Carmen Mensink is an internationally renowned painter of thangkas, the traditional Tibetan scroll paintings of Buddhas and Mandalas. She is the founder of the School for Tibetan Buddhist Art that offers classes online and on location.
Carmen has been teaching Tibetan art, meditation and philosophy for over two decades and offers classes and lectures at museums, universities and buddhist centers around the world; including Omega Institute, Tibet House and Pratt Institute. She has been featured in television shows and dozens of publications.
Through the dedication and joy she expresses in her classes -and that are passed on to her students- Carmen has guided and inspired thousands of people along the Buddhist art and philosophy path.
Carmen is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is also being asked to work on related Tibetan artforms, including the large floor paintings of the Eight Auspicious Symbols that she created to welcome the Dalai Lama in her home country for the past three times he’s been visiting.
To learn more go to www.tibetanbuddhistart.com and www.schoolfortibetanbuddhistart.com.