Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu


Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu is a Mongolian artist. As a "contemporary master of Mongol Zurag", she incorporates traditional patterns and Buddhist motifs in her paintings and draws on experiences of Mongolian women and the everyday lives of post-nomadic Mongolia.

Early life and career

Dagvasambuu was born in 1979 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She received her bachelor's degree in 2002 from Mongolian University of Arts and Culture. Later in 2004, she graduated from the Mongolian State University of Education with a master's degree.
Dagvasambuu has exhibited extensively at international exhibitions such as Asia Pacific Triennial and Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale. She was part of the 2017 documenta 14 tour organized by Goethe Institute Mongolia in partnership with Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association.
Dagvasambuu is married to a Mongolian artist and curator Batzorig Mart. In 2019, they had a joint exhibition exploring the extend of each other's influence on one another's work. Titled Assimilation Non-Assimilation, the exhibition was held at Art Space 976+, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Notable exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
2018     ХАДГАЛАГДАХ, Art Space 976+, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Group exhibitions
2019     Assimilation Non-Assimilation, at Art Space 976+, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2016     The Garden of Winter Light  , at Hanart TZ, Hong Kong
2015     8th Asia Pacific Triennial, Queensland, Australia
2014     5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan
2014     Contemporary Art of Mongolia II, at Art Space 976+, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2012     Women in Between: Asian Women Artists 1984-2012, at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
2012     9th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
2011     Between Heaven and Earth: Contemporary Art from the Centre of Asia, at Calvert 22, London, UK

Selected awards

Uuriintuya is a recipient of several prestigious awards including 2012 Grand Prix for Best Art from Association of Mongol Zurag, 2013 Grand Prix for Best Artworks of the Year from National Modern Art Gallery of Mongolia as well as 2018 Grand Prix for Best Artwork of the Year from Union of Mongolian Artists.