Penba Wangdu was born in Shigatse, Tibet, in 1969. He studied fine art at Tibet University, graduating in 1991. He taught at the Lhasa Normal School and began teaching at the Art Department of Tibet University in 1994. In 2000, he studied at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, where he specialized in mural painting. From 2002 to 2005 he studied for his MA in Tibetan Fine Arts at the School of Arts, Tibet University where he completed his thesis, “The Method of Painting: Tibetan Paintings during the 15th Century.” Penba Wangdu’s work has been featured in various exhibitions including Lhasa Train at Peaceful Wind Gallery, Santa Fe in 2006 and Tibetan Encounters: Contemporary Meets Tradition at Rossi and Rossi, London in 2007. He lives in Lhasa.