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AMARSAIKHAN NAMSRAIJAV (b.1981)

Recognized for his large-scale installations created using natural elements such as mud, earth, and dead branches of wood, artist Amarsaikhan Namsraijav grew up in a traditional nomadic family. Amarsaikhan’s conceptual practice addresses vanishing cultures and wisdom of nomads, who lived in harmony with nature, having minimal consumption and self-sustainable lifestyle. In 2009, Amarsaikhan initiated the Nomadic Art Project and started working mostly in nature and mastering the skills of transforming waste materials into huge installations that amplify nature and resemble nomadic lifestyle. In 2021, he joined Global Nature Art Project and became an Executive Director of Mongolian Nature Artists’ Association. In addition to his large-scale installations, Amarsaikhan has also maintained a rich painting practice throughout his career.

Amarsaikhan participated in multiple international biennales, triennials and festivals focused on the environment, including Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea (2022); Bangla Biennale, India (2019); Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan (2018); Beijing Biennale, China (2017); Cheongju Biennnale, South Korea (2017); Land Art 360 Biennale, Mongolia (2016); Busan Biennale, South Korea (2010); Global Nomadic Art Project, Italy, France and Mongolia (2019-2023); Mongolian Transylvanian artists exchange program, Mongolia and Transylvania (2019), Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project Symposium, Taiwan (2019); Fruga Art Trail international art symposium Rab Island Croatia and others. He was also invited to participate in nearly 20 international residency programs in Finland, France, Italy, Hungary, Korea, Taiwan, India, USA, Japan, and Mongolia.

For his exceptional environmental art projects, artist Amarsaikhan received Samu Geza Dij Award from the Hungarian Academy of Arts; Leading Cultural Worker of Mongolia Medal from the Ministry of Culture; Prize of Union of Mongolian Artists, Mongolia; Austronesian International Arts Award by Taitung Art Museum, Taiwan; Grant by Kuan Shu Education Foundation for Environmental Art Project, Taiwan; Rubin Fellowships for Himalayan Artists, NY, USA.

FULL CV

Education & Membership
2000   MFA, Setgemj Design University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2005   Institute of Fine Art of the University of Arts and Culture, Mongolia
2006-  Member of Union of Mongolian Artists
2007-  Executive Director of Mongolian Nature Artists’ Association
Solo Exhibitions
2022   New Way, Mongol Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
2018   Heritage and Root, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2014   Mongolia, Pearl Art Gallery Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2011   Roots, Red Mill Gallery, Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, Vermont, USA
2008   Color & Melody, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2006   My Universe, Xanadu Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Biennales and triennials
2022   Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Gongju, South Korea
2019   Bangla Biennale, West Bengal, Kolkata, India
2018   Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Tokamachi, Japan
2017   Beijing Biennale-2017, China
2017   Cheongju Biennnale, South Korea
2017   Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Gongju, South Korea
2016   Land Art 360 Biennale, Dariganga province, Mongolia
2010   Busan Biennale, South Korea

 
Group Exhibitions
2023   Global Nomadic Art Project, France
2022   Global Nomadic Art Project, Mongolia
2021   Art Week, organized by the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia
2021   Nogoonbaatar International Eco Art Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2020   Global Nomadic Art Project, Mongolia
2019   Global Nomadic Art Project, Italy
2019   Mongolian Transylvanian artists exchange program, Murun Khentii and Transylvania
2018   Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project Symposium, Taiwan
2018   Ulaanbaatar Art Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017   Ulaanbaatar Public Art Week, UB Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017   Art and Mental Satisfaction, Contemporary Art Center, Mongolia
2016   Nord Art-2015, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2012   Urban Narratives: New Contemporary Mongolian Art, Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong
2012   Cultural Days of Mongolia, Shanghai, China
2012   Sand Tsunami, for the World Day to Combat Desertification, Ulaanbaatar
2012   Art Camp with Blue Sun contemporary art center, Ulziit, Mongolia
2011   Asia and Rise, Sori Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2008   Exhibition of Mongolian Artists, Som Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Annual Exhibitions
2014-17 Best Work of the Year, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2013-15 Khukh Dorno, Huh Hot, Inner Mongolia, China
2009-11 Best Work of the Year, Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongoli

