Lili Besenyei

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.

From 2015 onwards, I tried to figure out the technique on my own, and in 2019, I studied in Dharamshala under the guidance of Master Lochoe and Dr. Sarika Singh. I earned my master's degree in 2022 with a thesis comparing 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, and the life of the Buddha. Pillars of consciousness that always remind the Buddhist practitioner of the their own buddha nature.

​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, and the life of the Buddha. Pillars of consciousness that always remind the Buddhist practitioner of the their own buddha nature.

The Thang...

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

Group International Exhibitions:

2026 July: 18th International Contemporary Art Fair Art at Rome (Itsliquid Art)

2026 April: International Contemporary Art Fair Art Expo Graz (AAMI)

Solo Exhibitions:

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

2019 October: Thangka Exhibition, House of Herényi, Szombathely