
About Zangmo Alexander and Creative Way Art
Hello, my name is Zangmo Alexander. I’ve been a qualified Artist and Art Teacher for 30 years and a Mindful Creativity Coach for 11 years. I have been training in awareness meditation and mindfulness for 18 years. I love working with clients and students of all ages and abilities and get so much satisfaction from seeing how they grow and develop personally and creatively.
How did Creative Way Art begin?
While teaching creativity, art and photography courses in colleges, schools, the community and in private practice for 20 years, I noticed how apparently able students and clients seemed stuck in negative self talk, resistances and blocks preventing them from just being themselves and expressing themselves creatively, compassionately and authentically.
Inspired to help, I added to my teaching qualification by training as a life coach. From this developed a creativity coaching practice which has complemented my art teaching. Having been a Buddhist nun from 2007-2014, I also began integrating meditation and mindfulness in both my own art practice, art teaching and creativity coaching.
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As a unique, personalised approach for helping individuals explore ways to express and discover themselves, Creative Way Art now offers a range of exciting techniques from art teaching, mindfulness meditation, therapeutic art, life coaching, creativity coaching and my own experience as a professional artist. This has been an immensely beneficial and fulfilling journey, for many of my students, clients and myself.
To discuss working with me, please phone 01379 897393, or email me.
To see more of my art work, go to www.zangmoalexander.com
Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Training
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Masters Degree Fine Art (Distinction), Norwich University of Arts
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BA Hons Fine Art Painting (2.1), commendation in Art History, University of Brighton
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Diploma in Coaching (Distinction), UK Coaching Partnership
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Post Graduate Certificate in Education, (fully qualified teacher status)
University of Cambridge -
7307 Further & Adult Teaching Certificate, University of Brighton
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8 week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, University of Bangor
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Mahamudra Meditation Courses/Retreats in Tibetan Buddhist Kagyu Tradition
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Dharma and Art, six month course, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Massachusetts
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Exhibitions
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Confound, St Mary's Works, Norwich
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Transference, Halesworth Gallery
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The Stripper, (Collaboration with Pema Clark), University of East Anglia
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Luminograms: Camera-less Photography by Zangmo Alexander,
Beyond the Image Photographers Gallery -
Work in Progress, Meeting House, Diss
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Buddha Mind - Creative Mind, Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Taplow Court
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MFA Show, Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts
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Faith and the Art Multifaith Art Exhibition, Arts Council England
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‘Journeys’, Paintings and Prints, Harleston
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‘Lotus in Flower’, Cambridge
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‘Lyrical Abstraction’, Michaelhouse Gallery, Cambridge
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John Innes Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich
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Horsham Arts Centre solo exhibition
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Norfolk and Norwich Open Studio
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Suffolk Open Studio
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Brighton Art Fair
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Fresh Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London
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BA Fine Art Show, Brighton School of Art
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University of Brighton Art Gallery
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Brighton Library
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Brighton Centre
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Eastbourne Library
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Fox’s Gallery, London
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The Arthouse, Leeds
Invited Speaker and Papers
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4Thought, Channel 4 Television Broadcast: Can Art Make You Believe? talk
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Buddha Mind - Creative Mind Conference: Art and Meditation Practice talk
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Buddhism and the Arts, commissioned paper for arts organisations on the relationship between Art and Buddhism for Arts Council England
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Publications
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Alexander, L., (2009), Women’s wisdom: natural wellness strategies for the menopause years (Findhorn)
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Collins, Mick, (2014), The unselfish spirit: human evolution in a time of global crisis, Hampshire: Permanent Publications.
Work in Collections
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Hammersmith Hospital
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Private Collections USA and Europe
Awards, Scholarships, Residencies
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Arts Council England Award
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Scholarship for Dharma and Art course and two residencies, Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies, Massachusets, USA
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MOFSA travel grant USA
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MOFSA Awakening Through Creativity project funding, USA
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Artist in Residence, Michelham Priory, Sussex
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Norfolk Visual Art Fund Award
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DEFRA award for website design
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South Norfolk Council award for business development
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Lecturing, Tutoring, Creativity Coaching
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Mindful Creativity Coach, private practice
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Meditation Teacher, private practice
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Art and Photography Tutor, private practice
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GCSE and A Level Art and Photography Tutor, private practice
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Director of Full Moon Images, publishing art prints
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Director of Rainbow Arts, offering Art, Craft and Photography for hard to reach members of the community, the elderly, mental health, social services staff, women's groups, children's holiday workshops
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Visiting Lecturer in Painting, Brighton University at Eastbourne College of Art and Technology
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Creative Studies Lecturer, Eastbourne College of Art and Technology
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Brighton University Art Certificate Lecturer
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Facilitator of women's art groups for self awareness, personal development, self expression and stress management
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Responsibility for entire Art and Design Technology Curriculum, primary school Norfolk
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Personal Development | CPD
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Back to Beginnings, Tara Rokpa
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Bioenergetics Therapy, Brighton
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Spiritual Psychotherapy, Tunbridge Wells
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Personal Jungian Art Therapy and Psychotherapy
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Regular meditation courses and retreats
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Ordination as a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition 2007-2014
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Art and meditation short courses