Residencies
2023   Open Eyes International Art Residency Selenge, Mongolia
2023   Old Harbour Art Trail, international artist residency Jakobstad, Finland (2 weeks)
2023   Beaux Lieux international art project Loches in France (one month)
2022   Fruga Art Trail international art symposium, Rab Island Croatia (3 weeks)
2019   YATOO International Artist in Residence Program (1 month)
2018   Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taiwan (1 month)
2014-18 Gangwon Environmental Installation Art, Seoul in Korea (2 weeks)
2017   Narrative Movements, Suri, Birbhum, West Bengal, India (2 weeks)
2017   Land Art Mongolia international residency, Murun, Mongolia (2 weeks)
2016   Cheng Long Wetlands, Environmental Art Project, Kuan Shu Education Foundation Taiwan (1 month)
2015   Nord Art-2015, International symposium, Büdelsdorf, Germany (2 weeks)
2014   Art Omi, International Artists’ Residency by Frances Greenburge Fellowship New York City, USA (1 month)
2011   Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont, USA (2 months)
2010   Open to You, Open Space Bae, Busan, Korea (2 months)
2010   Jara Island International Baggat Art 2010, Gapyeong Seoul, Korea (2 weeks)
2009   Time & Space, Nomadic Art Residency, Umnugobi, Mongolia (2 weeks)

Awards & Grants
2020   Samu Geza Dij Award from the Hungarian Academy of Arts
2020   Leading Cultural Worker of Mongolia by the Ministry of Culture
2018   Prize of Union of Mongolian Artists, Mongolia
2018   Austronesian International Arts Award Honor Award, Taitung Art Museum, Taiwan
2016   Grant by Kuan Shu Education Foundation for Environmental Art Project, Taiwan
2011   Winner of Rubin Fellowships for Himalayan Artists, sponsored by the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, USA
2011   Third Place in the Brothers Blue Stain Art Project, Korea & Mongolia
2008   Third Place in the Tiger Translate Painting Contest, Mongolia

EXHIBITIONS

She is a successful young talent in contemporary art and has exhibited her artworks in many countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Russia, France, Arabia, Sweden, Belgium and Germany. She lives and works in Mongolia.

She is a successful young talent in contemporary art and has exhibited her artworks in many countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Russia, France, Arabia, Sweden, Belgium and Germany. She lives and works in Mongolia.

She is a successful young talent in contemporary art and has exhibited her artworks in many countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Russia, France, Arabia, Sweden, Belgium and Germany. She lives and works in Mongolia.

She is a successful young talent in contemporary art and has exhibited her artworks in many countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Russia, France, Arabia, Sweden, Belgium and Germany. She lives and works in Mongolia.

She is a successful young talent in contemporary art and has exhibited her artworks in many countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Russia, France, Arabia, Sweden, Belgium and Germany. She lives and works in Mongolia.

FEATURED ARTWORKS

EYE OF NATURE, 2021
dead branches, metal wire ı 190x300cm

STREET ART AT ULIASTAI, 2021
oil on metal ı 170x250cm

January 4, 2024
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ANUNARAN JARGALSAIKHAN

Education:

2013-    Doctorate of Art Critic, School of Mongolian Language and Culture, National University of Mongolia
2012     Master of Art History, School of Mongolian Language and Culture, National University of Mongolia
2009     Bachelor Degree, School of Fine Arts at the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture
 
Work Experience:

2016-2017        Working at Association of Mongolian Artist
2018                 Art Teacher at English School of Mongolia
2019-                Art Teacher at Elite International School
 
Solo Exhibitions:

2020     The Love-Хайр, V.Bronshtyen Art Gallery, Irkutsk, Russia
2019     The Love-Хайр, Khan Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2018     Weightless Blank, Bio Amidral Store, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017     Cycle, Art Decor Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017     Crescendo, UMA Art Gallery and Shangri-La Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2016     Metamorphosis-2, 976 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2015     Metamorphosis, Hyundai Art Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2015     FREE will, Red Ger Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2011     Don`t be afraid, The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 
Selected Group Exhibitions:

