Battur Tsedenpil

BATTUR TSEDENPIL (b.1980)

Trained in European classical painting technique, artists Battur has worked for over a decade to develop his own monochronic, archaic-photo-like painting style. Using dark colors, he often portrays historical figures, particularly Mongolian queens, and noble women, who lived early 20^th century. He also portrays modern women with centuries old traditional clothing and backdrops to underline the persistent nature of women. A common scenario that artist Battur choose to depict is a glowing face of women standing in the darkness, where he blends European painting techniques with traditional Mongolian, such as Zumber which he uses to render women’s jewelry, made of gold, silver, corals, and pearls.

Currently a teacher at the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture, artist Battur Tsedenpil was born in a small village Saikhan situated in the north of Mongolia. He holds both BA and MA degrees from the university, where he is teaching now. Since 2001, the artist has boasted an impressive career with dozens of solo and joint exhibitions held at premier art galleries and museums across Mongolia, including the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Art, the Choijin Lama Temple Museum, the Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, 976 Art Gallery and more. Ts. Battur has also participated in several international exhibitions and biennales, including the International Workshop “Muong’s land 2nd & Asia Art Link 4”, the 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, “Nord Art 2016” International Art Exhibition in Düsseldorf, and other exhibitions in China, Japan, South Korea, USA, Malaisia, and Russia.

FULL CV

Education
2005 MA, Mongolian State University of Culture and Arts, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2003 BA, University of Arts and Culture, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Solo Exhibitions
2019 Timeless, 976 Art Gallery
2018 Mongolian Melody, Best Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017 Shadow of the Moon, Khan Bank Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2011 Night of Full Moon, Tsagaandarium Art Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Group Exhibitions
2019 Innovating Tradition, World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC, USA
2017 Sasaran International Art Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017 75^thAnniversary of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2017 Oron Zai, Inner Mongolia, China
2017 Colour of Siberia, Irkutsk, Russia
2016 Mongolian and South Korean Art Fair
2016 China Through the Eyes of Foreign Artists, International Symposium, China
2014 Memory and Dream, The 6^thInternational Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China
2014 My Friend’s Portrait, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2013 Us, Marshal Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2013 Historic Paintings, 976 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2013 Mongolian Art, 976 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2012 Gongju International Art Festival, South Korea
2012 Oron Zai, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2011 Ungu Tunamal, Xanadu Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2011 4 Zug 4 Zovkhis, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2011 4 Universe, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009 Best Works of 2019, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009 Country of Treasure, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009 Colour and Black and White, The Fine Art Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009 UB Art Fair, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009 Mongolian Gift, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2007 Autumn, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2004 Mongolian-Korean Artists, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2004 Ulaanbaatar Times, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2004 Mongoliin Saikhan Ornoor, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2004 Spring, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2001 Uvgun Shuvuu, The Fine Art Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Annual Exhibitions
2016, 2019 NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2016, 2017 Grand Art, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2015, 2016 Mongolian Japanese, Chinese Artists Joint Exhibition, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2010, 2011 Surrealist Painters of Mongolia, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009, 2011 Golden Brush, Art Gallery of UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2004, 2009 My Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Awards
2018  Black Paper, Mongolian Fine Artwork of the Year
2017  Hunnu Beauty, Fine Artwork of the Year, Mongolian Union of Artists
2017 Credentials from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia
2015  Young Professor of the Year, Mongolian State University of Culture and Arts
2015  Grand Prix – Union of Mongolian Artists “Independence and National Freedom of 1911”
2014  First Prize in “Oron Zai” Annual Exhibition of Mongolian Artists-Teachers
2014  First Prize in Realist Genre in “Euroasia-Art”, Irkutsk, Russia
2014  First Prize in Exhibition for the Poet and Journalist A. Lkhagva

Press
Hilite Head: Innovating Tradition: A Contemporary Mongolian Art Exhibition at World Bank Group
News.mn: Artist Ts. Battur’s “Timeless” at Art Space 976 depicts persistent nature of women
Beijing International Art Biennale: The Beauty of Wolf-Appreciation of works of the 6th BIAB