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Towards the last two months of my last visit to India in the spring of 2012, I encountered the Tibetan community in exile in India experiencing painful news of their people self-immolating in fire one after another in China-occupied Tibet. My experiences in the past visits in India (drawing a cremation site in Varanasi, documenting fire pits, cremation alters, and contemplating on life and death around fire) synchronized with this particular movement, an extreme way of ‘offering’ their bodies to ‘fire’ for asking freedom and peace.I could not help drawing large and small drawings as emotional response and with a sense of mourning.

After coming back to Vancouver, the self-immolation kept happening and I felt that my personal and professional task is not finished.

I have come back to India to continue to document and draw under the same theme. tomoyoihaya@hotmail.com

2 December 2024

Drawings on view at Art Beatus in Vancouver till the end of December


                                                                         “People Homeland”
                                                                             Tomoyo Ihaya 
                                                                  @Art Beatus Consultancy Ltd
                                                                            604-688-2633
                                                                    https://g.co/kgs/bX1wSS2

A dozen of drawings from 2012-2013 are on view at Art Beatus Art Consultant till the end of this year. 

Some of you may have seen them elsewhere but if you have not and would like to see them, please drop by. 

Those are a body of drawings shown at Walter Phillips Art Gallery in Banff last year and at Kamloops Art Gallery in 2022. 

The whole series have over 200 drawing which you can view here( please see older posts): http://tomoyoihaya.blogspot.com/



Note:
I recommend to phone  or email in advance to make sure the door is open especially towards the holiday season.