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biography

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
2001
Year of Art 2000 Artist Residence, Southern Art, Hampshire, UK
1996
Guest Artist Scholarship, Central St. Martin's College of Art & Design, London, UK
1989-1991
Fellowship for Contemporary Crafts Design, Central Academy of Fine Art & Crafts, Beijing, China
Collections
2008
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Australia
White Rabbit Gallery, Australia
2007
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA
The Newark Museum, New York, USA
The Burgercollection, Switzerland
Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Wereld Museum, Rotterdam, Nederland
2006
Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London, UK
The Newark Museum, New York, USA
2005
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK
2004
Immigration and Diversity Museum, London, UK
2003
The Sweet Tea House Contemporary Tibetan Art Gallery, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Contemporary Tibetan Art, Art Hong Kong 08, Hong Kong, China
Gonkar Gyatso Retrospective, Art Dubai 2008, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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
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
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
2004
The Refuge Week: Leave to Remain, Immigration and Diversity Museum, London, UK
2003
Sanctuary: Contemporary Art & Human Rights, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Radiant Transmission: Contemporary Masterpieces of Tibetan Buddhist Art, October Gallery, London, UK
2000
MA Degree show 2000, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
1999
Limbers Due Tibet, Lyon City Gallery, France
1998
Visions From Himalaya: Contemporary Tibetan Art, The Reality Room Gallery, Washington, USA
1997
MA Degree Show 1998, Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design, London, UK
1989
The National Avant-Garde, Fine Art Exhibition - 98, The National Art Gallery, Beijing, China
1985-1987
The Sweet Tea House Artists Group Show, The Sweet Tea House, Lhasa, Tibet
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004
Tibetan Word - Art of Communication, The Sweet Tea House Contemporary Tibetan Art Gallery, London, UK
2003
Leverhulme Fellowship and Artist Residence Show, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
1999
Contemporary Tibetan Art - Gonkar Gyatso, The Sontsen House Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1997
Gonkar Gyatso - Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Art, International Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
1996
The Footprints of Buddha, International Cultural Centre, New Delhi, India
1994
The Contemporary Artist - Gonkar Gyatso, Anymacheng Instud, Dharamsala, India
1987
Modern Tibet Art of Gyatso, The Revolution Exhibition Hall of Tibet, Lhasa, Tibet
Education
1999-2000
MA Fine Art (distinction), Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1980-1984
BA Honours Traditional Chinese Painting, The Department of Fine Art, Central Institute of Nationalities, Beijing, China