2020     Art & Conflict, International Art Exhibition, BILSEMART, Turkey & CAP, India
2020     International Online Art Exhibition and Competition-2020, Kalaratnam Foundation of Art Society, India
2020     The best artwork of the year-2020, The Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2019     The Presence, Sengeragi Art Gallery, UB, Mongolia
2019     INFINI, Space zero Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019     Nord Art International Art Exhibition, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2019     The 8th Northeast Asian Art Exchange and Cultural Industry Forum, Changchun, China
2019     “Margad-Erdene My Treasure” charity exhibition, MN17 Art Gallery, UB, MN
2018     UB Art Festival, International Art Exhibition, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2018     Daejeon International Art Show, Daejeon City, Korea
2018     Golden Brush-12, International Art Exhibition, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017     Arxan International Snow Photography Forum, Arxan, Inner Mongolia, China
2016     Qingzhou International Cultural Art Fair, Shandong, China
2016     Mythology, Orda Art Gallery, Ulan-Ude, Russia
2015     Nord Art, International Art Exhibition, Budelsdorf, Germany
2014     Passport Art Festival, MBC Art Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2014     Be Anda, Bongsan Art Centre exhibition hall, Korea
2013    Performance, Healing Art, Cheong Do exhibition opening, Korea
2013     Wind with no name, Edasoso Art Gallery, Deagu City, Korea
2013     Time and Space, Red Ger Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2012     3600 Mongolian Art Biennale, Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2012     Blue Sun 10years, The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2012     Earth.Body.Mind, Kathmandu International Art Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal
2012     Mongolia: Now and Then, Fotografica Art Gallery, Norrkoping, Sweden
2011     Private exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium
2011     Contemporary art of Mongolia, European Union Palace, Brussels, Belgium
2011     Performance, Shanghai Tang Luxury Event, Hong Kong, China
2008     Le Vent Mongol, Saint-Auvent, France
 
Publications and Media:

Dream universe and human essence. University of the Humanities. 2011. Pages 92
Don`t be Afraid, Uptown Magazine. June 2011. Pages 81-83
New Face, Ulaanbaatar Magazine. Nov 2011.Pages 66-67
Happiness Captured on Canvas, MONGOLICA Magazine. Winter 2012. Pages 74-79
Contemporary-Metamorphosis, TOIM Magazine. Feb 2016.Pages 50-51
Mongolian Art Debate, GEREG Magazine. June.2016. Page 27
Continuation of Dream, Cosmopolitan Magazine. Sep 2016. Page 77
Freewill-Metamorphosis-Crescendo, Sky team Magazine. April 2017. Pages 30-32
Crescendo, bsvijin.blogspot.com. May 2017
What is love? Castbox.fm/ mplus.mn Sep.2020
The Love, IR Aero Magazine. March.2020
 
Awards:

2018     1st place, Golden Brush International Art competition, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017     Lead of youth conferment, Mongolian youth federation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2015     Grand Prix, Grand Art-7 Mongolian young artists` competition, Daejeon city Art Association
2013    Special Prize, the 51st Japan Fashion Design Contest, Tokyo, Japan
2012     1st place Grand Prix, Tiger Translate international festival, Dubai, United of Arabian Emirate
2011     Top Honor Prize, Grand Art-3 Mongolian young artists’ competition, Daejeon city Art Association, Korea
2010     Top Honor Prize, Grand Art-2 Mongolian young artists’ competition, Daejeon city Art Association, Korea
 
Membership:

2010-2013 Member of Nomad Wave performance art group
2011-    Member of Blue Sun Contemporary Art Center
2014-    Member of Union of Mongolian Artist
 
Art residency:  

2018     The East Asian Curators Visiting Program, Independent Art Venues Berlin & Hamburg, Germany
2017     Out of Khentii, Land Art Mongolia Residency, Khentii province, Mongolia
2015     Grand art-7 Residency program, Daejeon, Korea
2013     Time and Space, Nomadic Art Residency, Arts Council of Mongolia and Korea, Umnugovi province
2011     Young leaders program, Art council of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 
Art project:

2019     Margad Erdene My Treasure, charity exhibition, MN17 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2011     Little sun, project for children with cancer, Cancer center, UB, MN
2006     Bird of Hidden Universe, Photo art, Khuvsgul province, MN
 

