Tenzing Rigdol
Tenzing Rigdol was born in Nepal to a Tibetan refugee family, and is a Tibetan contemporary artist, whose artwork ranges from painting, sculpture, drawing to video installation, performance and mix media. He has extensively exhibited his artworks throughout the United States, and also in London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Madrid. Rigdol’s artwork is held in collections worldwide and is represented by Rossi & Rossi. Additionally, he is also a published writer and a poet. His poetry book titled “R”—the Frozen Ink was published by Tibet Writes in the year 2008. He currently lives in New York.
EDUCATION:
2005 BFA Painting/Drawing, BA Art History
The University of Colorado at Denver
2002 Tibetan Traditional Sand painting and Butter sculpture
Shekar Chorten Monastary, Kathmandu, Nepal
1999 Diploma in Tibetan Traditional Thangkha Painting
Tibet Thangkha Art School, Kathmandu, Nepal
1998 Tibetan Traditional Collage Thanghka Art under the tutelage of Tsering Yanki
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2009
Tenzing Rigdol, Experiment with Forms, Rossi & Rossi,
London, U.K. Feb 11- Mar 27
The Missing Peace, Fundacion Canal,
Madrid, Spain. Jan 29- April 12
Contemporary Tibetan Art, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art,
Atlanta, GA.
2008
Painting with Poetry, Red Mill Gallery,
Johnson, VT, Oct 17th
New Works by Tenzing Rigdol and Palden, Dinter Fine Arts Gallery,
New York, March 6th-April 19th.
SH Contemporary 08 Art Fair
Shanghai, China Sep 10th
Contemporary Tibetan Art, Art Hong Kong 08,
Hong Kong
2007
The Missing Peace, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA),
San Francisco, CA. Dec 1st
Past and Present- Tibetan Art -13th to 21st Century, Christopher Farr Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA. November 28th
Consciousness and Form- Contemporary Tibetan Art, Rossi + Rossi,
London, U.K. October 5th
The Missing Peace, Emory Visual Arts Gallery,
Atlanta, GA. September 29
The Missing Peace, Rubin Museum of Art (RMA),
New York, NY. March - September
Performance, Aesthetic Deconstruction, Rubin Museum of Art (RMA),
New York, NY September 3rd.
The Missing Peace, The School of Visual Art,
New York, N.Y, July - August
Tibetan Encounters: Contemporary meets Tradition, Neuhoff Gallery,
New York, NY. March 19th.
2006
The Missing Peace, Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA),
Chicago, IL. October 20th.
Waves on the Turquoise Lake---Tibetan Contemporary Art, CU Art Museum,
Boulder, CO. September 14th
The Missing Peace, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History,
Los Angeles, CA. June 11th
2005
BFA Thesis Show: Fusion Art Volume III, Emmanuel Gallery,
Denver, CO. December 5th
Young Guns, Plus+Gallery,
Denver, CO. March
2004
UCDHSC Alumni Marriot Exhibition, Marriot Gallery,
Denver, CO. July
Fusion Art Volume II, Auraria Library,
Denver, CO. June 1-30
FELLOWSHIP/RESIDENCE:
Rubin Museum of Art: Himalayan Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, 2008
