Artists



Peace and Energy (Blue)
Ground mineral pigments and gold on canvas
2011
41 x 61 in.
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Born 1966, Tibet

Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

1979-1981 Degree in Tibetan Traditional Thankga Painting and Fine Art from Tibetan Children’s Village Painting School. Titled “The Best Tibetan Thangka Painter.” (1979, 1981

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

"Compassion Transformed" at Joshua Liner Gallery

2005

Tibetan Fine Art exhibition in Villa Dessauer, Bamberg, Germany.

2001

Photo and Color Exhibition in Tibetan Art and Color Studio, Wurzburg, Germany.

1999

Tibetan Fine Art Exhibition in Hobbit Theatre, Wurzburg, Germany.

1996

First Tibetan Fine Art Exhibition in Alexander-Schroder-Haus, Wurzburg, Germany.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

"PULSE Contemporary Art Fair" with Joshua Liner Gallery, Miami, FL (Dec.)

"Tibetan Contemporary Art: Tantric Vision in Modern Self-Expression" co-curated by Pema Rinzin, Tibet House, New York, NY (Sep. - Nov.)

“Summer Group Exhibition” at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (Aug.)

“Tibet. Art. Now” at Palazzo Nerucci, Castel del Piano, Italy (Jul. – Aug.)

2010

"Summer Group Exhibition" at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (Aug.)

"Tradition Transformed" at Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY(Jun. - Oct.)

"The Barnstormers" at Joshua Linear Gallery, New York, NY (Mar.)

2008

"Big! Himalayan Art" at The Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX (May - Feb.)

2007

"Big! Himalayan Art" at Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY (Jun.)

2006

"Pema Rinzin Exhibition" at Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY

PERMANENT SHOW

2004

Sixteen Giant Paintings at Shoko Culture Research Institution, Nagano, Japan. (1995-2004)

TEACHINGS & LECTURES

2010

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

The Collegiate School, New York, NY

Tibet House, New York, NY

2008

Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

The Nightingale-Bamford School, New York, NY

The New School University, New York, NY

2007

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

The Dalton School, New York, NY

Massachussetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA

SVA, New York, NY

2006

The Collegiate School, New York, NY

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

1996-2002

Shoko-Ji Cultural Research Institute, Nagano, Japan

ART PUBLICATIONS

2010

Tradition Transformed, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY (Catalogue published by ArtAsiaPacific and Rubin Museum of Art)

Time Out New York, NY (May)

2007

The Flag Project, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY (Publication features a contemporary painting by Pema Rinzin titled ‘Precious Hand’)

Time Out New York, NY

2005

Die Weltdestibetischen Buhddhismus, Rare photos/citations (p.620-626) - Publication of Museum fur Volkerkunde, Hamburg, Germany.

2001

Gethope, Dr. Youko Miyasaka, Japan (Features two illustrations by Pema Rinzin)

2000

Life and Legends of the Eighty Four Mahasiddhas, by Chogyan Trungpa (Illustrated by Pema Rinzin and Yumyo Miyasaka, Shinju Publishing, Tokyo, Japan)

1991

A History of Tibetan Painting, by David Jackson (Illustration within chapter called “The Great Tibetan Painters and their Tradition” (p.102) - Publication of Verlag Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wein.

TELEVISION INTERVIEWS

2006

New York Channel One (NY1) • New York, NY

2003

Bayern Television • Munich, Germany

2002

LCV Cable TV News • Nagano, Japan

2001

LCV Cable TV News • Nagano, Japan

1998

NHK National TV • Tokyo, Japan

1991

LCV Cable TV News • Nagano, Japan

SELECTED BIBILIOGRAPHY

2010

“Peace and Energy: Pema Rinzin” - Time Out New York Magazine 05 (2010): 14.

2008

He’s Hauling in the Visitors by Livening up Events - The New York Times • 3.12.2008

2007

Dalai Lama Appears at the Rubin Museum, in Spirit and Acrylic - Chelsea Now • 3.16.2007

Overwhelming to Behold - The New York Sun • 8.23.2007 - Performance Painting

Resident Magazine • 2.19.2007

2006

Mystics from the Mountains - The Financial Times • 8.29.2006

2001

Brushes with the Divine - The Japan Times • 7.18.2001 Mein Post • [Wurzburg, Germany] Okaya City Newspaper • [Japan]

1999

Mein Post • [Wurzburg, Germany] Market • [Wurzburg, Germany]

1998

Suwoko City Newspaper • [Japan] Yumi Uri Shinbun • [Japan] City Newspaper • [Japan]

1996

Okaya City Newspaper • [Japan] Okaya International Exchange Association N