Upcoming Exhibitions
Upcoming EXHIBITIOn
September 2009
A Tibetan Pilgrim: Travel Through the Vanishing Himalaya
Photographs by Tenzing Paljor
In 2007, Tenzing Paljor initiated the Vanishing Himalaya project and traveled through the Indian Himalaya documenting the tradition and cultural heritage, a journey he describes as a ‘pilgrimage’. Over the course of six months, he traveled through dramatic and desolate landscapes in the remote regions of Ladakh, Zanskar, Spiti, Kinnaur, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, documenting the people who live in harsh environments where the Tibetan Buddhist way of life is still preserved.
In August of 2007, Tenzing visited Lithang, his ancestral home in Eastern Tibet, for six days. He only was able to take photographs for a few hours during his stay and several of these photos are included in this exhibition.
The exhibition serves as a symbolic journey of a Tibetan exile and conveys through photographs a celebration of the many facets of life in the Indian Himalaya that are uniquely Tibetan. It also expresses the inherent union of culture and way of life across the Himalaya. The Vanishing Himalaya project seeks to document and archive Himalayan and Tibetan cultural heritage at a time of acute change and radical transformation.
Tenzing Paljor, a self taught Tibetan photographer, has had solo exhibitions in India and Afghanistan and his work is in the collections of many individuals and institutions. He was awarded the Rowell Fund for Tibet, a photography grant on India and Nepal Himalayas for two consecutive years from 2006 to 2008. He is currently based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
November 19, 2009 - January 29, 2010

Masterpieces of Contemporary Buddhist & Hindu Tantric Art
Newar and Tibetan Paintings from the Collection of Robert Beer
Opening reception: November 19 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
February 11- April 16, 2010
Modern Buddhist Visions by Pema Namdol Thaye
Opening reception: February 11 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
This exhibition will consist of not only his original paintings and prints, but also a premier showing of his 3-D artworks, including gem-adorned gold and silver creations and intricate carvings in wood and wax.
The essential core of the exhibition is Pema’s tangka paintings, varying in subject matter from ethereal celestial Buddhas, bodhisattvas and goddesses, and complex lineage refuge trees and mandalas, to mahasiddhas and arhats.