October 2, 2023
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WONDER MAGAZINE: Gerelkhuu Ganbold – The Visual Narrator
by Amanda Sheppard

Aimless journey. Intruder of the past. Soldiers who don’t know themselves. These are the eponymous titles of Gerelkhuu Ganbold’s paintings. The Mongolian artist’s pieces exude a fierce yet alluring quality, emblematic of the country’s tumultuous, militarised history and the notion of an uncertain future. We speak about the fragility of urban life, the various ways to identify a home, and more…

A contemporary painter using the traditional Mongol Zurag technique, depicting folklore, war motifs and historic imagery in a modern and innovative way, Ganbold is one of the artists contributing to Ulan Bator’s growing reputation as a cultural capital. A home grown talent and former student of the University of Art & Culture, he has since exhibited his works internationally, in such places as Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, and New Mexico.

But it is the city of Ulan Bator in which he creates, and where key influences on his painting can be identified. The city’s population has soared, with the sprawling Ger district continuing to grow as people seek warmer climes and the promise of a new life away from the steppe. The government have placed a ban on further migration for a year in an attempt to reduce air pollution in the capital, though whether such an implementation will be successful remains to be seen.

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WONDER MAGAZINE: Gerelkhuu Ganbold – The Visual Narrator
by Amanda Sheppard

Aimless journey. Intruder of the past. Soldiers who don’t know themselves. These are the eponymous titles of Gerelkhuu Ganbold’s paintings. The Mongolian artist’s pieces exude a fierce yet alluring quality, emblematic of the country’s tumultuous, militarised history and the notion of an uncertain future. We speak about the fragility of urban life, the various ways to identify a home, and more…

A contemporary painter using the traditional Mongol Zurag technique, depicting folklore, war motifs and historic imagery in a modern and innovative way, Ganbold is one of the artists contributing to Ulan Bator’s growing reputation as a cultural capital. A home grown talent and former student of the University of Art & Culture, he has since exhibited his works internationally, in such places as Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, and New Mexico.

But it is the city of Ulan Bator in which he creates, and where key influences on his painting can be identified. The city’s population has soared, with the sprawling Ger district continuing to grow as people seek warmer climes and the promise of a new life away from the steppe. The government have placed a ban on further migration for a year in an attempt to reduce air pollution in the capital, though whether such an implementation will be successful remains to be seen.

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Gerelkhuu Ganbold – The Visual Narrator, by Amanda Sheppard

Aimless journey. Intruder of the past. Soldiers who don’t know themselves… These are the eponymous titles of Gerelkhuu Ganbold’s paintings. The Mongolian artist’s pieces exude a fierce yet alluring quality, emblematic of the country’s tumultuous, militarised history and the notion of an uncertain future. We speak about the fragility of urban life, the various ways to identify a home, and more…

A contemporary painter using the traditional Mongol Zurag technique, depicting folklore, war motifs and historic imagery in a modern and innovative way, Ganbold is one of the artists contributing to Ulan Bator’s growing reputation as a cultural capital. A home grown talent and former student of the University of Art & Culture, he has since exhibited his works internationally, in such places as Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, and New Mexico.

But it is the city of Ulan Bator in which he creates, and where key influences on his painting can be identified. The city’s population has soared, with the sprawling Ger district continuing to grow as people seek warmer climes and the promise of a new life away from the steppe. The government have placed a ban on further migration for a year in an attempt to reduce air pollution in the capital, though whether such an implementation will be successful remains to be seen.

Migration is a vast ink piece – 12 panels detailing traditional motifs and war symbols with a select use of colour. But this is not a piece rooted in the past. “There are many traditional elements left in the past, because of changing lifestyles and society. But there are also traditional elements that continue to keep their meaning today; some of them dating back thousands of years. Some things never change, such as human’s inner conflict, the complex problems of communication, love, jealousy, war and its reasons. We are living in the 21st century and we still have problems that our ancestors had.”

When asked whether this piece project the way he himself perceives his home, Ganbold philosophises, “it depends what you call home. For me home is our universe. My art is influenced by people who are living and people who have passed in this world, and by every single movement of society.” On one thing, however, he remains firm. “I always try not to be influenced by art itself”. Not one to follow trends or to be shaped by growing movements, Ganbold’s paintings are uniquely personal, and highlight his experiences and relationships with both people and place.

