Tibet House - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Tibet House. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“Painting the Himalayas: Roman Kames & Young Artists from Ladakh” Exhibition
“In a tangka painting class at the Tibetan Children’s Village at Choglamsar traditional Tibetan painting, codified for centuries is taught through a rigorous six-year. The few pupils are quite poor. Their...More »
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Hisako Kobayashi Exhibition
Kobayashi’s slower moving, more intimate paintings–their more tender surface drawing us into the sensual depths, luring our psyche rather their overwhelming it, their calmer gestures softly touching the...More »
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“From Earth to the Divine: Contemporary Mongolian Expressionism” Exhibition
Tibet House US presents From Earth to the Divine: Contemporary Mongolian Expressionism, an exhibit featuring Mongolia’s award-winning artists. This exhibition brings together for the first time in New...More »
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Rima Fujita “Empowering the Extraordinary Dakinis”
Empowering the Extraordinary Dakinis is an exhibit featuring artist Rima Fujita’s recent series of work exploring the theme of female empowerment. Ms. Fujita examines women’s spiritual roles through iconography,...More »
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“BRIDGING REALMS: Contemporary Tibetan Art” Exhibition
This exhibit presents contemporary works connected by Tibetan cultural and philosophical thought embracing contradiction and reconciling polarities. Questioning the logic of ordinary perception and Aristotle’s...More »
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Jaroslav Poncar “Looking Back”
“Tibet with its vast spaces was created for panoramas.” - Jaroslav Poncar Jaroslav Poncar’s photographs of Tibet were taken over four extensive journeys more than twenty years ago. On his journey...More »
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Sonam Lhamo and Tiffani Gyatso “Sublime Worlds”
Sublime Worlds features artists Sonam Lhamo and Tiffani Gyatso’s highly emotive and imaginative mixed-media paintings.Their works reflect inner consciousness, spontaneity, practice and awareness, nurtured...More »
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Cira Crowell and Christopher Michel “Envisioning Ecstasy”
Envisioning Ecstasy features documentary and conceptual imagery expressing the kaleidoscopic experience of the Kalachakra Initiation and the complexity of life in remote Ladakh, India. The root of the...More »
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Tara Lobsang “A Brush With Reality”
“I have roamed this earth from East to West, as a pilgrim, as a vagabond, as a dreamer, and as a seeker…along the way, I came to realize that each of our sufferings can open a window into the deeper nature...More »
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“Tendrel” Exhibition
The exhibition includes: Award-winning journalist and photographer, Peter Aronson, who exhibits photos from, Dharamsala: Three Generations of Tibetan Exiles, his series composed over five years in Dharamsala,...More »
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Chungpo Tsering “Vagabond”
This exhibit presents Tsering’s newest work, which blends political and cultural themes to visualize the political oppression of his homeland and national identity. By incorporating elements such as Tibetan...More »
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Rima Fujita and Michela Martello “Weight of Happiness”
Tibet House US presents Weight of Happiness, a two-artist show displaying artworks variously inspired by Buddhism, folklore, dreams, the artists’ cultural heritage (Italy and Japan), symbolism and spirituality...More »
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Benigna Chilla “Transmutations”
This exhibition features Benigna Chilla’s new series of large-scale paintings created after her 2012 stay in Bhutan. Vivid yet meditative, they employ architectural, geometric and symmetric natural forms,...More »
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Tashi Norbu “Transcending Boundaries, Reflecting Changes”
Tashi Norbu explores the imagery of modern Tibet, referencing the Buddhist notions of flux and change, interdependence, and absence. Educated as a traditional tangka painter and later in contemporary art,...More »
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“Mandala: Locus of Thought” Exhibition
Tibet House US presents Mandala: Locus of Thought an exhibition exploring the mandala’s elemental form and union of the seemingly irreconcilable as a guide for reasoning. An ancient symbol of the universe,...More »
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Zorikto Dorzhiev “Steppe Nirvana””
Tibet House US will showcase “Steppe Nirvana,” the exhibit of works by renowned Russian artist and sculptor Zorikto Dorzhiev in an exhibit that will run from December 18th through 27th. An opening reception...More »
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Hedy Klineman “Buddhas In The Garden”
New York, NY, September 2013 — Buddhas in the Garden, a solo exhibition of more than 50 paintings by Hedy Klineman, will be on view at the gallery at Tibet House US from October 3 through December 12,...More »
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Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar “Dharma Art”
Jamyang’s calligraphy is a linguistic dance of Buddhist images and elements, encompassing Lord Buddha’s body, spirit and mind. Boldly experimenting with a variety of media and styles, Jamyang’s work is...More »
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Govinda Sah ‘Azad’ “The Universe Within”
Tibet House US presents art exhibit, The Universe Within, which will showcase the masterful works of renowned Nepalese artist Govinda Sah ‘Azad’. A portion of all sales will benefit Tibet House US and...More »
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Michael Katz "Form is Emptiness"
Michael Katz crafts abstract expressionist images vibrant in color and transcendent in depth, suggesting the dynamism and layers of the Buddhist journey. A writer, doctor and visual artist, Katz orchestrates...More »
