Adjunct Lecturer of Tibetan Art
Office: 401 Kent Hall
Office Hours: M 4-5 PM
Email: ep3329@columbia.edu
Educational Background
PhD: University of Virginia (Art History)
MA: University of Virginia (Art History)
University Diploma (MA/BA History and Historical Archival Research): Russian State University for Humanities, Moscow, Russia
Courses Taught
HSEA GU 4725 Tibetan Art and Material Culture
Area of Study
Buddhist Art, Indian Art, Tibetan Art, Cross-cultural exchanges in Inner Asia; Historical and Contemporary Himalayan Art
Research Interests
Dr. Pakhoutova is Senior Curator, Himalayan Art at the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. She has taught at University of Virginia and the Eugene Lang College, New School, New York.
Her background in Tibetan Buddhist studies informs her interdisciplinary interests in Buddhist art and ritual, art production and patronage, material culture, narrative in Tibetan visual culture, and contemporary Himalayan art.
She curated several thematic exhibitions that introduce and contextualize Tibetan and Himalayan art, including Death Is Not the End (2023), The Power of Intention: Reinventing the (Prayer) Wheel (2019).
Most recently, the ongoing traveling exhibition Gateway to Himalayan Art is an integral component of Project Himalayan Art which she co-leads with Dr. Karl Debreczeny.
Selected Publications
Himalayan Art in 108 Objects, ed. (with Karl Debreczeny). Scala and Rubin Museum of Art, 2023.
“For One and or for Many: Affluent and Common Patronage of Narrative Art in Tibet.” Material Religion 2021: vol. 17, no. 1
The Second Buddha: Master of Time, ed. The Rubin Museum, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, and Delmonico Prestel, 2018
The All-Knowing Buddha: A Secret Guide (with Karl Debreczeny, Christian Luczanits, and Jan van Alphen). Antwerp: Museum Aan de Stroom. MAS: 2014.
“A Wondrous Great Accomplishment: a Painting of an Event.” PIATS 2010: Proceedings of the Twelfth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Vancouver, 2010. Asianart.com (2012)
