Bin Bai (aka Gentsu Gyatso) is a multidisciplinary visual artist, who currently works and lives in South Australia. He uses paintings, sculptures, architecture and animated films to explore the transformation of traditional art and the culture in contemporary art realm. Born in Kham, Tibet, he studied art in the art institutions in Chongqing, Kassel and Adelaide and was granted a Master’s Degree in Fine Art and Design in 2004 and 2021 respectively.
Since 2002, Bin has participated in various exhibitions and given talks about his research and practise. By employing digital animation in visualising Tibetan grassroots oral literature, his 26 minutes animated film ‘The hunter and the skeleton’ (2012) was regarded as the first animated film by Tibetan artist and was among the official selections of scores of international film festival.
In parallel, Bin’s paintings and sculptures also look into the transformation of Tibetan art by elevating and representing aesthetics from his understanding of ancestral cultures and the links with our modern times. His latest painting project for his UniSA Master’s study was selected into the Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2021 and collected by private buyer as well as awarded the Graduate Exhibition Acquisition Prize 2020 by UniSA Creative.