Selected works

Exhibitions

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  • Potala Web

    Kesang Lamdark

    Double Vision

    February 3 – March 11, 2017

  • LAMDA69076 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    The Graduate, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69076

  • LAMDA69077 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Sea Horse Mandala, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69077

  • LAMDA69084 E CROPjpg

    Kesang Lamdark
    Buddha Nature, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69084

  • LAMDA69078 CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Lamdark depidemic, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69078

  • LAMDA69079 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Pussy Mandala, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel 
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69079

  • LAMDA69080 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Yak Kesang, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69080

  • LAMDA69081 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    7000 Eichen, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69081

  • LAMDA69083 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Disco Fever, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69083

  • LAMDA69085 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Boys don't cry, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69085

  • LAMDA69090 E Crop

    Kesang Lamdark
    Joan Jett by A. Kupper, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, aluminium
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69090

  • LAMDA69088 WEB CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Hustler, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69088

  • LAMDA69091 E CROP WEB

    Kesang Lamdark
    Game of skill, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69091

  • LAMDA69094 WEB

    Kesang Lamdark
    Red cloud over Potala, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    150 x 200 x 8 cm

    LAMDA69094

  • LAMDA69095

    Kesang Lamdark
    Potala negative, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    125 x 245 x 8 cm

    LAMDA69095

  • LAMDA69087 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Hell Rider, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69087

  • LAMDA69092 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Fire work, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69092

  • LAMDA69086 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Erotic Melt, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69086

  • LAMDA69089 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Devil, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69089

  • LAMDA69093 E Crop

    Kesang Lamdark
    Green Nose Mandala, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69093

  • LAMDA69082 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    Lamdark Rimpoche, 2016

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    ø 40 cm

    LAMDA69082

  • LAMDA69076 E CROP

    Kesang Lamdark
    The Begining, 2018

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    130 x 200 x 10 cm

    LAMDA95835

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    Kesang Lamdark
    The beginning, 2018

    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, stainless steel
    130 x 200 x 10 cm

    LAMDA95835

  • LAMDA2008 cover

    Kesang Lamdark
    Rossi & Rossi (eds.)
    London 2008
    English
    48 pp., ill.

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  • 2011 LAMDARK cover

    Kesang Lamdark
    Son of Rimpoche
    Rossi & Rossi (eds.)
    London 2011
    English
    56 pp., ill.

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  • LAMDA50482 on

    Kesang Lamdark
    Broken Aristocrats, 2015

    Melted PVC foil, LED panel
    74.5 x 61 x 3.5 cm

    LAMDA50482

  • LAMDA50479 on

    Kesang Lamdark
    Mao Butts, 2015
    Melted PVC foil, LED panel
    75 x 61 x 4 cm
    LAMDA50479

  • LAMDA50480 on

    Kesang Lamdark
    Guru Lama, 2015

    Melted PVC foil, LED panel
    74.5 x 62 x 3.5 cm

    LAMDA50480

  • LAMDA50481 on

    Kesang Lamdark
    13 H. H., 2015

    Melted PVC foil, LED panel
    74.5 x 60.5 x 6 cm

    LAMDA50481

  • LAMDA50483

    Kesang Lamdark
    Poison Water, 2015
    Melted PVC foil, LED panel
    74.5 x 61 x 5.5 cm
    LAMDA50483

  • LAMDA50484

    Kesang Lamdark
    Kiss World, 2015
    Melted PVC foil, LED panel
    74.5 x 123 x 3.5 cm
    LAMDA50484

  • LAMDA50484

    Kesang Lamdark
    Lhasa Dreams, 2015
    Plastic cast of a matress filled with styrofoam,
    46 perforated cans of Lhasa Beer, 2 beer packages, 2 trestles
    124 x 200 x 100 cm
    LAMDA50490

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Rockwoche (Rock Week) </em>, 2015<br />LED lightbox<br />66 x 48.5 x 3 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Rockwoche (Rock Week), 2015
    LED lightbox
    66 x 48.5 x 3 cm

    LAMDA48274

  • Lhasa Dreams install view 1

    Kesang Lamdark

    Lhasa Dreams

    April 17 – May 30, 2015

  • Biography English  Biografie Deutsch

     

    1963 Born in Dharamsala, India. Lives and works in Switzerland.

    1995 - 1997 MFA – Columbia University, New York, US
    1991 - 1995 BFA – Parsons School of Design, New York, US
    1981 - 1985 Apprenticeship as Interior Architect – Bernoulli Kauter AG, Zurich, CH


