Located in the central area of Thimphu capital, also the biggest city of Bhutan, and right next to the National Institute for Zorig Chusum (or the Painting School), Sangay Arts And Craft shop is well-known as a centre for handicrafts catering and traditional arts with special focus to tourists, and local people as well.

The shop was opened in 1999 by Sangay Tenzin, who graduated from the 8-year painting course at National Institute for Zorig Chusum,

The shop offers customers plenty of choice. One can find in our shop from Bhutanese paintings, to textiles and ornaments. Also, Bhutanese masks and items for home decoration and gifts can be found. While Bhutanese art is influenced by Tibetan art like other Himalayan regions, the country has also developed its own art forms and themes. The most special form of art is perhaps the Bhutanese thangkas. The landscape in Bhutanese thangkas reflect the distinctive beautiful flora and fauna of Bhutan, the scenes one can only come across in the country. That is how you can tell if a thangka is Bhutanese. Not only that, the thangkas portray lamas who may not had had much influence in Tibet, but in Bhutan, these figures are a greater inspiration, such as the Drukpa Kagyu lineage and Zhabdrung Rinpoche.

With the wish to preserve and present the traditional arts and crafts of Bhutan to Bhutanese and tourists, Sangay has opened another shop in Paro, located near Paro Dzong. The shop in Paro even has a small factory about Shagzo, where they produce bowls (dapa), cups (dza phob) plates and more.

Sangay, as a Bhutanese and an artist, hopes that more and more people from all over the world will get to know and love traditional arts and crafts of Bhutan, as they are the living sign of the culture and traditions of Bhutan. Please visit our Sangay Arts and Crafts shops if you are interested in and want to learn more about the traditional art and craft of Bhutan. Our products can be shipped worldwide.