Gade

05-2584Tibetan ThangkaTraditional Fine ArtsChangdushikaruo, TibetBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

He is the tenth-generation bearer of the Chamdo Karma Gadri school. He began learning to paint thangka at the age of eight under his family's teacher, and was nurtured by his father Gezha Zeren, seventh-generation bearer of the Karma Gadri school. At sixteen he was awarded the degree of khenpo thangka painter and was invited to Qinghai to paint nine thangkas of The Ascetic, from the legend of Milarepa.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Also known as Karma Dele, he was born in March 1922 in Chamdo City, Tibet Autonomous Region, and is of Tibetan ethnicity. His representative works include The Eight Guhyasamaja Deities (Ba Bu Miji Jingang). He takes in apprentices from every quarter and teaches them thangka painting free of charge. He has taught nearly five hundred disciples, so that the thangka techniques of the Karma Gadri school have been inherited and carried forward.

Honors & Recognition

He is a national representative bearer of Tibetan Thangka (Chamdo Karma Gadri school), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Gade · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Tibetan Thangka
Item code: Ⅶ-14
Category: Traditional Fine Arts
Region: Changdushikaruo, Tibet
Born: —
Batch: Batch 5 (2018)

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