Lili Besenyei

I have been painting for 18 years and painting thangkas for 10 years. As a Buddhist teacher, I undertook to convey the meditative experience inherent in Buddhist art with my paintings and courses.

For me, it is not just about the passion of creation, but about exploring and understanding the symbols of Tibetan Buddhism so that the Doctrine of Buddhism can unfold through artistic creation and it can reach others as well. I connects Buddhist teachings and practice in thangka painting.

​My first encountered with thangka painting when I was 13 years old. I've learned painting in the Hungarian Secondary School of Visual Arts. In 2011 I did take refuge in Beru Khyentse Rinpoche and then continued my studies at the Dharma Gate Buddhist College. I practiced in a self-taught way from 2015, and then in 2019 I had been studying under the guidance of Master Lochoe and dr. Sarika Singh in Dhamashala in 2022, where I obtained my MSc degree, which I wrote on the subject of Russian icon painting and Tibetan Buddhist painting.

​Thangkas are canvas-painted, rolled-up images what help you to get over in various troubles and sink into the meditation. They can depict various buddhas, bodhisattvas, peaceful and wrathful deities, teachers, mandalas, a...

2022: Tempus Foundation scholarship to Mongolia

2019 June-October : Tempus Foundation-Campus Mundi traineeship scholarship (Center for Living Buddhist Art, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India)

2017- 2019 : Dharma Gate Buddhist College – MA – Dharma teacher
2012- 2015 : Dharma Gate Buddhist College – BA – Dharma teacher
2008-2012 : Secondary School of Visual Arts – Painter

Solo Exhibitions:

2022 April: Thangka Exhibition, Dharma Gate Buddhist College Gallery, Budapest

2019 October: Thangka Exhibition, House of Herényi, Szombathely [video]


Group Exhibitions:

2017 June: 22. International Miniature Festival, Szín-Folt Gallery, Kaposvár

2014 October: Kemenes Volcano Park, Celldömölk

2011 November: ÉNKÉPEK-Group exhibition of the school leavers of Technical School of Fine- and Applied Arts, Faculty of Photography and Faculty of Painting, Pepper Art Projects, Budapest

2010: Students of Secondary School of Visual Arts whose joined the Art Colony in Csongrád, Gallery of Secondary School of Visual Arts, Budapest

2009,2010,2011,2012: End-of-Year Exhibitions, Gallery of Secondary School of Visual Arts – Painter, Budapest