Tsewang Tashi

 

Born in Lhasa in 1963; lives and works in Lhasa, Tibet.

Education

2009

PhD candidate, faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2002

MA on art from the Institute for Colour at the National College of Art and Design (Norway)

1984

BA in oil painting from the Fine Arts Department of the Central University for National Minorities in Beijing, China

1980

Graduated from Lhasa middle school, Tibet

Solo Exhibitions

2011

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

2010

Scorching Sun of Tibet, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China

2009

Untitled Identity, Rossi and Rossi, London, UK

2001

Solo Exhibition, SPHN gallery, Berlin, Germany

2000

Light from Himalaya, 21:24/21:25 Gallery, Oslo

Group Exhibitions

2009

Tibetan Visions – Contemporary Painting from Tibet, Rome, Italy

2008

Return to Lhasa – The Second Annual Tibetan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China

ShContemporary Art Fair, Rossi & Rossi Gallery, Shanghai, china

2007

Lhasa - New Art from Tibet, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China

Inside out – Tibetan Contemporary Art, Gedun Choephel Gallery, Lhasa, Tibet

Tibetan Encounters – Contemporary meets Tradition, Rossi & Rossi at the Neuhoff Gallery, New York, USA

2006

Art from the Roof of the World – Contemporary Painting from Tibet, Siebengebirge Museum, Königswinter, Germany

Visitor artist at the Oldenborg Center for presentation on History of Contemporary Tibetan Art. 

Lhasa Train, Peaceful Wind Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art, University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Faces of Tibet: Contemporary Art from Lhasa, Koenigswinter, Germany

Lhasa Express, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

2005

Classic to Contemporary: Vision from Tibet, Rossi & Rossi and Sweet Tea House Art Gallery, London, UK

2004

Contemporary Tibetan Art, Peaceful Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2003

Lhasa Municipal Art Exhibition (second prize), Lhasa, Tibet

2002

Final Art Exhibition of KHIO, Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway

Final Art Exhibition of KHIO, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Norway

2000

Art Exhibition, Soria Moria, Oslo, Norway

Art Exhibition, Drammen Museum, Norway

1999

Tibetan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, China

1998

Municipal Art Exhibition, Lhasa, Tibet

International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Macao

1996

Living Water, Kyichoe River, Lhasa, Tibet

1993

Symphony of Soul, Tokyo, Japan

1986

Third Asian Art Exhibition, Bangladesh

Publications

2006

Art in Process presented at The 11th Seminar of Tibetan Study International Conference, Bonn, Germany

2003

20th Century Tibetan Painting presented at The 10th Seminar of Tibetan Study International Conference in Oxford, UK

Teaching

Associate Professor of the School of Arts Tibet University. Assistant director of the School of arts, Tibet University

Working experience and other projects

2004

Co-organiser of the Lhasa international conference on traditional mural & architecture conservation

2004

Curator of the Norwegian contemporary art exhibition - Art from Norway at Tibet University

2003

Co-curator of the first women art exhibition in Lhasa, Tibet

2003

Cofounder of the Gedun Choephel Artists' Guild, Lhasa, Tibet

1988-97

Lecturer and Associate professor of the school of Art, Tibet University

1984-88

Faculty member of fine Arts Department of the central University for National Minorities in Beijing, China