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"Sacred Vision, Separate Views: Contemporary Perspectives in Buddhist Art" Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture - Installation - Video installation - Performance Art
- 2012-12-06 - 2013-02-01
Tibet House US has announced an exciting new multimedia art exhibit, Sacred Vision, Separate Views: Contemporary Perspectives in Buddhist Art, which will run December 6, 2012, through February 1, 2013....More »
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Leah & Stan Goldberg "Buddhist Iconography"
Stunning in detail, these contemporary Buddhist tangkas and mandalas created by artists Leah and Stan Goldberg are steeped in tradition and infused with an enthusiasm borne from the advice of a confidant...More »
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Tiffani Gyatso "Mystic Nostalgia"
This exhibition features a series of colorful, emotive and imaginative paintings from artist Tiffani Gyatso’s vision, her spiritual journey, and search for the inner voice. “These paintings took birth...More »
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José Sanint "Tibetan Tapestries: Dream Weaves from the Himalayas"
Tibetan Tapestries features beautiful and modern hand-woven textiles created by Tibetan artisans, using an ancient and maternal Tibetan-Himalayan-Buddhist weaving tradition. The majority of these textiles...More »
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"Mongol Visions: Winged Horses and Shamanic Skies" Exhibition
For more than two thousand years the Mongols have dominated the center of the Silk Road. Here, under the guidance of the great Khaans like Genghis and Kublai, the ancient traditions of shamanism and Indo-Tibetan...More »
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"Tibetan Contemporary Art: Tantric Vision In Modern Self-Expression" Exhibition
Traditionally in Tibet, the function of the artist was to create sacred work and to open doorways of perception between the human, divine, and demonic realms. Highly skilled artists painted enlightened...More »
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Don Farber "The Dalai Lama and His People"
Don Farber captures the life and work of His Holiness the Dalai Lama across a 30-year span in this inspirational exhibition. Farber’s photographs highlight the reverence shown to His Holiness Dalai Lama...More »
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Mary Conover "Alchemy of Light"
Alchemy of Light offers an exploration of consciousness through painting and montage. Conover works in the tradition of abstractionists like Malevich and Agnes Martin, viewing art as an investigation...More »
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"The Celestial Gold" Exhibition
The jewelry of the Himalayas has been reserved for the wealthy and powerful for centuries, reflecting social and political status, while expressing deeply ingrained views about what is beautiful. Often...More »
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"The Menris Tradition of Tangka Art: Paintings by the New Generation in Exile" Exhibition
The exhibition is dedicated to a complex medium unique to Tibetan culture, the Menris tradition of tangka art, which flourished and survived in Tibet for centuries until its interruption by the Chinese...More »
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"THE BUDDHA IMAGE: OUT OF UDDIYANA" Exhibition
The “Out of Uddiyana” exhibition features a wide range of very early Buddha imagery and related artworks, including Gandharan sculptural masterpieces; early coins and seals with Buddha imagery; extremely...More »
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Hamid Sardar "Dark Heavens: Hunters and Shamans of Mongolia"
Tibet House US presents an exhibition of stunning photographs by Hamid Sardar entitled "Dark Heavens: Hunters and Shamans of Mongolia". After living in Nepal and exploring Tibet and the Himalayas for...More »
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Pema Namdol Thaye "Modern Buddhist Visions"
Pema TNamdol haye is renowned for his expertise in traditional Tibetan tangka painting, sculpture and the creation of rare three dimensional mandalas. Comprising complex geometry, symbolism and iconography,...More »
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"Masterpieces of Contemporary Buddhist & Hindu Tantric Art Newar and Tibetan Paintings from the Collection of Robert Beer" Exhibition
This exhibition will feature many new paintings made by the finest Newar and Tamang artists of Nepal over the last six years, revealing how this contemporary renaissance of modern tantric art has continued...More »
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Tenzing Paljor "A Tibetan Pilgrim: Travel Through the Vanishing Himalaya "
In 2007, Tenzing Paljor initiated the Vanishing Himalaya project and traveled through the Indian Himalaya documenting the tradition and cultural heritage, a journey he describes as a ‘pilgrimage’. Over...More »
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Paul Blackthorne "Delhi to Manhattan"
In May 2008 Paul Blackthorne traveled to India.The first part of the trip was spent with The Missing Peace project en route to meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The second part was spent in the Himalayas,...More »
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Zorikto Dorzhiev Exhibition
Zorikto Dorzhiev, an acclaimed painter from the mystical Buryatia region of Siberia, will exhibit his hauntingly beautiful works at the Tibet House in New York. Zorikto is a Buryat, member of the major...More »
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Dru-gu Choegyal Rinpoche Exhibition
Choegyal Rinpoche is a highly gifted and well known artist. His paintings, which have been widely exhibited, are remarkable for their vibrant immediacy of expression. They display a mastery over a broad...More »
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Rabkar Wangchuk "The Healing Touch of Tibetan Art"
Rabkar Wangchuk, former monk and artist trained in tangka painting as well as other forms of traditional Tibetan Buddhist art, served as lead visual artist for nine years at the Tibetan Institute for Performing...More »