Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu
Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu (b.1979) is a contemporary master of the Mongol Zurag painting, and is widely respected for her innovations in this style. She notably integrates traditional Mongolian and Buddhists motifs with contemporary themes, as she chronicles the lives of women and everyday, mundane life across the seasons in her post-nomadic homeland.
She began exhibiting as a student since 2001 and had solo exhibitions in Ulaanbaatar in 2006 and in 2018. Dagvasambuu participated in group exhibitions at home and internationally including exhibitions in Las Vegas (2006), Beijing (2008), Hong Kong (2011), Fukuoka (2012) London (2012), and Düsseldorf (2012). She has also participated in the Shanghai Bienniale (2012), the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial (2014), and the Asia Pacific Triennial (Queensland, 2015). Dagvasambuu was also a part of the 2017 Documenta 14 tour.
Her works are included in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Smith College Museum of Art, Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, Queensland Art Museum in Australia, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan.
Dagvasambuu’s development of traditional motifs and pictorial language into unique representations of Mongolian women amidst the rapidly changing life in the 21st century has been recognized in her home country. Her works were selected for the 2013 Grand Prix for Best Artworks of the Year from the National Modern Art Gallery of Mongolia for the 2018 Grand Prix for Best Artwork of the Year from the Union of Mongolian Artists. Dagvasambuu graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Mongolian University of Arts and Culture. She currently lives and works in Ulaanbataar.