Ganbold’s work brings him to experience new places, and to communicate with new cultures. I ask him what he notices first in a new city – “its people’s connections, their attitude, and how they keep their culture”, he tells me.

And of the people who travel far and wide to Mongolia? “I’m not sure about tourists and their expectations, but many international art experts have come to visit us, and they do find what they are looking for.” Ganbold is bold not only in the statements he professes aloud, but also with the ones made within his work –in the uncomfortable questions he dares to raise.

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Gerelkhuu Ganbold, Aimless Journey 2014 at 976 Art Gallery
Detail of work – Aimless Joureny
Gerelkhuu Ganbold, Migration 2015 at 976 Art Gallery
Detail of work Migration
December 18, 2020
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LKHAMJAV BAYANZUL

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LKHAMJAV BAYANZUL

1946-2019

 

Lkhamjav Bayanzul was a daring artist, who secretly continued creating his vibrant, shamanic, mysterious surrealistic works during socialist time beginning from 1960s till the end of socialism, in remote place where he was exiled. By that time his work was considered as anti-socialist and bizarre.

 

Lkhamjav grew up in the countryside herding goats, sheep, and camels. By the time he got to school, he was older than the other kids. In fact, he was sixteen when he graduated fourth grade. The children made fun of him, so he returned home and continued herding with the family. Lkhamjav was interested in the world of nature around him, small insects, and he drew pictures in the sand.

 

Once he took an exam to become assistant scenographer, to work in a theater in the capital city, and he was accepted. He continued working there until he went to Russia to study language and art. While he was student in Russia, Lhamjav once created abstract work, which depicted a naked woman. He put it behind the bed and forgot. But someone informed the authorities about the painting, and he was sent back to Mongolia, because his work was against the principles of Socialist Realism.

 

Lkhamjav continued painting in Mongolia. Once he showed other his painting entitled “Nomadic Life”, a dark abstract work, where father and daughter riding on a same camel together. A social worker who saw the painting described it as a lewd and immoral picture of a father having sexual intercourse with his daughter. And he was arrested, tried, and convicted. But before he was imprisoned, he escaped and joined the military. He hid all his artworks and stopped painting for a while. He felt alienated from the society and began to write a kind of abstract poetry in which he was able to say what he wanted, without getting into trouble. While he was living in remote village, he started working again.

 

He loved reading philosophical books, dancing shamanic rituals, singing, crying, calling the spirits and doing meditation. He nourished his creative spirit from all of these. Then reflected his feelings, soul and rhythm of the space in his works. He often portrayed communist dictators in his paintings.

 

He never spent much time on one painting and never worked again on them. As artist once said, “I can’t have a bath in a same water twice. My paintings are quick, like a fresh stream from my soul.”

 

Lkhamjav exposed his own fear, struggle, sorrow, lust and satisfaction through his works.

 

Solo exhibitions

2015     Taboo, 976 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2005     Solo show, Gallery of Union of Mongolian Artists, Ulaanbaatar

1997     Solo show, Gallery of Union of Mongolian Artists, Ulaanbaatar

1994     Solo show, Ulan-Ude, Russia

1993     Solo show, Culture Palace, Khovd Province, Mongolia

1990     Solo show, Culture Palace, Sukhbaatar Province, Mongolia

 

Group exhibitions

2006     Best Painting of the Year 2006, Valiant Art, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2006     Art Expo Miami 2006, Miami, USA

2006     Art Expo New York 2006, NY, USA

2006     Silk Road Festivities, Chicago, USA

2006     Puro Arte, Vigo, Spain

2005     Dubai index, Dubai, UAE

1998     International exhibition in Bulgaria

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Judging other without knowing oneself 1979
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December 13, 2020
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BANGKOK ART BIENNALE: Mongolian artist Baatarzorig Batjargal is the first Mongolian artist invited to this Biennale

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Baatarzorig Batjargal is taking part of Bangkok Art Biennale 2020

The preservation of Mongolia’s cultural heritage that is being lost through historical transformations is central to Baatarzorig Batjargal’s multi-disciplinary work. Mongolia has long experienced sustainable living and self-sufficiency being removed from the lures of capitalism by geographical remoteness and nomadic farming culture. Batjargal brings attention to his heritage through his work that merges traditional painting techniques, such as Mongol Zurag, with contemporary styles. This is where mythological and spiritual world of Mongolia is confronted with modern symbols of development.

