Gantuya Badamgarav

Gantuya Badamgarav (Ulan Bator, Mongolia) holds an MA in macroeconomic policy from Williams College, MA, USA.

Gantuya established 976 Art Gallery and Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association in 2012, to support and promote contemporary art in Mongolia. She has worked actively to support contemporary art, uniting organizations and people to channel their resources and passion.

She organized and curated over 100 exhibitions in her home country and abroad, including all four editions of Mongolia participation in Venice Art Biennale (2015, 2017, 2019, 2022). She also supported Mongolian artists’ participation in other internationally known exhibitions such as Documenta, Gwangju Biennale, Busan Biennale, Yinchuan Biennale and Asia Pacific Triennial.

For A Temporality, Mongolia Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale 2019, she collaborated with internationally renowned German artist Carsten Nicolai and Mongolian throat singers. The idea and experimental quality of the exhibition was recognized internationally, received award from the Goethe International Co-Production Fund and more than 30 articles and interviews were dedicated to this exhibition.

She also curated exhibitions, performances and events with the participation of internationally renowned artists such as Dias & Riedweg, Kaffe Matthews, Sainkho Namtchylak, Shu Lea Cheang, Diana Chester, Fabian Cohn, Nathalie Daoust and other artists from Italy, Czeck Republic, France, Taiwan, USA, Bulgaria, Austria, HK, Germany.

The 976 Art Gallery, which she founded, is known for its conceptually appealing experimental exhibitions, and has become crossing point for the artists and intellectuals alike, marking it as a cultural hub of Ulaanbaatar city. She has initiated the “Nomadic Red Corner” project to make art closer to the Ger Districts of Ulaanbaatar city, where majority of rural migrants live. Three important projects were implemented together with Mongolian artists, creating artistic neighborhoods in different locations of the capital city. Later “Ger Residency” was established for the international artists,

HICP 2024: Her residency in Helsinki aims to facilitate intercultural exchange between local and international artists and the community.