Ariuntuya Jambaldorj
A neo-nomadic Mongolian artist based in Ulaanbaatar, Ariuntuya Jambaldorj works across video, drawing, sculpture, collage, land art, and site-specific installation. The practice explores states of self-observation and engages existential questions surrounding life and death, as well as the evolving relationship between humans and nature across time.
Education
- 2014 | Mongolian University of Arts and Culture
Work Experience
- 2019 – Present | Art Teacher, Ulaanbaatar Elite International School, Mongolia
- 2015 – 2020 | Co-founder & Artist, Tara Lifestyle / Minii Urlan Art Studio
- 2020 | Content Creator, “Art and Human” Arts Education Project
- 2017 | Organizational Team Member, Lost in Tngri, National Pavilion of Mongolia at the 57th Venice Art Biennale
- 2016 – 2017 | Artist and Mentor, Re-imagine Mongolia (Arts Council of Mongolia & Swiss Cooperation)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2020 | The Fountain, Red Ger Art Gallery (Arts Council of Mongolia)
- 2019 | A Drop of Air, 976 Art Gallery (Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association)
Joint & Annual Exhibitions
- 2024 | ZAAG, ECU Galleries – Gallery 25, Perth, Australia
- 2021 | Art Weekend, Red Corner International Artist Residency, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 2021 | Art Week, Contemporary Art Exhibition (Ministry of Culture of Mongolia)
- 2011 – 2019 | Spring, Union of Mongolian Artists
- 2012 – 2018 | Grand Art, Mongolian & Korean Artists Exhibition
- 2013 – 2016 | 360 Degree, Union of Mongolian Artists
- 2012 – 2014 | Golden Brush, Union of Mongolian Artists
Curated Exhibitions (As Curator)
- 2025 | Transformation, Solo Exhibition by Batchimeg Bayaraa, LOirArtHub
- 2024 | In Between, Solo Exhibition by Dulguun Azjargal, LH Studio (UMA)
- 2024 | Freedom of Clothing, Solo Exhibition by Urangoo Ider, LH Studio (UMA)
- 2024 | Growth and Grief, Solo Exhibition by Tserendejid Bayarmunkh, Red Ger Art Space
- 2022 | Im Haus Mitten auf dem Weg, Solo Exhibition by Zultsetseg Narantsogt, B Contemporary Art Gallery
- 2022 | Water is Same Everywhere, 1956–1980 Documentary Photographs by Baast Bukh, MN Art Gallery
International Programs & Residencies
- 2025 | Asian Cities Cultural Exchange (ODASIS Program), Gwangju Culture Center / Blue Sun Contemporary Art Center
- 2023 | Nomadic Red Corner International Residency, Uliastai, Mongolia
- 2023 | ZAAG Collaborations: Lost Rivers Sound Motion Vision 10-Day Lab, Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany
- 2022 | ZUUN ART, Blue Sun Contemporary Art Center, Selenge Province, Mongolia
- 2021 | ORIGIN 21 (UBIMAF XXI), Ulaanbaatar International Media Art Festival
- 2020 | URTUU 1 Land Art Program, Khan Bank Art Gallery / Blue Sun Contemporary Art Center
- 2020 | Urtuu Art Camp, M.A.R.S – Mongolian Artist Residency Studios, Tuv Province
- 2019 | Passage of Time, International Women Artists Exhibition, National Modern Art Gallery, Mongolia
Awards & Publications
Awards
- 2019 | Best Animated Film, GGIFF International Film Festival
- 2018 | Best Artwork (Graphic Arts), Grand Art Exhibition
- 2016 | YLP Program, ZORIG Foundation
- 2015 | Young Leadership in the Arts Program, Arts Council of Mongolia
- 2013 | Best Student Award, MUAC / UMS
Selected Interviews
- 2020 | URTUU Art Camp Interview, Artshare Ep.19 (Khan Bank Gallery)
- 2019 | Heart Description, Century’s News Newspaper
- 2019 | A Drop of Air, UB.life & Montsame.mn
Munkh-Erdene Munkhzorig
Born and raised in the vast steppe of Dornod Province, Mongolia, Munkh-Erdene Munkhzorig’s artistic vision is deeply shaped by the endless horizon and the spirit of freedom it embodies. His works explore the invisible connection between humans and nature—a relationship that nurtures inner peace, balance, and coexistence.
Working across sculpture and installation, he uses natural materials such as metal, wood, and clay to express the flow of energy and transformation in nature. His creative process is guided by patience, resilience, and a respect for natural growth, reflecting his life experiences on the Mongolian steppe.
Selected International Art Programs
- 2025 – “Nomad Spirit” International Public Art Program, Tsagaandelger, Dundgobi, Mongolia
- 2025 – Ulaanbaatar Biennale, National Art Gallery of Mongolia
- 2024 – Sculpture Maze Art Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
- 2024 – Opposite House Hotel Art Exhibition, Beijing, China
- 2023 – Take-Away International Artists Collection, Red Gate Gallery, China
- 2021 – “Green Hero” Art Festival, Red Corner, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 2019 – YATOO GNAB Nature Art Biennale, South Korea
- 2018 – Red Gate Residency, Beijing, China
- 2017 – Gangwon Environmental Installation Art Invitational Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
Batchimeg Bayaraa
Batchimeg Bayaraa (1987, Mongolia) is a textile artist and activist of the “Oir Art Hub” community in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Batchimeg’s background is in interior designer but her focus shifted to the art particularly into Gobilen tapestry. Over the years, she has worked extensively in hand weaving and textile-based practices.