Batjargal studied Fine Arts at the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture in Ulaanbaatar where he resides. His had solo exhibitions in London at Jack Bell Gallery, and his group exhibitions include Contemporary Art of Mongolia (Hong Kong, 2019) and Asia Pacific Triennale at Queensland (Australia, 2018). Born in 1983, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, artist Baatarzorig Batjargal lives and works in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and is married to artist Nomin Bold.

See here: Bangkok Biennale 2020

December 13, 2020
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ENKHNOMIN KHUNDMAA

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ENKHNOMIN KHUNDMAA

Born in 1985

 

Education

1993-2002  Mongeni Specialized School

2002-2006  The Institute of Fine Art, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2010  Young Leaders Fellowship Program by Arts Council of Mongolia

2012-201   Myongji University, Seoul, Korea

 

Solo exhibitions 

2015     Twin Reflection, Lilium Gallery & Lounge

2012     The Role, UMA Art gallery

2010     Grove, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009     My First, Khan Bank, Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

 

Group exhibitions

2020     Spirit of Gobi Consilience Exhibition, MN17 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2020     Spirit of Gobi Festival, Gobi Caravan Serai, Tsagaan Suvraga, Dundgobi, Mongolia

2019     Best Art of the Year, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2019     Best Art of the Year, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2019     Mongolian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hong Kong, China

2017     Soul & Art, Art Festival, Oakland, United States

2013     Changwon, Asian Art Festival, Korea

2011     30th Anniversary Exhibition of the IMAA, World Art Centre, UNESCO, Paris

2009     Tiger translate exhibition, Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009     Great Anatolian Meeting Of The World Cultures & Youth festival, Ankara, Turkey

2008     Horse is my friend culture festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2007     You&me solo exhibition, Chinggis Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2007       Exhibition dedicated to Yadamsuren, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery

 

Annual exhibitions

2009, 2011     White & Black Colors, Red Ger Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009-2017     Autumn, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009-2011     Mongolian Best Young Artists, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009-2010     New Art, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009-2011     Autumn, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009-2011     Mongol Naadam, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2007-2014     Women’s Day, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2007-2011     Spring, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

 

Awards

2011     Grand Prix, White & Black, Red Ger Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Echo 2020
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My Feelings for you 2015
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Owner 2011
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City 2009
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December 11, 2020
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SUKHBUREN NARANKHUU

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SUKHBUREN NARANKHUU

Born in 1982

 

Education

2005     The Institute of Fine Art

2013     Myongji University, Seoul, Korea

 

Solo exhibitions

2017     Lost Shadow, Red Ger Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2012     The Role, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2019     Ceramic sculpture solo Exhibition Khan bank Art gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

 

Group exhibitions  

2020     Spirit of Gobi Consilience, MN17 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2011     Mongolian Best Young Artists, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2019     Mongolian Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China

2019     Infini vol.6, Tokyo, Japan

2019     Sheki Contemporary Ceramic Art Symposium Baku, Azerbaijani

2017     Soul & Art Festival, Oakland, United States

2016     The Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition, Oita, Japan

2016     Baikal-Cera-Mystica, Ceramic Art Symposium, Irkutsk, Russia

2013     New Works, 976 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2013     Changwon Asian Contemporary Art Festival, Changwon, Korea

2011     30th Anniversary Exhibition of the IMAA, World Art Centre, UNESCO, Paris, France

2011     White & Black Color, Red Ger Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2010     Grove, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009     Tiger Translate, Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2007     You & Me, Chinggis Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2006     Noise, Xanadu Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2006     Golden Brush, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2005     Mongolian &Japanese artists’, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar

 

Annual exhibitions

2010-2019     The Best Artwork of the Year, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2009-2018     Autumn, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2003-2019     Mongol Naadam, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

 

Awards

2018     Best Art of the Year, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery

2011     3rd Place, Best Young Artists, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2015     Grand Prix, Mongolian, French Artists’ Exhibition UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar

2016     Best 30 Artists, The Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition, Japan

2017     Best Young Leader, Ulaanbaatar City Government

2017     Best Art of the Year, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery

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COBO SOCIAL: Mongolia’s Contemporary Art Could Be What We Need Right Now, artists Davaajargal Tsachikher and Ganzug Sedbazar featured

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Lullaby for Mother Nature by Ganzug Sedbazar, in collaboration with sound artist and musician Davaajargal Tsaschikher.
Image courtesy of TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan.

