I was born in Tibet when one could walk around Lhasa without running into a single non-Tibetan, and

grew up mainly in Britain, where I attended secondary schools during the era of the Beatles, the

moon  landing and Vietnam. Returning to a Tibetan refugee community in India, I studied Tibetan

painting  for two years, before leaving for the United States in 1974.

 

After my studies at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, I worked as an Art Director in

New York for 16 years,  and won many industry awards, such as the Clio, Addy and the One Show.

I've designed several books on Tibet and created logos for organizations such as ICT, TCHRD, SFT,

Tibet Fund and the Tibet House Delhi intiative, World Sacred Music Festival. I've also had the interesting

experience of acting in Martin Scorsese's film, Kundun, playing the role of the Lord Chamberlain.

I started making my personal artwork in 1992 and have in the last four years, devoted all of my

time to it. 

 

A small website I started a few years ago to enable Tibetan artists to see each other's work, has now  

evolved into Mechak Center for Contemporary Tibetan Art, a non-profit group working to create

awareness for Tibetan artists working around the world. The friends and supporters who sit on the

Mechak Board as well as the people who've worked with Mechak on all our projects are responsible for

whatever success we've achieved. We've opened four  exhibitions/symposiums on contemporary

Tibetan art in 2005-2006. Our biggest achievement has been Waves on the Turquoise Lake:

contemporary expressions of Tibetan art,  an exhibition at the Art Museum of the University of

Colorado at Boulder,  which featured the works of Tibetan artists working in exile and inside Tibet. This

unifying event for Tibetan culture is a first in over 50 years. We are working with friends and contacts in

Japan and Spain to create 'Mechak' websites in those countries which will be more focused on activities

and writings on Contemporary Tibetan Art happening in Japan and Europe.

I live in Boulder, USA with my wife and son.

 

exhibitions

Gallerie Oboro, Montreal
Tibet House, New York

Peaceful Wind Gallery, Santa Fe

Gallery Artraktion, Bern

Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London

Sweet Tea House gallery, London

International Campaign for Tibet, Washington, DC

Visual Arts gallery, Emory University

Fowler Museum, Los Angeles

CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder 

Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago