibetan Artists, Temnikova and Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

Beyond the Mandala – Contemporary Art from Tibet, Volte Gallery, Mumbai, India, in collaboration with Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

2010


Roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Works on Paper, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

Scorching Sun of Tibet, Son gzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China

Boys and Girls Come Out to Play, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

Tradition Transformed - Tibetan Artist’s Respond, Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), New York, USA

Art HK 10, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong

2009

Experiment with Forms, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

2008

Painting with Poetry, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, Vermont, USA

ShContemporary 08 Art Fair, Shanghai, China

New Work by Tenzing Rigdol and Palden Weinreb, Dinter Fine Art (in association with Fabio Rossi) New York, USA

Art Hong Kong 08, Contemporary Tibetan, Hong Kong, China

2007

The Missing Peace, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA

Past and Present - Tibetan Art - 13th to 21st Century, Christopher Farr Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

Consciousness and Form - Contemporary Tibetan Art, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

The Missing Peace, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia USA

The Missing Peace, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA

Live Sand Painting-Performance Art, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Missing Peace, The School of Visual Art, New York, USA

Tibetan Encounters: Contemporary Meets Tradition, Fabio Rossi at Neuhoff Gallery, New York, USA

2006

UCLA, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, USA

Waves on the Turquoise Lake - Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art, CU Art Museum, Colorado, USA

LUMA, Loyola University of Art, Chicago, USA

Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA

2005

Emanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

Plus Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2004

UCDHSC Alumni Marriot Exhibition, Marriot Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

2004

Fusion Art, Solo Exhibition, Auraria Library Gallery Denver, Colorado, USA

 

Publications

2009

Experiment with Forms, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

2008

"R"---The Frozen Ink, Poetry Collection, Tibet Writes, Dharamsala, India

2007

Consciousness and Form, Anna Maria Rossi and Fabio Rossi Publications, London, UK

The Missing Peace, Earth Aware, San Rafael, California, USA

Tibetan Encounters: Contemporary Meets Tradition, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

2006

Waves on the Turquoise Lake, Contemporary Tibetan Art, CU Museum, Colorado, USA

 

Fellowships / Residences

2011

International Writing Program (IWP), The Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa, USA

2008

Rubin Museum of Art: Himalayan Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, USA

 

Art Forum

2012

Speaker at Buddhist Art Forum, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK