Tsherin Sherpa

painted in 2014

Germany, Berlin, ARNDT, Parallel Realities, 26 October – 22 November, 2014
UK, London, Rossi & Rossi, Active Blur, 4 December 2015 – 21 January, 2016
France, Rambouillet, La Lanterne, Image-In Tibet, 2 December – 21 January, 2017

Parallel Realities: Contemporary Tibetan Art. London: Rossi & Rossi, 2014. p. 45

 "In Lost Spirits (2014), the figures almost appear to be undergoing a process of merging with the abstract background. In previous works, I would abstract the background by greatly enlarging details of a thangka painting. Some aspects would still come through from the original. Now, that process has become so extreme that its origin has begun to disappear. As I move further into my contemporary work, I’m finding that sometimes I no longer have a set end goal in mind. Sometimes the act of discovery is a process more important than the end piece, which serves as a record of that search. To get through to a new form, sometimes it is necessary to completely let go of old methods." ——Tsherin Sherpa

Tsherin Sherpa is a contemporary Nepalese artist currently living and working in California, United States. He was born in 1968 in Kathmandu, Nepal, and studied traditional Tibetan thangka painting from his father, Master Urgen Dorje, a prominent thangka artist. He also studied Computer Science and Mandarin in Taiwan, and was a student of several Buddhist Masters learning Buddhist Philosophy from 1991 to 1996. Upon his return to Nepal, he and his father collaborated on many important works including monastery mural and thangka paintings. He emigrated to California in 1998 where he started to discover and create his individual style, contemporising traditional tantric emblems, colours, and motifs. His works have been exhibited worldwide, as well as are in many private collections across Europe, America, and Asia.