Tsherin Sherpa
The traveling
thangka artist
He also borrows imagery from classical Tibetan Buddhist iconography to abstract, fragment and reconstruct the traditional image to investigate and explore his personal diasporic experiences and the dichotomy found where sacred and secular culture collide. By employing mass culture’s ubiquitous noise, Tsherin Sherpa imports these representations into a heightened dialogue where Buddhist icons and global affairs can be renegotiated into a mirror-like transmutation.
Through the lens of the Himalayan diaspora, my work simultaneously deals with the preservation and transformation of a scattered culture, by bridging the sacred and secular, the past history and contemporary.

2019 : De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California, USA
2019 : Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA
2018 : Uli Sigg Collection
2018 : National Museums of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2017 : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA
2017 : Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2016 : Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
2015 : Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2014 : Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010 : Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA
2008 : Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
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1991-96
Buddhist Philosophy under the tutelage of various Buddhist masters, Nepal
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1988–89
Computer Science and Mandarin, Taipei, Taiwan
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1983–88
Traditional Tibetan thangka painting apprenticeship with his father, Master Urgen Dorje
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1991-96
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2020
Metamorphosis: Recent Paintings and Sculptures by Tsherin Sherpa, Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, USA
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2018
I want..I have..I hope, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
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2016
Beautiful Decay, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong
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2013
Golden Child/Black Clouds, Rossi & Rossi, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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2012
Tibetan Spirit, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
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2020
