Skarma Sonam Tashi is from Ladakh and New Delhi, where ways of living and building have long evolved in close relationship with a fragile landscape. His practice draws from the region’s sustainable architectural traditions, which use locally sourced materials such as stone, sun-dried bricks, timber, and earth to create structures that exist in balance with the environment. As these practices gradually disappear, his work revisits and reinterprets this knowledge through a contemporary lens.

At the core of his practice is an exploration of fragility—of landscapes, materials, and human relationships with nature. He works with impermanent and discarded materials such as cardboard, paper-mâché, egg trays, and natural clay, transforming everyday waste into sculptural forms that echo Ladakh’s mountains, homes, and terrain. These materials function as metaphors for ecological vulnerability, holding both personal memory and environmental urgency.

Through sculptural and site-specific installations, his work explores the tension between resilience and impermanence, inviting reflection on sustainability, care, and the delicate balance that sustains life in Ladakh and beyond. 

Tashi was one of the National Awardees of the 64th National Exhibition of Art, 2025 at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and will be a representative artist at the India Pavilion and La Biennale di Venezia 2026.