Gade (b. 1971 in Lhasa) is a founding member of the Gedun Choephel Artists’ Guild. His works have won various prizes in Chinese exhibitions; he has also exhibited in countries such as Japan and Malaysia. In 2001-2 he became ‘Artist in Residence’ in New York; in 2003 he was ‘Artist in Residence’ at the Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Art Centre in Scotland. After studying Chinese painting and art history in Beijing, Gade returned to using traditional Tibetan painting techniques but with a modern twist. He does not wish to depict Tibet as a mythical land that only exists in text books, but wants to paint his Tibet, the country he grew up in – a country in transition, shaped by present realities and connected to the outside world. Gade’s paint brush is a thread that connects past and present; his works depict a culture that speaks of antiquity as well as modernity. Exhibitions: making gods