ARTIST BIO

Sonam Norbu Namsel (aka Tenzin Jigme) is a contemporary artist from Tibet, currently living and working in the Midwest U.S.

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Sonam’s work is both methodologically and thematically centered on memory and exile. He focuses particularly on the deep emotions tied to, and arising from, a close engagement with memory, especially the lingering images and sensations we carry in various forms from the past and its relation to our present(s) and future(s). He is primarily a painter, but maintains a sustained practice in graphic art, mixed media, and photography.

 

His most recent series of over 25 paintings explores his memories of home in Tibet and representations of the self across different circumstances, cultures, and spaces.

         

Sonam trained as an artist at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi, where he completed his MFA with a focus on painting, and at the College of Art, University of Delhi, where he earned his BFA in graphic arts.

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