Tenzing Rigdol

Tenzing Rigdol
Born January 16, 1982
Kathmandu, Nepal

Tenzing Rigdol (born 16 January 1982 in Kathmandu, Nepal) is a contemporary Tibetan artist and activist.

Biography

Tenzing Rigdol was born 16 January 1982 in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is best known for his installation in Dharamsala which consists of 20,000 kg of Tibetan soil from Shigatse.[1] He is chiefly known for his contemporary pieces although he is also trained in the ancient art of thangka.[2] In 2007, his piece "The Metamorphosis of Life" was sold for £10,000 (about USD 15,000).[3] Ringdol is a graduate of the University of Colorado. He holds a master's degree in philosophy and lives in the United States.

In 2010, with the Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu, he created an art work representing Liu Xiaobo that was shown December 10 with the participation of Richard Gere for the release of Nobel Prize of peace.[4]

Rigdol is featured in the documentary film Bringing Tibet Home by Tibetan film director Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, released in October 2013 at the International Film Festival in Busan in South Korea, which won the award of Jury des jeunes Européens at the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels in January 2014.[5][6][7]

Rigdol is also the author of three collections of poems.[8] In 2009, he published his first collection of poems, as announced at the Tibet House in New York.[9] Tenzin Dickyi compared his collection of love poems Butterfly's Wings, with those of the 6th Dalai Lama.[10]

Exhibitions

In May 2006, he participated in the exhibition The Missing Peace at Fowler Museum at UCLA Los Angeles[11] and in September the same year in the exhibition Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art at CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder in the United States.[12]

In 2007 he exhibited at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York.[13]

From 11 February to 27 March 2009, his work was exhibited by Rossi & Rossi gallery in London[14] and in 2010 in Hong Kong.[15]

In 2010, he participated in the exhibition "The Scorching Sun of Tibet" in Songzhuang art colony in Beijing, China.[16]

From June to October 2010, he participated in the exhibition "Tradition transformed", the first contemporary art exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York.[17][18]

In 2012, he participated in the exhibition Face to Face at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel.[19]

In January and February 2014, his work was exhibited at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum located in the University of Vermont in the United States.[20][21]

In February–June 2014, he was one of two contemporary artists from Tibet and India in the New Beginnings exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[22]

Books

Collections of poems

References

  1. ↑ Jolly, Joanna (October 28, 2011). "India: Tibetan exiles walk on 'home soil' in Dharamsala". BBC News. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Experiment with Forms: Tenzing Rigdol". Absolute Arts. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ Gleadell, Colin (October 30, 2007). "Sotheby's locks horns with Christie's". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ Alexandra DiPalma, Richard Gere pleads for Nobel winner release, CNN, 10 décembre 2010
  5. ↑ (French) Samuel Gontier, Fipa 2014 : mon rapport secret d’infiltré chez les jurés, 27 january 2014
  6. ↑ (French) Palmarès du 27e Festival international de programmes audiovisuels, Le Parisien, 25 january 2014
  7. ↑ 'Bringing Tibet Home' wins French award, Phayul.com, 27 january 2014
  8. ↑ http://www.rossirossi.com/contemporary/artists/tenzing.rigdol/cv
  9. ↑ Bhuchung D Sonam, A Poetry Book by a Tibetan Artist launched Phayul.com, January 19, 2009
  10. ↑ Tenzin Dickyi, A Review of BUTTERFLY’S WINGS, Tenzing Rigdol’s 3rd Collection of Poetry, Phayul.com, August 20, 2012
  11. ↑ Stacey Abarbanel, UCLA Fowler Museum to Premiere the Traveling Exhibition 'The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama’, May 01, 2006
  12. ↑ Fall 2006
  13. ↑ Season in the Sun, New York - Volume 40, Numéros 24 à 30 p. 41
  14. ↑ Art AsiaPacific Almanac - Volume 4, ArtAsiaPacific, 2009, p. 53 "Tenzing Rigdol Experiment with forms 11 February to 27 March Rossi & Rossi"
  15. ↑ Jaishri Abichandani & Tenzing Rigdol in Hong Kong
  16. ↑ Tsering Woeser, « Tibet » est un signe gravé sur notre front et notre âme, 5 nov 2011
  17. ↑ Louise Chen, "Tradition Transformed": A Conversation About Tibetan Contemporary Art, Artinfo.com, 27 juil. 2010
  18. ↑ Clare Harris, In and Out of Place: Tibetan Artists' Travels in the Contemporary Art World, in Asia Through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders, édité par Fuyubi Nakamura, Morgan Perkins et Olivier Krischer, A&C Black, 2013, ISBN 0857854704, p. 40
  19. ↑ Angela Levine, Face to Face at Tel Aviv Museum, MidnightEast, 4 March 2012
  20. ↑ Spring Exhibitions Feature Vogel Collection, Tibetan Art, 21 Jan 2014
  21. ↑ Alana Smith, Fleming unveils two new exhibits, Vermont Cynic, 11 Feb 2014
  22. ↑ http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2014/tibet-and-india-buddhist-traditions

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