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Gonkar Gyatso Biography
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1989 - 1991 |
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Centre Academy of fine art & Crafts, Beijing, China. Fellowship for contemporary crafts design
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1996 |
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Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design, London Guest Artist scholarship
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2001 |
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Southern Art, Hampshire, England. Year of Art 2000 Artist’s residence
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2003 |
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The Leverhulme Trust, London. Leverhulm fellowships and Artist residence at Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
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Gonkar Gyatso was born in Lhasa in 1961 and studied traditional Chinese painting in Beijing. After leaving Tibet, he lived in a Tibetan exile community in Dharamsala where he met Peter Towse. In 1996 he received a full scholarship to study at Central Saint Martin’s; he later finished his master’s degree in art at London’s Chelsea Art College. He now lives in London where he has an art gallery named The Sweet Tea House – the first gallery in Europe devoted to showcasing contemporary Tibetan art. His work has been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums in Europe and Northern America. Gyatso’s work charts the subtle shifts in identity and belonging caused by constant migration. Through diasporic experiences, he traverses the hybrid nature of resettlement, fusing different cultures and traditions.
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Lives and works in the United Kingdom
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2014
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London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
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2014
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Tibet India, New Beginnings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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2013
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Haunch of Venison, New York, NY (solo)
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2012
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Three Realms, Institute of Modern Art, Queensland University Art Museum, Griffith University Artworks. Brisbane, Australia (solo)
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2012
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Selected Works: New Acquisitions from the QUT Art Collection, Queensland Institute of Technology, Brisbane, AUS
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2012
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Seeking Shambala, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, MA
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2011
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London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
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2010
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Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Christie’s, London
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2010
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Scorching Sun of Tibet, Songzhuang Art Centre, China
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2010
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Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA
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2010
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World of Thousands, Space Station, Beijing, China
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2010
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The Beauty of Distance, Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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2010
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Mapping Identity, curated by Carol Solomon and Janet Yoon, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
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2010
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A Man is not a Tree, Galarie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany
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2010
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The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
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2010
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AAFNYC, TAG Fine Arts, New York City
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2010
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25th London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
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2010
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London Art Fair, Islington, TAG Fine Arts, London
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2009
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10th Toronto International Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, London
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2009
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53rd International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
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2009
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24th London Original Print Fair, RA, TAG Fine Arts, London
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2009
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China Art Projects, Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia, “Tempting God”
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2009
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DAC Gallery, Beijing, China, “Trading Meaning”
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2009
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Tibet Art Gallery, Temple, Amsterdam, “Tibet Art Now: on the threshold of a new future”
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2009
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Newark Museum, USA, “Unbounded: New Art for a New Century”
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2009
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24th London Original Print Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, London.
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2008
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Thyssen-Bornemilsza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria. “A Question of Evidence”
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2008
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Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China. “Return to Lhasa”.
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2008
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shContemporary 08, Shanghai, “ The Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair”
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2008
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Art Hong Kong 08, Hong Kong “ Contemporary Tibetan Art”
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2008
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Art Dubai 2008, United Arab Emirates. “ gonkar gyatso
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2008
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Art Dubai 2008, Dubai. “ Gonkar Gyatso Retrospective” (solo)
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2007
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Christopher Farr Courtyard Gallery, Los Angeles. “Past & Present - Tibetan art -13th to 21st Century”
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2007
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2007 The Sweet Tea House, London. “Buddha and Christ-a sense of togetherness”.
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2007
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Rossi & Rossi, London. “Consciousness and Form- Contemporary Tibetan art”
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2007
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Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland. “ Hobby Horse – Yeah, Yeah Dada asia”
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2007
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Rossi & Rossi, London.“Consciousness and form – contemporary Tibetan art “
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2007
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ZKM/Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany. “Thermocline of new Art Asian Waves
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2007
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Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China. “ Contemporary Tibetan Art at 798”
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2007
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Neuhoff gallery, New York. (Organized by Anna Maria and Fabio Rossi ). “ Tibetan encounters Contemporary meets tradition”
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2007
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inIVA, London. “Terrain”
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2006
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Rossi & Rossi, London. 2006 Rossi & Rossi, London. “Oh! What a beautiful day-Peter Towse and Gonkar Gyatso’s Shared visions”
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2006
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CU Art Museum & The Colorado Collection,University of Colorado, Boulder. “Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art”
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2006
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Siebngebirgsmuseum, Germany. “Modern Art from the Roof of the World-Contemporary Tibetan Art”
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2006
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Wereld Museum Rotterdam, Nederland. “Tibet”
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2006
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Courtauld Institute Of Art, London. Culture bound-East wing Collection VII
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2006
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Visual Art Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, USA. ‘Rethinking Tradition-Contemporary Tibetan artists in the West”
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2005
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Gallery Artraktion, Bern, Switzerland. “Die funf Tibeter-zeitgenossische tibetische kunst”
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2005
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Rossi & Rossi and The Sweet Tea House-Contemporary Tibetan Art Gallery, London. “From classic to contemporary-vision From Tibet”.
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2004
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Immigration and Diversity Museum, London. “The Refuge Week” Leave to Remain Selected group show
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2004
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The Sweet Tea House – Contemporary Tibetan art gallery, London. “Tibetan Word – art of communication”. (solo)
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2003
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Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford. Leverhulme fellowships and Artist residence show (solo)
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2003
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Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland. “Sanctuary Contemporary Art & Human Rights”.
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2003
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October Gallery, London. “Radiant Transmission” Contemporary Masterpieces of Tibetan Buddhist Art”
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2000
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Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.MA Degree shows 2000
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1999
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The Sontsen House Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. “Contemporary Tibetan art – Gonkar Gyatso”. (solo)
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1999
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Lyon City Gallery, France. “Limbers Due Tibet” selected group show
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1998
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The Reality Room Gallery, Washington. “Visions From Himalaya Contemporary Tibetan Art” selected group show
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1998
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The Revolution Exhibition Hall of Tibet, Lhasa, Tibet. “Modern Tibet Art of Gyatso” (solo)
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1997
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International Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland. “Gonkar Gyatso - Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist art” (solo)
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1997
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Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, London.‘MA Degree Show 1998”.
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1996
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International Cultural Centre, New Dehli, India.“ The footprints of Budhha” (solo)
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1994
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Anymacheng Instud, Dharamsalla, India. “ The Contemporary artist – Gonkar Gyatso” (solo)
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1989
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The National Art Gallery, Beijing. “The National Avant-Garde Fine Art Exhibition-98”
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1985 - 1987
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The Sweet Tea House, Lassa, Tibet. “The Sweet Tea House Artists Group Show”
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