Gonkar Gyatso Born in Lhasa, Tibet; currently a British citizen and lives and works in London. selected solo exhibitions 2008 Art Dubai, Dubai. 2004 Tibetan Word C art of communication, The Sweet Tea House, London. 2003 Leverhulme fellowships and Artist residence show, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. 1999 Contemporary Tibetan art C Gonkar Gyatso, The Sontsen House Gallery, Zurich. 1997 Gonkar Gyatso - Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist art, International Cultural Centre, Helsinki. 1996 The footprints of Budhha, International Cultural Centre, New Dehli. 1994 The Contemporary artist C Gonkar Gyatso, Anymacheng Instud, Dharamsalla, India. 1987 ModernTibet Art of Gyatso, The Revolution Exhibition Hall of Tibet, Lhasa, Tibet. selected group exhibitions 2009 Trading Meaning, (China Art Projects) DAC Space, Beijing. Tibet Art Now: on the threshold of a new future,Tibet Art Gallery, Temple, Amsterdam. Making Worlds, Venice Biennial, Italy. The London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Unbound: New Art for a New Century, Newark Museum, USA. Tibetan Visions: Contemporary Painting from Tibet, ASIA ONLUS, Rome, Italy. 2008 A Question of Evidence, Thyssen-Bornemilsza Art Contemporary, Vienna. Return to Lhasa, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing. shContemporary 08, Shanghai. Art Hong Kong 08, Hong Kong. Art Dubai 2008, United Arab Emirates. 2007 Past & Present - Tibetan art -13th to 21st century, Christopher Farr Courtyard Gallery, Los Angeles. Buddha and Christ - a sense of togetherness, The Sweet Tea House, London. Consciousness and Form -Contemporary Tibetan art, Rossi & Rossi, London. Hobby Horse CYeah, Yeah Dada Asia, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich,Switzerland. Thermocline of New Art Asian Waves, ZKM/Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany. Contemporary Art from Tibet, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing. Tibetan encounters: Contemporary meets tradition, (Rossi & Rossi) Neuhoff Gallery, New York. Terrain, inIVA, London. 2006 Oh! What a beautiful day - Peter Towse and Gonkar Gyatsos shared visions, Rossi & Rossi, London. Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art, CU Art Museum, Colorado. Modern Art from the Roof of the World - Contemporary Tibetan Art, Siebngebirgsmuseum, Germany. Tibet, Wereld Museum, Rotterdam. collections (Australia) Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, White Rabbit Gallery. (USA) Crocker Art Museum, California, The Newark Museum, New York. (UK) Rossi & Rossi, London, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Immigration and Diversity Museum, London, The Sweet Tea House-Contemporary Tibetan Art Gallery, London. The Burger Collection, Switzerland. Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China. Wereld Museum, Rotterdam, Nederland. education 1999-2000 MA (distinction) Fine Art. Chelsea College of Art & Design, London. 1980-84 BA Hons, Traditional Chinese Painting. The Department of Fine Art, Central Institute of Nationalities, Beijing, China. fellowships/residencies 2003 The Leverhulme Trust, London, Artist residence at Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. 2001 Southern Art. Hampshire, England. 1996 Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London. 1989-91 Central Academy of Fine Art & Crafts, Beijing.

Statement
The idea of globalisation and going beyond that concept is very much about my works - the fact that we are not settled yet constantly moving and changing ... the idea of having no beginning nor an end, which are very much influenced by my own inherited culture - Buddhism. Here, the globalised culture, economy, and politics constantly negotiate and conflict the philosophy.