Kesang Lamdark

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
• 2005 — Yak & Gesi, Kaufleuten Lounge, Zurich, CH
• 2001 — Burned Emotions, Art Wallhof, Basel, CH
• 2001 — 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
• 1998 — Sapporo, Parsons School of Design New York, US
• 1997 — World Artists for Tibet, Learning Center, New York, US
• 1997 — Tunnel, New Age Productions, New York, US
• 1997 — Tibetan Freedom Concert, VIP Show, Milarepa Fund, New York, US

Group exhibitions (selected)

• 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, JP
• 2014 — Parallel Realities, ARNDT, Berlin, DE
• 2014 — Impermanence, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, HK
• 2014 — Anonymous, The Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, US and the Queens Museum of Art, New York, US
• 2014 — DIRGE: Reflections on (Life and Death), MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, US
• 2013 — SAME : DIFFERENCE, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
• 2013 — In-Between: 21st Century Tibetan Artists Respond to 12th - 15th Century Tibetan Manuscript Covers, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
• 2013 — 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
• 2011 — Tradition Transformed – Tibetan Artists Respond, the Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, US
• 2011 — What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?, Rossi and Rossi, London, UK
• 2011 — 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
• 2010 — Jubiläums Druckmappe – 30 Jahre Rote Fabrik, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, CH
• 2010 — Scorching Sun of Tibet, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, CN
• 2010 — Trickster Makes This World, Nam June Paik Arts Centre, Gyeonggi-do, KR
• 2010 — Boys and Girls Come out to Play, Summer exhibition, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
• 2010 — Tradition Transformed – Tibetan Artists Respond, The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, US
• 2010 — The Big Bang, The White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, AU
• 2010 — Motel Nirwana – Das aktionistische Kunstfestival im Geiste der Internationalen DADA Festwoche, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, CH
• 2008 — Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, CN
• 2008 — Outdoor Project at ShContemporary, Shanghai, CN
• 2007 — Past and Present Tibetan Art 13th - 21st Century, Rossi & Rossi at Christopher Farr Gallery, Los Angeles, US
• 2007 — Consciousness and Form: Contemporary Tibetan Art, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
• 2007 — Hobby Horse - Yeah, Yeah, Dada, Asia, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, CH
• 2007 — Tibetan Encounters - Contemporary Meets Tradition, Rossi & Rossi Ltd. at the Neuhoff Gallery, New York, US
• 2006 — 14 Dalai Lama, Wereld Museum, Rotterdam, NL
• 2006 — Opening group show, Grieder Contemporary, Küsnacht, CH
• 2006 — Lhasa Express, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
• 2006 — Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expression of Tibetan Art, CU Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado, US
• 2006 — 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
• 1997 — 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