View of Ladakh Nomads Exhibition

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

NPO Wall Art Project

subsidy category

Grant for Creating Attractive Art and Culture

Grant Type

single year

FY 2024 (Phase 2) Grant for Creating Attractive Arts and Culture

"Five Elements," a public mural, 2025. Photo by Blue Bear Inc.

The viewer and the artist, Zering Yudor. Photo by Blue Bear Inc. "Jablo," a dance of nomads in Ladakh, courtesy of Jamyang Namgyal.

Viewers and artists, Zelling Udre. Photo by Blue Bear Inc.

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Business Overview

Ladakh, in the northernmost part of India, is located in the Himalayan (meaning "home of snow" in Sanskrit) mountains at an altitude of more than 3300 meters. For a long time, a subsistence lifestyle based on snowmelt had been established. Yak and pashmina herders live at an altitude of 4000 m to 5000 m. Ladakh nomads are being forced to change their livelihoods due to the huge impacts of climate change, such as the retreat of snow cover in the Himalayas. The purpose of this project is to focus on the current situation through art. Paintings and murals by Ladakh artists were exhibited, and works created using soil from Ladakh by Japanese artist Yusuke Asai were exhibited and screened. The exhibition conveyed what was happening in the region and deepened thoughts. To create an opportunity to recognize that what is happening to nomads due to global warming is not just a fire on the other side of the pond, but also that we, who live in Japan, are partly to blame, and to look at life in Japan as a global problem. The three artists invited from Ladakh are Chemat Dorjey, Tsering Youdol and Jamyang Namgail.

implementation period

Friday, April 11, 2025 - 28th (Mon)

Place of implementation

Tzomori Bunko (Chofu City, Tokyo)

Profile

【 NPO Wall Art Project 】
The NPO Wall Art Project has been organizing international art festivals and conferences in Bihar, Maharashtra and Ladakh since 2010. The purpose of this project is to convey to the outside world, through the eyes of internationally active Japanese artists, the way local people are and the problems they face, through the medium of art, and to convey to the people who live there the potential and wonders of the place.