Artists
Tsherin Sherpa
Tsherin Sherpa was born and raised in Kathmandu and from the age of thirteen studied traditional Himalayan Buddhist scroll painting with his father. In his late twenties, he relocated to California, where he continued his traditional art practice before moving beyond its boundaries to establish his own, unique artistic expression.
Through distortion, deconstruction, rupture, and rearrangement, Sherpa stretches, bends, reconfigures, and repurposes elements from the Himalayan art, merging them with modern imagery. Through these transformations, he contemplates the collisions of culture and identity negotiated by displaced people. Sherpa’s creations celebrate Himalayan culture while simultaneously challenging its frequently romanticized representations.