About Tashi
Tashi has trained and painted for over 15 years. For the past four years, he was the artist-in-residence at the Ganden Monastery in Dharamsala. He is both a master thangka painter and craftsman -- painting and decorating statues both for the Monastery and private customers. He currently lives in San Francisco and works closely with his studio in India.
Tashi has traveled throughout India to work in monasteries to restore and decorate statues.
Tashi has been integral in the Tibetan art community. He studied under the late Ven, Sangye Yeshi, whom His Holiness the Dalai Lama personally invited to reactivate the long and rich tradition of thangka painting in Dharamsala by opening a school at the Tibetan Library of Works and Archives. When this first school was shut, due to restructuring of the Library buildings, Tashi worked with his teacher to start the Institute of Tibetan Thangka Art. Through his initiative, the ITTA was started, and staffed with the best teachers.
Tashi has shown his works along with his ITTA contemporaries at the Tibet House in New Delhi, at the Museum at His Holiness’ the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamsala, and at the Tibet House in New York. His thangka were featured art on TLC's series New York Ink, and through Fall 2011, his work is on exhibit at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, as well as at Invisible NYC Gallery in New York's Lower East Side.
Tashi's thangka have been auctioned by Christie's to benefit the Tibet House; he has also donated works and lessons to benefit the Tibet Fund.
He has taught classes at the Tibet House, the Newark Museum, as well as to private groups and has completed murals for Jivamukti Yoga in New York.
His works have been commissioned by the likes of Jet Li as presents for HH the Dalai Lama.
This talented young artist will be showing his art in galleries throughout the US.
Tashi has traveled throughout India to work in monasteries to restore and decorate statues.
Tashi has been integral in the Tibetan art community. He studied under the late Ven, Sangye Yeshi, whom His Holiness the Dalai Lama personally invited to reactivate the long and rich tradition of thangka painting in Dharamsala by opening a school at the Tibetan Library of Works and Archives. When this first school was shut, due to restructuring of the Library buildings, Tashi worked with his teacher to start the Institute of Tibetan Thangka Art. Through his initiative, the ITTA was started, and staffed with the best teachers.
Tashi has shown his works along with his ITTA contemporaries at the Tibet House in New Delhi, at the Museum at His Holiness’ the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamsala, and at the Tibet House in New York. His thangka were featured art on TLC's series New York Ink, and through Fall 2011, his work is on exhibit at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, as well as at Invisible NYC Gallery in New York's Lower East Side.
Tashi's thangka have been auctioned by Christie's to benefit the Tibet House; he has also donated works and lessons to benefit the Tibet Fund.
He has taught classes at the Tibet House, the Newark Museum, as well as to private groups and has completed murals for Jivamukti Yoga in New York.
His works have been commissioned by the likes of Jet Li as presents for HH the Dalai Lama.
This talented young artist will be showing his art in galleries throughout the US.
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Tashi takes private commissions, and is also available for decorative painting, and Tibetan script design.
He is currently taking students for small group classes in his studio in San Francisco.
Please note, Tashi's thangka are only available for sale from the artist directly. Other sites have been listing his works, these are not authentic.
Tashi takes private commissions, and is also available for decorative painting, and Tibetan script design.
He is currently taking students for small group classes in his studio in San Francisco.
Please note, Tashi's thangka are only available for sale from the artist directly. Other sites have been listing his works, these are not authentic.