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This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.
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- Sonam Dolma Brauen + (Born+in+1953%2C+Sonam+Dolma+Brauen+spent+t … Born+in+1953%2C+Sonam+Dolma+Brauen+spent+the+first+six+years+of+her+life+in+Tibet.+Due+to+the+Chinese+occupation+of+Tibet%2C+she+fled+across+the+Himalayan+mountains+with+her+family+to+India+in+1959.+From+the+age+of+seven%2C+Sonam+joined+her+mother+in+working+in+road+construction+to+support+their+family.+She+began+attending+school+for+the+first+time+at+age+13%2C+learning+English+and+basic+studies+at+an+English+Medium+School+in+India.+At+the+age+of+19%2C+Sonam+and+her+mother+emigrated+to+Switzerland%2C+where+she+married+Swiss+anthropologist+and+curator+Martin+Brauen.+They+have+two+children.%0A%0ASonam+began+her+training+in+1990%2C+studying+at+Art+School+Bern+with+Arthur+Freuler%2C+Leopold+Schropp%2C+Mariann+Bissegger%2C+and+most+significantly%2C+Serge+Fausto+Sommer.+The+majority+of+her+paintings+are+abstract.+They+are+illusory+appearances+following+the+Buddhist+belief+that+all+appearance+is+ultimately+illusory.%0A%0AAfter+moving+to+New+York+City+in+2008%2C+where+she+lived+for+four+years%2C+she+began+working+more+with+installations+using+materials+and+objects+like+used+monk+robes+from+Asia%2C+plaster%2C+empty+amunition+shells.+Provocative+works+utilize+teeth+and+used+ammunition+in+pieces+that+comment+on+contemporary+society.%0A%0AHer+installations+express+ongoing+themes+that+preoccupy+her%3A+Machoism+and+its+relation+to+power%2C+money+and+war%3B+and+the+political+situation+in+her+home+country+Tibet.+%0A%0AHer+work+has+been+shown+worldwide+alongside+artists+such+as++Bill+Viola+and+Zhang+Huan%2C+Jenny+Holzer%2C+Kiki+Smith+and+Robert+Longo+among+others.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sonambrauen.net%2Fbio+Source+Accessed+Oct.+31%2C+2023%5D%29Fbio+Source+Accessed+Oct.+31%2C+2023%5D%29)