Artist: Nubje DolaCurriculum Vitae:
Dola, born in Sakya County—renowned as the “second Dunhuang”—is a thangka artist trained under the lineage of Mentang-style thangka art at Tashilhunpo Monastery by the master Dzongkha Phurbu.
- In 2005, Dola graduated from middle school in Sakya County. With a natural passion and talent for painting, and with the support of his parents, he began formal study of thangka art under the guidance of Master Dzongkha Phurbu at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
- During his apprenticeship, Dola assisted his teacher in creating a large number of mural projects for monasteries as well as thangkas commissioned by the community. Due to his intelligence and hard work, he progressed early in his career.
- From 2012 to 2013, he was honored to work alongside his teacher in painting murals at Selong Monastery in Lhatse County.
- Between 2014 and 2016, he collaborated with his teacher on mural projects at Tashilhunpo Monastery.
After years of training in the fundamentals of thangka painting under Master Dzongkha Phurbu and completing numerous monastery murals and thangkas, Dora accumulated substantial knowledge and experience in painting. From 2017 onwards, he was able to independently complete large-scale mural and thangka projects.
- In 2017, he independently completed the mural at Buzha Monastery in Saga County.
- In 2018, he participated in the 4th China International Thangka Art Festival, where his exhibited work Three Deities of Jowo received an honorary certificate.
- In 2019, together with his mentor Dzongkha Phurbu, he completed mural projects for the library and museum of Tashilhunpo Monastery.
- In 2023, he participated in the 9th “Seeing Is Fulfilling” Tibet Fine Thangka Exhibition, where his work The Three Lords of the World was awarded the title of Gold Medal Inheritor.
- That same year (2023), he also participated in the “Beauty of the Peaks—First Shigatse Young and Middle-aged Thangka Artists’ Exhibition,” where his work Shakyamuni and the Sixteen Elders won first prize.
To this day, Dola continues to engage in thangka painting, having produced a large number of works, including thangkas housed at Tashilhunpo Monastery, large-scale thangkas at the Buddhist Academy in Beijing (such as The Five Visions of Je Tsongkhapa), as well as numerous commissioned works from across China.