Kalsang Dawa grew up in Lhasa where he was trained in traditional Tibetan art. He later moved to Dharamsala, India, and had a rigorous thangka painting training under Master Venerable Sengye Yeshi, the former official painter of the 14th Dalai Lama. In 1998, Kalsang moved to Vancouver, Canada. MOA commissioned him to create a work for the museum in 2009. Inspired by Buddhist philosophy, he uses, and teaches art for healing and self-awareness. In this talk, he will present his recent contemporary art works.
Conveners: Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, MOA Curator, Asia, Dr. Nuno Porto, MOA Curator, Africa & Latin America, and Dr. Anne Murphy, UBC Asian Studies.
If you have questions, please contact Fuyubi at fuyubi.nakamura@ubc.ca