Between Sacred Meaning and Lived Experience with Naomi Basu

Naomi Basu (b. New Delhi) is a New York–based artist working across painting and embroidery. Her practice is rooted in thangka techniques from the Menri tradition, developed through years of apprenticeship with the Tibetan master painter Pema Rinzin. Naomi Basu’s work has been exhibited at galleries including Morgan Lehman Gallery, GOCA by Garde, and Visionary Projects, and she recently had a solo exhibition at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York in 2026. Her work has been featured in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and Hyperallergic.

Links:

Website: https://naomibasu.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naomi.basu/

Interview in Tricycle Magazine: https://tricycle.org/article/naomi-basu-interview/

Some writing I did about the ideas behind a few of my pieces:

https://naomibasu.substack.com/p/where-visual-systems-meet

https://naomibasu.substack.com/p/endless-knot-wordless-writing

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