    Solo Exhibitions

    2022
    Kesang Lamdark,Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, HK

    2018
    Kesang Lamdark, Knock, Knock, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, HK

    2017
    Kesang Lamdark, Double Vision, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH

    2016
    Kesang Lamdark, Songtsen House, Zurich, CH

    2015
    Kesang Lamdark, Lhasa Dreams, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH

    2014
    MoMARS (Museum of Modern Mars), Rossi & Rossi at Art Basel Hong Kong, HK

    2013
    Kesang Lamdark. Headless Disco on Top of the World, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH

    2011
    Son of Rimpoche, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

    2009
    Retrospective, Rossi & Rossi at Art Dubai, Dubai, AE

    2008
    Plastic Karma, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

    2005
    Workshow, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht, CH
    Yak & Gesi, Kaufleuten Lounge, Zurich, CH

    2001
    Burned Emotions, Art Wallhof, Basel, CH
    Burned Emotions, X-TRA-Limmat Haus, Zurich, CH

    2000
    Wheels, curator Diego Cortez, Tibet House, New York, US

    1998
    Tibetan Freedom Concert, VIP Show, Milarepa Fund, Washington D.C., US
    Sapporo, Parsons School of Design New York, US

    1997
    World Artists for Tibet, Learning Center, New York, US
    Tunnel, New Age Productions, New York, US
    Tibetan Freedom Concert, VIP Show, Milarepa Fund, New York, US


    Group Exhibitions

    2019
    Private Collection (Volume II), Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH

    2016
    Image-In Tibet, La Lanterne, Rambouillet, FR

    2015
    Summer Group Show, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

    2014
    Material Analysis, ShugoArts, Tokyo, JPN
    Parallel Realities, ARNDT, Berlin, DE
    Impermanence, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, HK
    Anonymous, The Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA and the Queens
    Museum of Art, New York, US
    DIRGE: Reflections on (Life and Death), MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, USA

    2013
    SAME : DIFFERENCE, Rossi & Rossi, London UK
    In-Between: 21st Century Tibetan Artists Respond to 12th - 15th Century Tibetan Manuscript Covers, Rossi &
    Rossi, London, UK
    Anonymous, Dorsky Museum at the State University of New York, New Paltz, New York, US

    2012
    Victory! Triumph in Classical and Contemporary Asian Art, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

    2011
    Tradition Transformed – Tibetan Artists Respond,the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, US
    Tradition Transformed – Tibetan Artists Respond,the Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, US
    What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?, Rossi and Rossi, London, UK
    Kesang Lamdark, Palden Weinreb – Generation Exile: Exploring New Tibetan Identities, Hanart TZ, Hong Kong, in
    association with Rossi & Rossi (London)

    2010
    Review/Preview, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, CH
    Jubiläums Druckmappe – 30 Jahre Rote Fabrik, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, CH
    Scorching Sun of Tibet, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, CN
    Trickster Makes This World, Nam June Paik Arts Centre, Gyeonggi-do, KR
    Boys and Girls Come out to Play, Summer exhibition, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
    Tradition Transformed – Tibetan Artists Respond, The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, US
    The Big Bang, The White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, AU
    Motel Nirwana – Das aktionistische Kunstfestival im Geiste der Internationalen DADA Festwoche, Rote Fabrik,
    Zurich, CH

    2008
    Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, CN
    Outdoor Project at ShContemporary, Shanghai, CN

    2007
    Past and Present Tibetan Art 13th - 21st Century, Rossi & Rossi at Christopher Farr Gallery, Los Angeles, US
    Consciousness and Form: Contemporary Tibetan Art, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
    Hobby Horse - Yeah, Yeah, Dada, Asia, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, CH
    Tibetan Encounters - Contemporary Meets Tradition, Rossi & Rossi Ltd. at the Neuhoff Gallery, New York, US

    2006
    14 Dalai Lama, Wereld Museum, Rotterdam, NL
    Opening group show, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht, CH
    Lhasa Express, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
    Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expression of Tibetan Art, CU Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado, US
    La Luna, La Diva, likeyou.com Centrik Isler, Zurich, CH

    2005
    Die Fünf Tibeter, Artaktion, Bern, CH

    2004
    Naturally Artificial, Christine and Patrick Dreyfus, Basel, CH

    2003
    Neurotitan c/o Christian Anderson and Karl Rockmaster featuring Kesang Lamdark, Haus Schwarzenberg,
    Berlin, DE

    2000
    20 Jahre Rote Fabrik, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, CH

    1998
    Hey You Never Know, Kenny Schachter, New York, US

    1997
    26 Positions, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University New York, US
    Carousel, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, US

