My name is Ganbold Lundaa (Gawaa). I was born in Mongolia in a traditional rural village south west Gobi. I was born the third of seven children, my father was the local council representative and my mother, the village doctor. At the age of sixteen my study was cut short by the Mongolian revolution, during this period I worked as a nomadic herdsman, on either camel or horseback.
I left my village at the age of 20 to do national service. Once completed I moved to Ulaanbaatar city joining my father's new, post-revolutionary business, which traded cashmere. Soon after, I also began working for a USAID project working to help the economic development of my home region. Throughout this time, I was drawing. I would sketch the Gobi desert during my free time.
It was during this period I began to learn foreign languages and travelled around my country. I also explored China and Russia. At the Invitation of my friend Mark Stibich, I had the opportunity to visit the USA. This trip was very instrumental in my life, as it opened my eyes to many art galleries and resources available to artists that I was unfamiliar with. Greatly influenced by what I had seen in the visual arts and my time abroad, I began to paint.
In 2003, I returned to Mongolia and met an Australian woman, Jessie Stanley, with whom I fell in love. She brought me to Brisbane, Australia where we had a beautiful daughter called Lily.
I moved to Sydney and I decided to focus solely on art. I began to explore painting and print making. My work is based on my experience as a Mongolian living in Western society.
Often the materials used for my artworks are recycled, some I found on the streets, some purchased from second-hand stores, some donated. The main themes of my work include traditional oriental designs and contemporary text based paintings.
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Currently showing.
Union Hotel (side entrance/back bar),South King Street, Newtown, Sydney
2042 Cafe 405 King street Newtown Sydney.
Upcoming Exhibitions
End of Year exhibition 2012. St George TAFE Kogarah, SYDNEY. Nov 2012.
Solo exhibitions
BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE GROUND. Joint exhibition with Shannon Johnson. 18 November- 1 December 2011. Brunswick street gallery. MELBOURNE. Australia.
WARNING LANGUAGE+ Joint exhibition with artist Dirk Kruithof. September 2011. Alpha gallery. SYDNEY. Australia.
Do you know exactly what you want? Alpha gallery. Erskinville, SYDNEY. March 2011.
Lost Nomad. A journey from the Gobi desert Mongolia to Arncliffe Australia. Salmagundi studios. SYDNEY. Sept 2010.
Selected group exhibitions.
Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize (MCAP) 2011.Chrissie Cotter Gallery (CCG)Camperdown, SYDNEY. September 2011.
Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize (MCAP) 2010. Chrissie Cotter Gallery (CCG) Camperdown, SYDNEY. September 2010.
Group exhibitions.
End of Year exhibition 2011. St George TAFE Kogarah, SYDNEY. December 2011.
Art BBQ. Alpha gallery Erskinville, SYDNEY. December 2011.
DEMO SALE. ATVP gallery. Newtown, SYDNEY. December 2011-12-26
Pop up gallery. Parramatta,SYDNEY.October 2011
Drawing connections. Siena Art Institute,Siena, ITALY. September 2011.
Reverse=bread.from(crumbs). ATVP gallery.Newtown, SYDNEY. July 2011.
Flight. Salmagundi studios. Arncliffe, SYDNEY. June 2011.
Naked sundays. Alpha gallery. Erskineville, SYDNEY. May 2011.
Medium vinyl 2011. Plump gallery. Enmore, SYDNEY. May 2011.
Pop up gallery. Studio sunhillow. Marrickville, SYDNEY May 2011.
Sign of the times. ATVP Gallery. Newtown, SYDNEY. May 2011.
Intervention intervention. ATVP gallery. Newtown. SYDNEY. January 2011.
ATVP demo sale. At The Vanishing Point Gallery. Newtown. SYDNEY. November 2010.
Small Works 2010 Prize. BSGallery Fitzroy, MELBOURNE. November 2010.
Marginal Democracy. ATVP Gallery. Newtown, AUSTRALIA. August 2010.
Copycats 2010. Darlinghurst, Sydney. May 2010.
Road Trip. Tortuga studios.Tempe, SYDNEY. April 2010.
Supernature event. Arncliffe, SYDNEY. March 2010.
Salmagundi Studios grand opening. Arncliffe, SYDNEY, October 2009.
Production assistant to the following major artworks:
Kaldor Public art Project 24: Michael Landy’s ‘Acts Of Kindness’. installation and uninstallation in Sydney CBD. July 2011.
