Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tsherin Sherpa currently lives and works in the California, United States. From the age of 12, he studied traditional Tibetan thangka painting with his father Master Urgen Dorje, a renowned thangka artist from Ngyalam, Tibet. After studying computer science and Mandarin in Taiwan, he returned to Nepal where he collaborated with his father on several important projects, including thangka and monastery mural paintings. In 1998, Sherpa moved to California where he worked as a thangka painter and instructor at several Buddhist centers. Recent exhibitions include Tibetan Spirits and Beyond the Mandala – Contemporary Art from Tibet, Volte Gallery, Mumbai, in collaboration with Rossi & Rossi, London (2011 & 2012); Scorching Sun of Tibet, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing (2010);Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond, Rubin Museum of Arts, New York (2010); Buddha in the Hood, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, Vermont (2010); Sacred Images, Alta Galleria, Berkeley, California (2007);Contemporary Thangka, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California (2007). His work is in many private collections both in Europe and America as well as Asia.