Art Exhibitions

Shades of Compassion Museum Exhibition – This world-class fine art photography exhibition continues its tour through 2026. It includes 50 images by a diverse roster of photographers worldwide, including Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and others. Subthemes include Humanity, Environment and Spirituality. The artwork is complemented by science-based, multi-sensory, interactive elements and educational programming to maximize the probability of fostering sustained, healthy, effective engagement in acts of compassion. Collaborators include international museum curator photokunst, the Centre for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics at Emory University, the Centre for Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics at Life University, and senior educators from MoMA and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

#1_Headley-Whitney_Multiple Room View copy — Entrance, Headley-Whitney Museum, USA

“A visionary exhibition – Record crowds with increased audience diversity”
Christina Bell, Director, Headley-Whitney Museum, USA

Harmony in the Himalayas Museum Exhibition– This ground-breaking exhibition has been traveling worldwide. It relies on rare, intimate, photographs of reclusive Buddhists to illuminate secular, universally relevant, mindfulness practices that can help as we navigate through difficult times. The exhibition’s images and design were created by internationally recognized, award-winning photographer, and Foundation president, Dr. Jon Kolkin, who has been privileged to live among, and photograph, these extraordinary individuals for over 14 years.

Harmony in the Himalayas features the world’s only collection of palladium print photographs, presented in the style of a Thangka painting. The exhibition can also incorporate a museum’s collection of Buddhist artifacts.

#2_Tibet Museum_Mandala_Portions of Wisdom & Compassion Sections copy copy — Mandala – Portions of Compassion and Wisdom Sections, Tibet Museum, India

#3_A Sacred Path at the Museo Camera — Museo Camera, India

“Jon Kolkin admirably captures the essence of a life devoted to calming and focusing the mind so it can dwell upon developing compassion and wisdom”
The 14th Dalai Lama

“Stunning….. World-Class”
Tenzin Topdhen, Director, Tibet Museum

Healing and the Art of Compassion Museum Exhibition – The Foundation was honored to contribute 16 photographs to The American Visionary Art Museum’s exhibition, Healing and the Art of Compassion, Baltimore, MD, October 2021 through September 2022.

#4_AVAM Inner Hrmony installation shot_1 — American Visionary Art Museum, USA

Please feel free to contact us for updates concerning the itinerary for the traveling exhibitions Shades of Compassion and Harmony in the Himalayas . We also welcome queries related to becoming a participating venue, sponsor, and/or collaborator.