PROFILE

AMARSAIKHAN NAMSRAIJAV (b.1981)

 

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

2024      Kommagene Biennale, Adiyaman Turkey

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

2024      Global Nomadic Art Project, Mongolia /organizer/

2023      Global Nomadic Art Project, France

2022      Global Nomadic Art Project, Mongolia /organizer/

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

2018      Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project Symposium, Taiwan

2017      Ulaanbaatar Public Art Week, UB Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2016      Nord Art-2015, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2014-17 Best Work of the Year, UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2013-15 Khukh Dorno, Huh Hot, Inner Mongolia, China

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

2011      Asia and Rise, Sori Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2009-11 Best Work of the Year, Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2008      Exhibition of Mongolian Artists, Som Art Gallery, San Francisco, US

 

Residencies

2025       Vign’Art international Art festival, Hautvillers France (Two weeks)

2024      The 12th International Forest Art Path symposium Darmstadt Germany (3 weeks)

2024      ‘Nomad Spirit’ international art program, Deren soum, Dundgobi, Mongolia (2 weeks)

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)

2019      Mongolian Transylvanian artists exchange program, Murun Khentii and Transylvania

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 International Environmental Art Project by 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

 

Mailing address:

Phone: +976-88150315

Email: amar_artmn@yahoo.com

Blog: art-amar.blogspot.com

 

Name of referees:

Jane Ingram Allen, Curator USA

Email: allenrebeccajanei@gmail.com

URL: www.janeingramallen.com 

 

Gantuya Badamgarav Curator, Mongolia

Email: info@mcasa-mongolia.com

Ko Seunghyun, Director of Yatoo, South Korea    yatoo-ko@hanmail.net

 

projects implemented

At the same time together with my artwork, I have been working as a general organizer and member of projects and programs that are successfully implemented by the “Mongolian Nature Artists' Association".

They are:

2020-2021-2022-2024  "Global Nomadic Art Project -2020 Mongolia"  International artists program

                                                                                                      with Yatoo group, Korea

2024    “Tears of Water"  project for World Water Day

               General Sponsor:                     Mongolian Water space,

 

2019     "Mongolian Transylvanian artists exchange program" 

                                                Murun sum Khentii province Mongolia and Transylvania

2012    “Sand Tsunami”        for World Day to Combat Desertification

              General Sponsor:      Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

                                                                           The Coping with Desertification Project

2012    “Flood with no Water”  project for World Water Day

               General Sponsor:                     Mongolian Water space, WW Foundation

2011     “Desertification in the Art ”         for World Day to Combat Desertification

               General Sponsor:                Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

                                                                          The Coping with Desertification Project

2011    “Water Jewel” project

                General Sponsor:              Prince Claus Fund

                                                           International Forum for Inter Media Art

each separately organized successfully