才仁・夏爾帕
Tsherin Sherpa
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關於
Tsherin Sherpa 於 1968 年出生於尼泊爾加德滿都，現於加州與加德滿都兩地居住並進行藝術創作。12 歲時，他開始跟隨他的父親、著名唐卡藝術家 Urgen Dorje Sherpa 學習傳統的藏式唐卡繪畫。Tsherin 於 1988 年~ 1992 年於台灣學習電腦科學與中文，對於台灣有著濃厚的情感連結；隨後 Sherpa 於 1993 年回到尼泊爾，與父親合作完成了包括唐卡和寺廟壁畫在內的多個重要項目。1998 年，Sherpa 移民至加 州，他開始探索自己的藝術 —— 重新想像傳統的藏傳佛教圖案、符號、顏色和手勢， 並將它們以重組、扭轉的方式創作當代藝術品，是目前國際備受矚目的喜馬拉雅當 代藝術家。
Tsherin Sherpa 曾代表尼泊爾首次參加 2022 年第 59 屆威尼斯雙年展，名為 「沉默靈 魂的故事 — 分散的線索 — 扭曲的香格里拉」的個人展出項目; Tsherin 三度以個展 參與香港巴塞爾國際藝術博覽會(Art Basel Hong Kong)，並於 2024 年受邀於公眾藝術項目展出 10 公尺大型裝置作品，〈天梯〉(Stairways to Heaven 天梯)，成為展會最受矚目的熱門 焦點。Tsherin Sherpa 現正參與美國紐約魯賓美術館(Rubin Museum of Art)二十週年大展:「重新想像: 現今的喜馬拉雅藝術」，展出作品 〈沈默的表述〉(Muted Expressions) 為魯賓美術館永久館藏。
2024 年 1 月 Tsherin 於美國加州索諾瑪現代美術館(SVMA Sonoma Valley Museum of Art)進行了第 四次大型美術館個展，展出「Tsherin Sherpa:不同的世界」個展。Tsherin 國際展覽經歷豐富，國際重 要美術館展出有:維吉尼亞美術館(Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)個人回顧展:「Tsherin Sherpa – 靈 魂」(2022);更受邀參與美國皮博迪 · 埃塞克斯博物館(Peabody Essex Museum，2023)展覽;德州 亞洲協會(Asia Society Texas，2023)個展。 雙年展部分有:泰國清邁雙年展(2023)、橫濱三年展 (2020);第二屆銀川雙年展(2018);第一屆加德滿都三年展(2017);第八屆亞太當代藝術三年 展(2015);以及第二屆達卡藝術峰會(2014)等。
2023 年亞洲協會授予 Tsherin Sherpa「亞洲藝術變革者獎」(Asia Arts Game Changer Awards)，表揚其對當代藝術的卓越貢獻。Tsherin 作品廣為全球重要美術館與私人收藏，如:維多利雅與阿爾伯特美術館(Victoria and Albert Museum， 倫敦)、魯賓美術館(Rubin Museum of Art，紐約)、亞洲美術館(Asian Art Museum，舊金山)、維吉尼亞美術館(Virginia Museum of Fine Arts，美國)、利物浦國家 博物館(National Museums Liverpool，英國)、德塞塞特博物館(de Saisset Museum，加州)、皮博迪埃塞克斯博物館(Peabody Essex Museum，麻州)、亞洲美術館(Museum für Asiatische Kunst，柏林)、珊塔尼藝術基金會(Samdani Art Foundation)、克蘭納達美術館(Kiran Nadar Museum of Art， 新德里)和 Uli Sigg Collection 等國際重要收藏。
Tsherin Sherpa 作為尼泊爾最具代表性的藝術家，其部分作品與尼泊爾當地頂級傳統工藝師合作，不 僅完整保留尼泊爾古老的工藝技術，更藉由持續的國際美術館展覽展出，提高工藝師在當地的社會地 位。此外，Tsherin Sherpa 於加德滿都創辦了 “Takpa Gallery” 及非營利組織 “Himalayan Art Initiative”， 除了積極扶植尼泊爾藝術的發展 — 無論是傳統或是當代，將其對於當代藝術的經驗與方法，無私地 奉獻給年輕的藝術家們，進而改變尼泊爾的藝術生態，並大幅提升尼泊爾當代藝術的國際能見度。
Tsherin Sherpa was born in 1968 in Kathmandu, Nepal, and currently resides and works between California and Kathmandu. At the age of 12, he began studying traditional Tibetan thangka painting under the tutelage of his father, the renowned thangka artist Urgen Dorje Sherpa. From 1988 to 1992, Sherpa studied computer science and Mandarin in Taiwan, developing a deep emotional connection to the region. He returned to Nepal in 1993, collaborating with his father on several significant projects, including thangkas and temple murals. In 1998, Sherpa immigrated to California, where he began to explore his own art—reimagining traditional Tibetan Buddhist motifs, symbols, colors, and gestures in a contemporary context, making him a globally highly regarded contemporary Himalayan artist.
Tsherin Sherpa represented Nepal for the first time at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022 with the project titled Tales of Muted Spirits – Dispersed Threads – Twisted Shangri-la. He has participated in Art Basel Hong Kong thrice with solo exhibitions and in 2024, he was invited to display a 10-meter-long installation, Stairways to Heaven as part of Art Basel 2024’s public art project, becoming a highlight of the event.
In 2024, Tsherin Sherpa held his fourth large-scale museum solo exhibition, Tsherin Sherpa: Different Worlds, at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA, California). He is also part of the Rubin Museum of Art’s (New York) twentieth anniversary exhibition, Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now, where his work Muted Expressions has been acquired for the museum’s permanent collection.
Sherpa’s rich international exhibition footprint includes shows at significant institutions such as the retrospective exhibition Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA, 2023); invitations to exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum (2023) and Asia Society Texas (2023). He has also featured in the Thailand Biennale (2023), Yokohama Triennale (2020), the second Yinchuan Biennale (2018), the first Kathmandu Triennale (2017), the eighth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (2015), and the second Dhaka Art Summit (2014).
In 2023, the Asia Society awarded Tsherin Sherpa the Asia Arts Game Changer Awards, recognizing his exceptional contributions to contemporary art. Sherpa’s works are widely held in major art museums and private collections globally, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Rubin Museum of Art (New York), Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (USA), National Museums Liverpool (UK), de Saisset Museum (California), Peabody Essex Museum (Massachusetts), Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum, Berlin), Samdani Art Foundation (Dhaka), Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (New Delhi), and the Uli Sigg Collection, among other significant international holdings.
As the most representative artist in Nepal, Tsherin Sherpa has dedicated himself to preserving and developing the traditional crafts of his culture. By collaborating with the top local craftsmen on various projects, he brings these ancient crafts into the spotlight at global art fairs and museums, significantly increasing the visibility of such heritage arts and the social status of these craftsmen, making them seen, recognized, and respected. In the same spirit, Tsherin Sherpa established the “Takpa Gallery” in Kathmandu, providing emerging contemporary and traditional Nepalese artists with a sharing platform. For the younger generation, he created the nonprofit “Himalayan ART Initiative” that nurtures youngsters in learning traditional Himalayan arts, connecting them to their cultural roots from an early age, and thus actively preserving the future of Himalayan art. These diverse endeavors attest to how Tsherin Sherpa is going beyond the usual to raise the visibility of Nepalese culture in the world, thereby transforming the artistic landscape of contemporary Himalayan art.