Sereeteriin Dagwadorsch

Sereeteriin Dagwadordsch ( Mongolian Сэрээтэрийн Дагвадорж ; * 1954 in Mongolia ) is an artist and curator. He lives in Ulaanbaatar and works in the fields of painting , installation and land art . Dagwadorj founded an art school in Ulaanbaatar and is one of the first land art artists in Mongolia and is one of the founders of Land Art Mongolia, Mongolia 360 ° . Dagwadordsch is internationally oriented and has developed projects bilaterally (Ulaanbaatar - Berlin / Tokyo). Dagwadorj became famous for his installation of hundreds of stirrups hung up at the Gwangju Biennale 2000 in Korea. Another version of this work is in the permanent collection of the National Modern Art Gallery in Ulaanbaatar.

Life

Since 1974 Dagwadordsch has been teaching at the College of Fine Art in Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia and ten years later, in 1984, moved to Surikov Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture . From 1984 to 2001 he taught at the College and Institute of Fine Art, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; in 1999 he was named chairman of the Oron Zai Association of Art Teachers. In the following year he finally settled down as a freelance artist.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1998 North East Asian Festival, Niigata , Japan
• 2000 Gwangju Biennale , Gwangju , Korea
• 2001 World Island Festival, Jeju-do , Korea
• 2003 Space and I, National Modern Art Gallery , Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia
• 2004 Blue Mongolia, UMA Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
• 2005 Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial, Fukuoka , Japan
• 2006 Land Art Mongolia , Bor-Öndör
• Transitory Operations, UMA Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
• 2010 Mongolia 360 ° Land Art Biennial

Prizes and awards

• 2000 Special Award, Gwangju Biennale 2000
• 2001 Mongolian State Prize
• 2004/2003 Award, Best of Best, Union of Mongolian Artists (UMA), Ulaanbaatar

Projects

• 1998 Foundation of the Beuys Club in Ulaanbaatar
• 2006 curator of Land Art Mongolia

Web links

• Profile of the artist at the Union of Mongolian Artists
• Overview of the 3rd Gwangju Biennale 2000, Korea

Mongolian name: As is customary in Mongolia, in this article the patronymic is in the genitive case before the proper name. Thus Sereeter is the patronymic, Dagwadordsch the proper name. The person is addressed with their proper name.