    1996
    21st Degree, Kenny Schachter, New York, US

    1994
    Contemporary Tibetan Art, Obe, Montreal, CA

    1993
    Contemporary Tibetan Art, Migros Cultural Center, Zurich, CH


    Fellowships / Residencies

    2013
    Rubin Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, State University of New York, New Paltz

    2012
    Dharamshala International Artists’ Workshop

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    Artist's Website

    www.lamdark.com

     

    Selected Exhibitions & Projects

    2022  Kesang Lamdark,Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, HK

    2019 Private Collection (Volume II), Grieder Contemporary, Zurich (CH)

    2017  Kesang Lamdark, Double Vision, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich (CH)

    2014  Material Analysis, ShugoArts, Tokyo (JP)

    2014-2009  Works by Kesang Lamdark at Burger Collection, Hong Kong (HK)

    2008  Plastic Karma, Rossi&Rossi, London (UK)

    2008  Farewell to Post-Colonialism. 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art (CN)

    2007  Hobby Horse - Yeah, Yeah Dada Asia, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich (CH)

    2006  Waves on the Turquoise Lake, CU Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado (US)

     

    Selected Texts/Press

    A visit to Kesang Lamdark's studio, Vice, 2015

    HG Masters, Kesang Lamdark. Where I Work, ArtAsiaPacific, 2014

    Trace Foundation, Tibet's Alchemist: Kesang Lamdark, trace.org, 2012

    Kesang Lamdark: 108, Conceptioart, 2008

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Mahakala</em>, 2014<br />Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, aluminium<br />ø 56 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Mahakala, 2014
    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, aluminium
    ø 56 cm

    LAMDA24912

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Snowlion</em>, 2014<br />Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, aluminium<br />ø 56 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Snowlion, 2014
    Plexiglass, wood, LEDs, aluminium
    ø 56 cm

    LAMDA26769

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Dorge Drakkten</em>, 2014<br />PVC, paper<br />180 x 88 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Dorge Drakkten, 2014
    PVC, paper
    180 x 88 cm

    LAMDA40043

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Kiss</em>, 2014<br />PVC, paper<br />120 x 90 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Kiss, 2014
    PVC, paper
    120 x 90 cm

    LAMDA40044

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Fire Suit over Palden Choetso</em>, 2013<br />Melted plastic, foil<br />220 x 125 x 12 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Fire Suit over Palden Choetso, 2013
    Melted plastic, foil
    220 x 125 x 12 cm

    LAMDA11590

  • 1 LAMDARK 2013 zurich inst

    Kesang Lamdark

    Headless Disco on Top of the World

    January 25 – March 28, 2013

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Summer 12</em>, 2012<br />Melted plastic<br />150 x 270 x 2 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Summer 12, 2012
    Melted plastic
    150 x 270 x 2 cm

    LAMDA11376

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Skull</em>, 2012<br />Melted plastic, marker, textile<br />300 x 150 x 2 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Skull, 2012
    Melted plastic, marker, textile
    300 x 150 x 2 cm

    LAMDA11381

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Untitled (Abstract 1)</em>, 2012<br />Melted plastic, acryl paint, foil<br />270 x 150 x 2 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Untitled (Abstract 1), 2012
    Melted plastic, acryl paint, foil
    270 x 150 x 2 cm

    LAMDA11426

  • LAMDA11375

    Kesang Lamdark
    Dorge Drakkten, 2012

    Melted plastic
    240 x 127 x 2 cm

    LAMDA11375

  • 2012 7 LAMDA11374

    Kesang Lamdark
    Kiss, 2012

    Melted plastic
    240 x 127 x 2 cm

    LAMDA11374

  • 2012 4 LAMDA11441

    Kesang Lamdark
    Tsewang Norbu Light Box, 2012

    Perforated glass, LED light, light box, cable
    22 x 22 x 9 cm + cable

    LAMDA11441

  • Kesang Lamdark,<em>Dorge Drakkten Kiss World </em>, 2012<br />Perforated mirror, monitor, MDF<br />66.8 x 106.2 x 11 cm

    Kesang Lamdark
    Dorge Drakkten Kiss World, 2012
    Perforated mirror, monitor, MDF
    66.8 x 106.2 x 11 cm

    LAMDA11436

  • LAMDA11429

    Kesang Lamdark
    Red Disco Skull, 2012

    Perforated glass, LED light, light box, cable
    30.5 x 22.5 x 9 cm + cable

    LAMDA11429

  • LAMDA11438

    Kesang Lamdark
    Peepshow Low, 2012

    TV monitor, wood, cable
    19 perforated cans
    31.4 x 69.5 x 46.1 cm

    LAMDA11438

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