COBO SOCIAL: Mongolia’s contemporary art  could be what we need right now, artists Davaajargal Tsachikher and Ganzug Sedbazar featured

 

Performance, land and digital art are some of the diverse aspects of Mongolian contemporary art heavily influenced by shamanic rituals, religious myths and indigenous cultures specific to the country and beyond. Embattled by the current pandemic and ongoing ecological crisis, this could be the kind of art the world needs right now.

In January this year, Mongolian performance artist Ganzug Sedbazar, in collaboration with sound artist and renowned musician Davaajargal Tsaschikher, performed Lullaby for Mother Nature (presciently titled given the trajectory of this year) at TKG+, an acclaimed Taiwanese art gallery with experimental ambitions. This was in conjunction with a book launch by Taiwanese artist Charwei Tsai and a citywide Gallery Night prior to the regional art fair Taipei Dangdai.

Yet throughout history, many foreign myths have become entangled with the legend of Shambhala, some with the intention of garnering military or political support, such as the identification of Russia, Mongolia, or Japan as Shambhala. The notion of this mythical place even found its way into Western occult movements, other systems of belief, and most concerning of all, racist ideologies.

This distortion of prejudice and historicization is something we are all very familiar with. It is how we often view our existence, as individuals and societies, till today. Perhaps especially so today as we are living in the middle of a public health crisis—even the decision to leave the house or meet someone has to be contemplated as a possible risk and rightfully so. But such a lifestyle also has a way of fragmenting our reality and skewing our perceptions, till fear is the only lens we know. Perhaps it is the prerogative of art to compel us to put down our distorted viewfinders, even for just a few precious, scarce moments.

One of the few artists currently producing work that compels us to do exactly this is multimedia artist Timur Si-Qin. He is of German and Mongolian-Chinese heritage and grew up in Beijing and America. Si-Qin is part of a new generation of artists associated with “New Materialism,” which proposes that objects and materials assert their own power over the viewer, independent of subjective cultural interpretations.

As part of “Focus Group II: Paratexts,” a recent online exhibition of video art by Georgetown, Washington D.C. gallery Von Ammon Co., Si-Qin’s “Campaign for a New Protocol” proposes a new religion based on honoring our place in the physical world. The clip is a virtual reality immersion of natural desert landscapes with sweeping views of mountains and valleys as a backdrop to an A.I. voice questioning our contemporary lifestyle. It can also be found as an introductory video on his website newpeace.faith, that includes a white paper titled A New Protocol.

While all this may appear like whimsical digital art with a trendy New Age twist to the outwardly progressive but conservative-at-heart art world insider, Si-Qin’s art is in fact an authentic expression influenced by his own inherited and experienced connections with indigenous cultures and lands. While his father is an ethnic Mongolian, after his mother remarried, he grew up with his San Carlos Apache stepfather and sisters in Arizona. The artist described it as a “unique experience to have, as not many outsiders get to experience both the deep beauty and heartbreaking darkness of the Indigenous American experience. The experience left me with the recognition…of the urgency of the Indigenous message for ecological reciprocity today.”

The current pandemic is just the latest in a series of crises and failings on our existing path as a civilization. The mindset required to embark on a radical and urgent process of evaluation and experimentation cannot be found in contemporary Western societies or Asian societies obsessed with displaying a Western veneer. It can only be found amongst individuals and communities that value ecological and spiritual sustainability as intrinsic to their everyday world and inherent history. Mongolian culture, and the kind of contemporary art it inspires, provides only a glimpse into this diverse, ancient and indigenous world we have long forgotten in our so-called pursuit of creative innovation and material progress.

Article by Reena Devi at Cobo Social 

October 13, 2020
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