Gonkar Gyatso

God Series | 2008

Gonkar Gyatso

Tibet

Mixed media

My Identity 2003

Gonkar Gyatso

Tibet

Photography

biography

*1961 in Lhasa, Tibet

Studied Fine Art in Beijing and London.

He is the founder of the contemporary Tibetan art gallery The Sweet Tea House and is currently based and working between London and Beijing.

Gonkar Gyatso is a Tibetan born British artist. Born in 1961 in Lhasa, Gonkar moved to London in the late 90's on scholarship to the Chelsea School of Art and Design, where he attained his MA in Fine Art. (Gyatso studied Chinese Brush Painting in Beijing, attaining a B.F.A. and Thangka (traditional Tibetan scroll painting) in Dharamsala). He has been living and working in the West ever since.

Gonkar Gyatso

God Series | 2008

My Identity 2003

Gonkar Gyatso

Shadi Ghadirian: Qajar

Sara Rahbar: War series

Ayman Baalbaki: Switzerland it ain’t (Ceci n’est pas la Suisse)

Ayman Baalbaki: Switzerland it ain’t (Ceci n’est pas la Suisse)

Mitra Tabrizian: The Perfect Crime

Dineo Seshee Bopape: ešobana!! lešobana! lešobana!! (le bulegile); lešobana! lešobana! lešobana!! (go phunyegile)