Karma Phuntsok

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Karma Phuntsok
ཀརྨ་ཕུན་ཚོགས་
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Born1952 (age 7273)
NationalityAustralian

Karma Phuntsok (Tibetan : ཀརྨ་ཕུན་ཚོགས་, Wylie : karma phun tshogs; born 1952 in Lhasa, Tibet) is a Tibetan painter.

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He fled Tibet with his family after the uprising against the Chinese in 1959, escaping into India as refugees. He studied drawing and painting through his school years in India. In 1973 Karma studied thanka painting with a master of traditional Tibetan thanka painting in Nepal. Since then he has been making paintings based on Tibetan Buddhist deities.

In 1981 Karma migrated to Australia, and now lives in the bush north of Kyogle with his wife and son.

Karma's paintings are collected worldwide, and published in various books and magazines. His recent paintings are mostly experiments, interweaving traditional techniques and symbols, with modern inspirations.

Historical background and studies

In 1959, he became a refugee after the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Between 1960 and 1970, he attended school in Northern India. In 1973, he had an apprenticeship with a master of traditional Tibetan Thanka painting in Nepal. In1974, he became a full-time professional Thanka painter. In 1980, he migrated to Australia.

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Public collections

Lowe Art Museum (Miami, USA), Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville, Australia), Queensland Art Gallery, Melbourne University, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Amnye Machen Institute (Dharamshala, India) Various Buddhist Centres worldwide

Art prizes

Selected bibliography

Professional activities

Tuition and courses have been given to many private individuals, communities and Commonwealth Youth Support Schemes, since coming to Australia. Collaborative works (mostly with Tim Johnson since 1992) have appeared in various exhibitions and publications (not listed here).[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "11/31. Dharma Studio - Karma Phuntsok. Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art | Art Circuits". Art Circuits. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. "Coconut Grove Grapevine: Meet Tibetan artist Karma Phuntsok". coconutgrovegrapevine.blogspot.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. "Calendar of Events - Wollongong Tibetfest 2006". www.uow.edu.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. "Best of the weekend". New Zealand Herald. 16 January 2004. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  5. "Amnye machen Institute - Exhibitions". www.amnyemachen.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  6. Drury, Nevill; Voigt, Anna (1 January 1996). Fire and Shadow: Spirituality in Contemporary Australian Art. Roseville East, NWS; Australia; United States: Fine Art Publishing. ISBN   9789766410421.