Sarika Singh (Thangka painter)

Sarika Singh is perhaps the first female painter and teacher in the tradition of the Himalayan Buddhist Art of Thangka Painting, according to a statement from the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Singh currently runs the Thangde Gatsal Thangka Studio and School with her husband, Master Locho, who is a senior Thangka painter. The couple have recently founded and begun work on the Museum of Himalayan Arts and Culture in Dharamsala. The painter also spends some time lecturing about the art of Thangka and has had her studio's work exhibited in the October Gallery of London. A graduate of Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Singh honored another notable alumna Aung San Suu Kyi with a Thangka painting of White Tara in November 2012.