Her creative process is deeply intuitive and reflective; she listens to her inner voices and draws from personal experience, emotion and memory to shape her works. Tapestry weaving has played a central role in shaping her artistic language.
Onongua Enkhtur
Born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on May 26, 1994, Onongua Enkhtur is a visual artist who explores the intersections of nature and human existence. She is the initiator of the Mongolian Trio Performance Art Group, “Neg-Uudel.” Growing up close to pastoral nomadic life in the vast Mongolian steppe has deeply influenced her artistic vision. Her work reflects the nomads’ harmonious way of living—a simple yet profound relationship with the natural world. Through her practice, she contemplates how nomads have long coexisted with their environment in a respectful, interconnected way. She prioritizes the use of natural, biodegradable, and reusable materials that are environmentally friendly and return gently to the earth.
Artistic Statement: The Timeless Journeys
In the vision of the artist, nature is her studio. She works with a diversity of materials, primarily obtained from nature. Her preferred medium is grass or straw—a living plant transformed into large structures and perceptibly endless ropes, dedicated to connecting nature and humanity.
The Spaces: Her performances and installations are born from and deeply connected to the Mongolian plain—a timeless and endless space that receives her meditation and humble, continuous work in manufacturing endless strings. The materials, whether the grass of the land or repurposed textiles and clothes, are deeply connected to the landscape, bringing a human presence into a world undefined by human civilization. Her assistants, whether humans or animals (like horses), surprisingly bring the same discipline and meditation dictated by the artist.
It is no wonder that in her works across Europe and Asia, she seeks out similar sites subtracted from urban spaces, where time and space seem to relieve the connection between nature and human beings. These spaces range from the lonely Lukian island on the Euphrates’ huge lake, to the holy mountain of Nemrut Dağı in Türkiye for the 2024 Kommagene Biennale; from weaving the world’s mane on a monumental scale in a nature park in Guandu, Taiwan, to weaving strings in the almost abandoned village of Gabrovtsi, Bulgaria. These works follow the same concept: reconnecting to an almost forgotten condition of our relationship with nature.
Her works presented indoors in exhibition spaces—including drawings, paintings, and textiles—bear the same profound sensibility for natural details.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2024 – Ch-Chain Exhibition, B Contemporary Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 2022 – Numur Solo Exhibition, Khan Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Selected International & Group Exhibitions
2025
- Contemporary Art of Mongolia Exhibition, BCAG, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Andorra Land Art Biennial: A Pause to Continue, Andorra
- Horse and Art Research Program, Barnag, Hungary
- International Gabrovtsi ART-NATURE Symposium: THE UNCHARTED, Bulgaria
- Land Art Festival, Grindelwald, Switzerland
- 2nd Turkish Textile Art Biennial, Alanya, Türkiye
- BLUE SUN Exhibition, Maxi-Kunst Space, Nürnberg, Germany
2024
- 2nd Kommagene Biennial, Adıyaman Province, Türkiye
- 50th International Modern Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
- Global Nomadic Art Project Mongolia, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia
- hundert зуу, BcmA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- Nature Art Cube Exhibition, South Korea
- International Art Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Japan, France, Mongolia Joint Exhibition, UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 12th Seoul International Poster Triennial, South Korea
- Nord Art International Art Exhibition, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2023
- Contemporary Art of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Best Artwork of the Year, UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Nature as Gift, International Nature Art Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
- The Land of Snow Leopard, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 49th International Modern Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
- AAmA International Exhibition, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Geumgang Natural Art Pre-Biennale ‘Project Exhibition’, South Korea
- Nature Art Cube Exhibition, South Korea
- S.O.S.O Joint Exhibition, Khan Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Beautiful Country of Mongolia, UMA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- The Contemporary Art of Yangpyeong, South Korea
2022
- Artweek, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Contemporary Art of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- The Best Artwork of the Year, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Contemporary Series #8, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 48th International Modern Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Zultsetseg Narantsogt
Narantsogt Zultsetseg was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Her artistic practice is a sophisticated blend of monumental painting techniques and the intricate precision of graphic art. Her works explore the profound relationship between humans and nature, utilizing a mix of abstract and figurative elements to express her personal perceptions, emotions, and inner experiences.
Working across painting, book illustration, and ceramics, Zultsetseg creates a visual dialogue that bridges her Mongolian roots with her European academic background.
Education
- Master’s Degree in Graphic Art and Printmaking | University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria (2017–2021)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Monumental Painting | Mongolian Academy of Fine Arts (2010–2014)
- High School Diploma | Mongeni High School, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2000–2010)
Solo & Featured Exhibitions
- 2026 – Everything in Flow, Lkham Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 2022 – Grafik Art, Porsche Centre Showroom, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 2022 – Im Haus Mitten auf dem Weg (House in the Middle of the Road), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 2021 – Im Haus Mitten auf dem Weg (Diploma Exhibition), Vienna, Austria
- 2019 – Zwischen, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
