Tuguldur Yondonjamts
Born Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 1977
Lives Lives and works in New York and in Ulaanbaatar
EDUCATION
2014 MFA- Visual Arts, Columbia University, NYC, USA
2004 Graduated Fine Arts from University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin, Germany
1997 BA-Mongolian Painting (Thanka), The University of Arts & Culture, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
SOLO SHOWS
2017
Hibernating Tattoos Guarding the Sweat of the Sun, Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015
Between two giants, Grand gallery, American Museum of Natural History, NYC, USA 2014
Hunters to Skull Island, Pony Project Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2011
Drawings, Werkraum Godula Buchholz, Denklingen, Germany 2009
Drawings, Werkraum Godula Buchhol, Denklingen, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Where Do We Stand? Two Years of Drawing with Open Sessions, The Drawing Center, New York
Soil and Stones, Souls and Songs, Para-Site, Hong Kong, CN
2016
Topografie und Mythos, Galerie der Stiftung K52, Berlin, Germany
Open Sessions 7: Hibernating Plan, The Drawing Center, NYC
In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New, Sculpture Center, LIC, NY, USA Smart water project, Ice sculpture on Chinggis square, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2015
How the sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds, Cuchifritos Gallery, NYC, USA
Eccentric Exercise-2, Kulturni centar Beograda (KCB), Belgrade, Serbia
Joshua Treenial, Site-Responsive Art and Performance in the Hi Desert, Joshua Tree,
CA, USA
2014
DRAW-Mapping Madness, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
SOMEWHERES & NOWHERES, IPCNY (International Print Center New York), NYC, USA
MUU, Museum of Street Art (Muzej ulične umjetnosti), Zagreb, Croatia
Port of Call, LASALLE College of the Arts, The Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS), Singapore
MFA Thesis exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY, USA UNITED AGAINST SPECULATION, organized by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NY
2013
Eccentric Exercise- International Contemporary Drawing, Les Gens Heureux, Copenhagen, Denmark
Amalgamated- Mongolian Contemporary Art, Gallery MC, NYC, USA
And after a pause, it continued, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, NYC, USA
Magical Thinking, Brooklyn, USA
Glow show, Storefront video screening, Catskill, NY, USA
2012
2nd Land Art Biennial Mongolia 360°, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
RAPID/TRANSIT, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, UB, Mongolia Magic stories, KunstvereinGRAZ e.V. Regensburg, Germany
2011
Walter Koschatzky Artistic Prize 2011/Exhibition of the nominated works, MuMok- Hofstallungen, Vienna, Austria
2010
Open Studio, Omi International Art Center, Ghent, USA
Im Haus, Haus der Kunst München/ Munich, Germany
4th edition of Arte Laguna Prize 2009, Tese di San Cristoforo Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2009
Walter Koschatzky Artistic Prize 2011/ Exhibition of the nominated works, MuMok Hofstallungen, Vienna, Austria
Was uns antreibt, Haus der Kunst München, Munich, Germany
2008
Good Work, Trippen showroom, Berlin, Germany
Medium Drawing, Haus der Kunst München, Munich, Germany
Cologne Art Fair 21, Cologne, Germany
Anonymous Drawings, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2007
Contemporary Art Ruhr KunstQudrate07, Zollverein, Essen, Germany International Exibition Nord Art 2007, Rendsburg, Germany
Große Kunstausstellung 2007, Haus der Kunst München, Munich, Germany
2003
Iim er huu/ That male boy (translated from Mongolian), Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2000
Holz-Legno-Xylo, The University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin, Germany
1997
Thesis exhibition, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1995
Tugsultiin yzegselen, Union of Mongolian Artists Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
RESIDENCES
2016
Sharp-Walentas Studio Program, New York, USA
Residency Unlimited residency with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding (TMU), New York, USA
2015
Civitella Ranieri Residency, Umbria, Italy
LES Studio Program Residency, Artists Alliance Inc, NYC, NY, USA
VSC Fellowship supported by Joan Mitchell Foundation, Johnson, VT, USA
2014
Tropical Lab 8, LaSalle College of the Arts, ICAS, Singapore
2013
The Fallen Tower / Matthew Ritchie, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2012
Djerassi Resident Artist program, Woodside, California, USA
Residency Unlimited with Flux Factory (LIC, NY), with support of the Arts Council of Mongolia
2010
Holz-Legno-Xylo, (Universität der Künste Berlin), Gutshof Sauen, Germany
2000
Omi International Art Center, Ghent, USA
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Residency organized by Melanie Mowinski, Ferrin Gallery and Storefront Artist
Projects in Pittsfield/MA, USA
PRIZES / SCHOOLARSHIPS
2016
Sharp-Walentas Studio Program Award 2016-17, NY Open Sessions, The Drawing Center, NYC, USA Trust for Mutual Understanding (TMU) grant, NYC
2015
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Umbria, Italy
VSC Fellowship supported by Joan Mitchell Foundation, Johnson, VT
2014
Sustainable Arts Foundation’s Promise Award, San Francisco, CA Morty Frank Traveling Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2013-2014
Betty Lee and Aaron Stern Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Marshal Glasier Fellowship, Fund for the study of Drawing, Columbia University, New York, NY
2012-2014
Flubright Foreign Scholarship for Master Degree, International Education Exchange Program, US Department of State
LeRoy Neiman Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2012
Helen L Bing Fellowship, CA, USA
Arts Council of Mongolia/ Open Society Foundation grant, UB, Mongolia
2010-2011
Project grant from Karin-Abt-Straubinger Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany
2010
Finalist of 4 edition of Arte Laguna Prize 2009, Venice, Italy
2009
Nominee of Walter Koschatzky Artistic Prize 2009, Vienna, Austria
2008
Finalist of Gesellschafter Art Award 2008 / Cologne Art Fair, Germany
COLLECTIONS
The Whitney Museum of American Art
Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York, USA Godula Buchholz Collection, Denklingen, Germany Dr. Michael I. Jackobs Collection, NY
Private collections