Tansbao Gallery, established in Taipei in 2018, is one of the few galleries in Asia dedicated to modern and contemporary art from the Himalayan region. The gallery focuses on artistic practices exploring diaspora, identity, and cultural displacement within the broader context of Himalayan art.
Tansbao represents internationally acclaimed artists including Tsherin Sherpa, who represented Nepal in its first-ever national pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022; Lain Singh Bangdel, widely recognized as the “father of modern art in Nepal”; and Asha Kama, regarded as the “father of contemporary Bhutanese art.” Their practices reflect complex experiences of displacement, hybridity, and cultural identity.
Beyond the Himalayan region, Tansbao also engages with contemporary East Asian art and supports emerging artists in Taiwan. Guided by the ethos of “drawing from tradition to innovate,” the gallery explores the reinterpretation of East Asian aesthetics through contemporary visual languages.
Through exhibitions, international art fairs, and collaborations with museums and academic institutions, Tansbao seeks to bring distinctive artistic practices and cultural narratives from Asia—particularly those of Himalayan and East Asian diasporas—into the global art discourse.