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CV Zangmo Alexander Visual Artist

Ed­u­ca­tion, Pro­fes­sional Train­ing

  • Mas­ters De­gree Fine Art (Dis­tinc­tion), Nor­wich Uni­ver­sity of Arts

  • BA Hons Fine Art Paint­ing (2.1), commendation in Art History, Uni­ver­sity of Brighton

  • Diploma in Coach­ing (Dis­tinc­tion), UK Coach­ing Part­ner­ship

  • Post Grad­u­ate Cer­tifi­cate in Ed­u­ca­tion, Uni­ver­sity of Cam­bridge (fully qualified art and photography teacher)

  • 7307 Fur­ther & Adult Teach­ing Cer­tifi­cate, Uni­ver­sity of Brighton

  • 8 week Mind­ful­ness Based Cog­ni­tive Ther­apy, Uni­ver­sity of Ban­gor

  • Dzogchen and Mahamudra Med­i­ta­tion Courses/Retreats in Ti­betan Buddhist Kagyu Tra­di­tion

  • Dharma and Art courses, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, USA

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Ex­hi­bi­tions

  • Confound, Old Shoe Factory, Norwich

  • Transference, Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk

  • The Strip­per, (Col­lab­o­ra­tion with Pema Clark), Uni­ver­sity of East An­glia

  • Lu­mino­grams: Cam­era-less Pho­tog­ra­phy by Zangmo Alexan­der, Beyond the Image Photographers Gallery

  • Work in Progress, Meet­ing House, Diss

  • Bud­dha Mind - Cre­ative Mind, Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Taplow Court

  • MFA Show, Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts

  • Faith and the Arts Mul­ti­faith Art Ex­hi­bi­tion, Birmingham, Arts Council England

  • ‘Jour­neys’, Paint­ings and Prints, Harleston Gallery

  • ‘Lo­tus in Flower’, Cambridge

  • ‘Lyri­cal Ab­strac­tion’, Michaelhouse Gallery, Cam­bridge

  • John Innes Cen­tre, University of East Anglia, Norwich

  • Paintings by Zangmo Alexander, Hor­sham Arts Cen­tre

  • Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios

  • Suffolk Open Studio

  • Brighton Art Fair, Corn Hall, Brighton

  • Fresh Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Lon­don

  • BA Fine Art Show, Brighton School of Art, University of Brighton Art Gallery

  • Brighton Li­brary

  • Brighton Cen­tre

  • Bond Street Gallery

  • East­bourne Li­brary

  • Fox’s Gallery, Lon­don

  • The Ar­t­house, Leeds

 

Awards, Scholarships, Residencies

  • Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies Scholarship for Dharma and Art course, Massachusetts USA

  • Arts Council England Award

  • MOFSA project development grant

  • MOFSA travel grant UK to USA

  • Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies Scholarship for two residencies, USA

  • DEFRA award for website design, equipment purchase

  • South Norfolk Council award for business development

  • Norfolk Visual Art Fund Award for community art workshop development​​

 

In­vited Speaker and Pa­pers

  • 4Thought, Chan­nel 4 Television Broadcast: Can Art Make You Be­lieve? talk

  • Bud­dha Mind - Cre­ative Mind Con­fer­ence:  Art and Meditation Practice talk

  • Bud­dhism and the Arts, commissioned paper for arts organisations on the re­la­tion­ship be­tween Art and Bud­dhism for Arts Coun­cil England

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Publication

  • Alexander, L., (2009), Women’s Wisdom: Natural Wellness Strategies for the Menopause Years Findhorn

  • Collins, Mick, (2014), The Unselfish Spirit: Human Evolution in a Time of Global Crisis, Hampshire: Permanent Publications

  • March 2020, Leaping Clear online journal, https://www.leapingclear.org/zangmo-alexander-video

  • Autumn 2022, On Remembering, Dreaming the World in A Life Written, An Anthology of Life Writing, The National Centre for Writing

 

Work in Col­lec­tions, Residencies

  • Dharma and Art Course, two residencies, Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies, USA

  • ​Imperial Health Charity Art Collection

  • Pri­vate Col­lec­tions USA and Eu­rope

  • Artist in Residence, Michelham Priory, Sussex

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Teaching and Mindful Creativity Coaching​

  • Mindful Creativity Coach, pri­vate prac­tice

  • Meditation Teacher, private practice

  • Vis­it­ing Lec­turer in Paint­ing, Brighton Uni­ver­sity at East­bourne Col­lege of Art and Technology

  • Cre­ative Stud­ies Lec­turer, East­bourne Col­lege of Art and Technology

  • Art Cer­tifi­cate Lec­turer, Brighton Uni­ver­sity

  • Art and Photography Teacher, one-to-one and group, private practice and schools

  • GCSE and A Level Art and Pho­tog­ra­phy Tu­tor, private practice

  • Director of Full Moon Images, publishing art prints

  • Director of Rainbow Arts, offering Art, Craft and Pho­tog­ra­phy courses for hard to reach mem­bers of the com­mu­nity, the el­derly, men­tal health, so­cial ser­vices staff, women's groups, chil­dren's hol­i­day work­shops

  • Fa­cil­i­ta­tor of women's art groups for self aware­ness, per­sonal de­vel­op­ment, self ex­pres­sion and stress man­age­ment

  • Re­spon­si­bil­ity for en­tire Art and De­sign Tech­nol­ogy Cur­ricu­lum, pri­mary school Nor­folk​

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Per­sonal De­vel­op­ment | CPD

  • Back to Be­gin­nings, Tara Rokpa

  • Bioen­er­get­ics Ther­apy, Brighton

  • Spir­i­tual Psy­chother­apy, Tun­bridge Wells

  • Per­sonal Jungian Art Ther­apy and Psy­chother­apy

  • Reg­u­lar med­i­ta­tion courses, group and solo meditation re­treats 

  • 2007-2014: Or­di­na­tion as a nun in the Ti­betan Bud­dhist tra­di­tion

  • Art and meditation short courses

  • 4 x Clown and Fool workshops

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