Early Works

Early explorations in drawing, ritual, erasure, and perception by Damchö (Michelle Tonkin). These formative works trace the origins of a practice shaped by breath, material, and the thresholds of transformation.

Gallery installation showing stacked sheets of transparent plastic printed with handwritten reflections on emptiness, forming the translucent facade of a fort-like structure. In the background, a plinth holds multiple copies of the artist's 1997 publication Emptiness.

Sculpting Intent: Early Works 1997–2000

A curated reflection on Damchö’s early practice — from publication and drawing to performance and erasure — tracing the foundations of a durational inquiry into impermanence, presence, form and intent.

EARLY WORKS