Gonkar Gyatso

Gonkar Gyatso is an artist, and the founder and director of the contemporary art gallery, The Sweet Tea House in East London. Born in Lhasa in Tibet, he studied Fine Art in Beijing and London, as well as working for a period in Dharamsala. His art reflects his varied experiences of the Chinese, Tibetan and British art and cultural establishments, negotiating the uncertain space between Tibetan artistic traditions and modern, globalised culture, and has been exhibited widely in Asia, Europe and North America.