Lotus And Lion Returns To Shoshoni Yoga Retreat

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LOTUS AND LION RETURNS TO SHOSHONI YOGA RETREAT!
A Contemporary Exploration of Buddhist and Hindu Spiritual Art

ROLLINSVILLE, CO—Opening June 5, 2026, Lotus and Lion is a landmark international exhibition bringing together works by contemporary Buddhist and Hindu artists from across the globe. The exhibition explores how sacred iconography continues to inspire, transform, and thrive in the hands of today’s artists.

The opening reception is on Friday, June 5, 2026, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet participating artists and enjoy light refreshments. The exhibition will remain on view through September 6, 2026.

Now in its second year, Lotus and Lion brings together both internationally recognized artists and emerging voices working within Buddhist and Hindu artistic traditions. The Exhibition highlights practices that are endangered and often underrepresented in mainstream gallery spaces, providing a rare platform to artists working within these traditions. Viewers are invited into a world of striking imagery, artistic mastery, and quiet contemplation.

Internationally renowned Tibetan painter Karma Phuntsok is among this year’s featured artists. Recently featured at the Denver Art Museum, he created two new paintings specifically for Lotus and Lion.

Lotus and Lion offers visitors an opportunity to engage with art as a vehicle for reflection. The exhibition invites audiences to consider the universal themes of compassion, wisdom, awakening, and the search for meaning that continue to resonate in modern life.

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, June 5, 2026
5:00–7:00 PM
Exhibit dates and hours: June 5-September 6, Wed-Sun 10 am-5 pm

Shoshoni Yoga Retreat
1400 Shoshoni Camp Road
Rollinsville, CO 80474
For more information:
https://www.shoshoni.org/lotus-and-lion-art-show/

About the Jurors:
Faith Stone is an artist whose work has long focused on supporting sacred artistic traditions. With over three decades of experience working with Buddhist imagery, she has, in recent years, dedicated herself to traditional Buddhist woodblock printing. Her practice places her among a small number of artists working in these living traditions today. Lotus and Lion has been a labor of love, created to support sacred artistic traditions and to provide opportunities for artists who are dedicated to keeping them alive.

Sarah Magnatta is an assistant professor of art history at the University of Denver. She specializes in global contemporary art and museum studies, with a focus on transnationalism and mobility in contemporary practice. Her work examines how artists and cultural traditions move across borders and how those shifts shape meaning in contemporary art. Previously working for the Denver Art Museum, her curatorial and academic work reflects a commitment to expanding how global contemporary art is understood and presented within museum and academic contexts.

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