Stage backdrops and recycled bottle shandeleir for Peats Ridge music festival. December 2011.
Mural by artist Megan Walch on wall of Art Gallery New South Wales (AGNSW) For Wilderness exhibition. 3.5m by 9 metre. March 2010.
Rabbit sculpture made from recycled water bottle for Sydney city council. Artist Kassandra Bossel. 2X3metre September 2010.
Backdrop for Peats Ridge festival. 7X4 metre stage November 2010.
2.5X3 metre Traditional design on wall freehanded. October 2010. (in Mongolia)
Lantern whale sculpture by Kath Ellis for Peats Ridge festival 2.5metre by 7.8metre. November 2009.
Gawaa on 0466113909.
Gawaagaas@hotmail.com
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Currently showing.
· Union Hotel (side entrance/back bar),
South King Street, Newtown, Sydney
Upcoming Exhibitions
· End of Year exhibition 2012. St George TAFE
Kogarah, SYDNEY. December 2011
Solo exhibitions
· BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE GROUND. Joint
exhibition with Shannon Johnson. 18 November
- 1 December 2011.
Brunswick street gallery. MELBOURNE. Australia.
· WARNING LANGUAGE+ Joint exhibition with
artist Dirk Kruithof.
September 2011. Alpha gallery. SYDNEY. Australia.
· Do you know exactly what you want?
Alpha gallery. Erskinville, SYDNEY. March 2011.
· Lost Nomad. A journey from the Gobi desert
Mongolia to Arncliffe Australia. Salmagundi studios,
SYDNEY. Sept 2010.
Selected group exhibitions.
· Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize (MCAP) 2011.
Chrissie Cotter Gallery (CCG)Camperdown,
SYDNEY. September 2011.
· Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize (MCAP) 2010.
Chrissie Cotter Gallery (CCG) Camperdown,
SYDNEY. September 2010.
Group exhibitions.
· End of Year exhibition 2011. St George TAFE
Kogarah, SYDNEY. December 2011.
· Art BBQ. Alpha gallery
Erskinville, SYDNEY. December 2011.
· DEMO SALE. ATVP gallery.
Newtown, SYDNEY. December 2011-12-26
· Pop up gallery. Parramatta,SYDNEY.October 2011
· Drawing connections. Siena Art Institute,
Siena, ITALY. September 2011.
· Reverse=bread.from(crumbs). ATVP gallery.
Newtown, SYDNEY. July 2011.
· Flight. Salmagundi studios.
Arncliffe, SYDNEY. June 2011.
· Naked sundays. Alpha gallery.
Erskineville, SYDNEY. May 2011.
· Medium vinyl 2011. Plump gallery.
Enmore, SYDNEY. May 2011.
· Pop up gallery. Studio sunhillow.
Marrickville, SYDNEY May 2011.
· Sign of the times. ATVP Gallery.
Newtown, SYDNEY. May 2011.
· Intervention intervention. ATVP gallery.
Newtown. SYDNEY. January 2011.
· ATVP demo sale. At The Vanishing Point Gallery.
Newtown. SYDNEY. November 2010.
· Small Works 2010 Prize. Brunswick street
gallery (BSG)Fitzroy,MELBOURNE.November 2010.
· Marginal Democracy. ATVP Gallery.
Newtown, Sydney. AUSTRALIA. August 2010.
· Copycats 2010. Darlinghurst, Sydney. May 2010.
· Road Trip. Tortuga studios.Tempe, SYDNEY.
April 2010.
· Supernature event. Arncliffe, SYDNEY. March 2010.
· Salmagundi Studios grand opening.
Arncliffe, SYDNEY, Australia. October 2009.
Production assistant to the following major artworks:
· Stage backdrops for Peats Ridge music festival.
December 2011.
· Mural by Megan Walch on wall of Art Gallery
New South Wales (AGNSW) For Wilderness exhibition.
3.5m by 9 metre. March 2010.
· Rabbit sculpture made from recycled water bottle for
Sydney city council. Artist Kassandra Bossel.
2X3metre September 2010.
· Backdrop for Peats Ridge festival. 7X4 metre stage
November 2010.
· 2.5X3 metre Traditional design on wall freehanded.
October 2010. (in Mongolia)
· Lantern whale sculpture by Kath Ellis for
Peats Ridge festival
2.5metre by 7.8metre. November 2009.
Gawaa on 0466113909.
Gawaagaas@hotmail.com
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Contact; Gawaa phone 0466113909. email;gawaagaas@hotmail.com
