Tseten Dorje

Background

Tseten Dorjee was born 2 December 1960 in Tibet and went in exile in India to receive his early education at the Central School for Tibetans, in Darjeeling, India.

Career

Dorjee started the study of thangka painting between 1974 to 1980 when he took private lessons from the late Venerable Ngawang Norbu (1903–1996). He continued his study from 1980 to 1986 at the Gyudmed Tantric Monastery, located in Mysore, South India. Dorjee received commissions from the 14th Dalai Lama, the Royal Family of Sikkim and various major monasteries in India.

Dorjee traveled and painted thangkas outside of India in Bhutan, Nepal, Munich and United States of America. In accordance with the wish of his teacher, Dorjee started teaching thangka painting in 1995.

As of 2011 he was instructing six full-time students.

Achievements

• Over the years, 11 students, after four to five years under his guidance became accomplished thankga painters.

Membership

Dorjee became a faculty member of Naropa University"s Study Abroad Program in Sikkim in the fall of 2002.