Gonkar Gyatso, born in Lhasa, Tibet, living and working in London
Fellowships / Residence
| 2003 |
Leverhulme Fellowship and Artist Residence, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK
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| 2001 |
Year of Art 2000 Artist Residence, Southern Art, Hampshire, UK
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| 1996 |
Guest Artist Scholarship, Central St. Martin's College of Art & Design, London, UK
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| 1989-1991 |
Fellowship for Contemporary Crafts Design, Central Academy of Fine Art & Crafts, Beijing, China
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Collections
| 2008 |
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Australia
White Rabbit Gallery, Australia
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| 2007 |
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA
The Newark Museum, New York, USA
The Burgercollection, Switzerland
Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Wereld Museum, Rotterdam, Nederland
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| 2006 |
Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London, UK
The Newark Museum, New York, USA
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| 2005 |
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK
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| 2004 |
Immigration and Diversity Museum, London, UK
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| 2003 |
The Sweet Tea House Contemporary Tibetan Art Gallery, London, UK
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 |
Contemporary Tibetan Art, Art Hong Kong 08, Hong Kong, China
Gonkar Gyatso Retrospective, Art Dubai 2008, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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| 2007 |
Past & Present - Tibetan art - 13th to 21st century, Christopher Farr Courtyard Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Buddha and Christ - a sense of togetherness, The Sweet Tea House, London, UK
Consciousness and Form - Contemporary Tibetan Art, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
Hobby Horse - Yeah, Yeah Dada Asia, Zurich, Switzerland
Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karslruhe, Germany
Contemporary Tibetan Art at 798, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Tibetan encounters: Contemporary Meets Tradition, Rossi & Rossi Ltd. at Neuhoff gallery, New York, USA
Terrain, inIVA, London, UK
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| 2006 |
Oh! What a Beautiful Day: Peter Towse and Gonkar Gyatso's Shared Visions, Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London, UK
Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art, CU Art Museum & The Colorado Collection, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Modern Art from the Roof of the World: Contemporary Tibetan Art, Siebngebirgsmuseum, Germany
Tibet, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Netherlands
Culture Bound, Courtauld Institute Of Art (East wing collection VII), London, UK
Rethinking Tradition: Contemporary Tibetan Artists in the West, Visual Art Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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| 2005 |
Die fünf Tibeter: Zeitgenössische Tibetische Kunst, Gallery Artraktion, Bern, Switzerland
From Classic to Contemporary: Visions From Tibet, Rossi & Rossi Ltd. and The Sweet Tea House - Contemporary Tibetan Art Gallery, London, UK
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| 2004 |
The Refuge Week: Leave to Remain, Immigration and Diversity Museum, London, UK
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| 2003 |
Sanctuary: Contemporary Art & Human Rights, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Radiant Transmission: Contemporary Masterpieces of Tibetan Buddhist Art, October Gallery, London, UK
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| 2000 |
MA Degree show 2000, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
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| 1999 |
Limbers Due Tibet, Lyon City Gallery, France
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| 1998 |
Visions From Himalaya: Contemporary Tibetan Art, The Reality Room Gallery, Washington, USA
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| 1997 |
MA Degree Show 1998, Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design, London, UK
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| 1989 |
The National Avant-Garde, Fine Art Exhibition - 98, The National Art Gallery, Beijing, China
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| 1985-1987 |
The Sweet Tea House Artists Group Show, The Sweet Tea House, Lhasa, Tibet
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2004 |
Tibetan Word - Art of Communication, The Sweet Tea House Contemporary Tibetan Art Gallery, London, UK
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| 2003 |
Leverhulme Fellowship and Artist Residence Show, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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| 1999 |
Contemporary Tibetan Art - Gonkar Gyatso, The Sontsen House Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
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| 1997 |
Gonkar Gyatso - Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Art, International Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
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| 1996 |
The Footprints of Buddha, International Cultural Centre, New Delhi, India
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| 1994 |
The Contemporary Artist - Gonkar Gyatso, Anymacheng Instud, Dharamsala, India
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| 1987 |
Modern Tibet Art of Gyatso, The Revolution Exhibition Hall of Tibet, Lhasa, Tibet
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Education
| 1999-2000 |
MA Fine Art (distinction), Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
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| 1980-1984 |
BA Honours Traditional Chinese Painting, The Department of Fine Art, Central Institute of Nationalities, Beijing, China
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