Zimbiri

CONCEPT OF ARTWORK

The tiger has been a great source of inspiration for me, and when presented with the opportunity to paint a life-size sculpture I wanted nothing more than to paint it as it is: a tiger as a tiger. The identity of the tiger for me is tied to their bold black stripes. And just as the stripes seem to be leaving the sculpture, the future of these beautiful beasts' existence may become more mythical than real.

ABOUT ZIMBIRI (BHUTAN)

Zimbiri, born and raised in Bhutan, finished her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College, MA, with a double major in Economics and Fine Arts. Her first exhibition, Faces, was the first female solo exhibition in Bhutan. It was about people and their way of coping with society by wearing different ‘Faces’. She is currently working on a series of paintings that are an exploration of traditional Bhutanese paint (saa-tshen) and imagery. She has exhibited these works in her second exhibition ‘Found Icons’ and more recently in international art fairs: Serendipity Art Festival (2017), India Art Fair (2017), and Art Basel Hong Kong (2018).

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雕塑構思：

老虎對我啟迪尤深，這次有機會為等身大小的雕塑上色，我最希望是還原老虎的外貌，做到畫虎像虎。對我而言，老虎身上鮮明的黑色條紋是牠們身份的象徵。條紋從雕塑剝離，喻指這些美麗的生物在未來或許會從現實消失，成為神話般的存在。

Zimbiri（不丹）:

Zimbiri在不丹出生及成長，青年時前往美國麻省韋頓學院修讀學士學位，以經濟學與藝術雙主修畢業。她的第一場作品展「Faces」是首次在不丹舉行的女性藝術家個人展覽，展覽以人為主題，展示他們為了適應社會而戴上不同的「臉」。Zimbiri目前正以不丹傳統繪畫形式「saa-tshen」和圖飾紋樣為靈感，創作一系列作品。這些作品曾於第二場個展「Found Icons」以及近年的不期而遇藝術節（2017年）、印度藝術博覽會（2017年）、香港巴塞爾藝術展（2018年）等國際藝博會展出。