Oct 13, 2025 - Oct 23, 2025
Details: TBD
Description: This print of Tenzing Rigdol’s painting “Hide and Seek” appears to deconstruct a traditional Tibetan thangka image depicting the many reincarnations of the historical Buddha. Rigdol’s painting reveals layers of a grid-like structure underpinning the Buddhist imagery interspersed with text seemingly drawn from a contemporary history of China and Tibet.
About the Artist: Tenzing Rigdol was born in 1982 in Kathmandu, Nepal, after his Tibetan parents fled occupied Tibet in the late 1960s. Rigdol came to the United States in the late 1990s to study at the University of Colorado Denver, earning a BFA in painting and drawing and a BA in art history in 2005. Rigdol is a leading contemporary Tibetan artist whose work spans painting, collage, installation, and digital media. His art often explores themes of identity, displacement, and cultural memory, blending traditional Tibetan imagery with modern techniques. In 2011, his groundbreaking installation Our Land, Our People brought 20 tons of Tibetan soil into exile, symbolizing longing and belonging. Rigdol has been exhibited in major museums and collections worldwide, including a landmark solo 2024 show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Shipping costs will be determined by The Tibet Fund after a winning bidder has won an art work. The winning bidder will be responsible for any shipping costs. Winners in attendance at The Tibet Fund Gala on October 23, 2025 will have the option of taking any won artworks home with them upon payment. Winners in the New York City area will also have the option of picking up the artwork at The Tibet Fund office in Manhattan during business hours.
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