Dashi NAMDAKOV

達希•納姆達科夫

born in Russia, 1967

Dashi Namdakov was born in 1967 in a small Buryati village near the Russian – Chinese border, near the magnificent Lake Baikal, the world’s cleanest and biggest freshwater container – one of the World’s Natural Heritage Sites. The local people – Buryats – believe the Lake to be sacred. After graduating from the sculpture department of the Krasnoyarsk State Art Institute in 1992, Dashi has been exhibited worldwide since 2000: from Tokyo and Beijing to New York and Los Angeles. Dashi exhibited his works in museums – State Hermitage Museum (Russia), Beijing Museum of World Art (China), in galleries – Halcyon (United Kingdom), National Arts Club (USA), and also participated in state projects – Russian National Exhibition (France). Dashi Namdakov’s works are in the collections of the State Hermitage and the Russian Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the State Museum of Oriental Art, and in private collections in the USA, Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, China and Singapore.

Technological advancement of this era has spurred a fascination with archaic magical powers. Witness the revival of gothic imagination in graphic art and fascination with zombies and aliens in popular cinema. Historical Shamanism has survived in isolated communities, but Dashi Namdakov has worked with shamanic themes drawn from his native Buryat nomadic roots, and his sculptural forms give shape to the powers lying beyond humanity and the reach of civilisation.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017	MEDITATION: Sculpture of Dashi Namdakov, Central exhibition hall Manege, Saint Petersburg
2016	UNIQUE DOLLS OF DASHI NAMDAKOV’S FAMILY ULGER, China Museum of World Art, Beijing, China
2015	Transformation, the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
	Mastering Myth and Connecting to Spirit, the Russian American Foundation Gallery in cooperation with Shchukin and the Russian Museum of Ethnography, St. Petersburg Russia
	Journey in the Mystical Country, Gallery Shchukin, New York, USA
2014	THE NOMAD BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH, The State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia
	Nomad: Works of a Russian Sculptor Dashi Namdakov., Beijing World Art Museum, in collaboration with Dashi Namdakov Art, Culture Support Foundation, Henan Museum, and Erdos Sculpture Museum, Beijing, China
	AVATAR, Halcyon Gallery, London, UK
	Nostalgia for the Roots: The Nomad Universe of Dashi Namdakov, the V. Surikov Krasnoyarsk Art Museum, Russia
	DASHI NAMDAKOV. BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.Halcyon Gallery, London, Great Britain
2013	Magical Visions: The Jewelry and Sculpture of Dazhi Namdakov, Gibert Albert, New York, USA
	Mystery, Ulan-Ude, Russia
	THE NOMAD: MEMORY OF THE FUTURE, National Arts Club, New York, USA
2012	DASHI NAMDAKOV: A NOMAD’S UNIVERSE, Halcyon Gallery, London, Great Britain
2010	NOSTALGIA FOR THE ROOTS: DASHI NAMDAKOV’S UNIVERSE OF THE NOMADS., The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009	THE ELEMENT OF DASHI NAMDAKOV: SCULPTURE, GRAPHICS, JEWELLERY COLLECTION., New Manezh Moscow State Exhibition Hall
2008	The Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Irkutsk, Russia
2007	The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2006	Аrt Manege, Khankhalaev Gallery, Moscow
	Beijing World Art Museum (and a tour around China), Beijing, China
	Central House of Artists, Khankhalaev Gallery, Russia
2005	Dashi Namdakov: Sculpture and Jewellry by Dashi Namdakov, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
	The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
	National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
	Art SG, Singapore
	ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
2004	Hay Hill Gallery, London, UK
	Gertsev Gallery, Atlanta, USA
	State Museum of Oriental Arts, US
	TIBET HOUSE, NEW YORK, US
	Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Switzerland
2003	Art-Manezh, Moscow, Russia
	The Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts (Yekaterinburg), Russia
	The Krasnoyarsk Museum Complex of Culture and History (Krasnoyarsk), Russia
	The Russian Ethnographical Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
	The State Museum of Oriental Arts, Moscow, Russia
	The Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Irkutsk, Russia
2002	Zurab Tseretely Gallery, Moscow, Russia
	The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2001	Classica Gallery, Irkutsk, Russia
	Gallery of the Artists’ Union, Ulan-Bator (Mongolia)
	The Museum of Buryat History, Ulan-Ude, Russia
	Gertsev Gallery, Moscow, Russia
	The Russian Ethnographic Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2000	The Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Irkutsk, Russia
	The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia

Selected Joint Exhibitions

2017

Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Arts, main programme , curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Moscow, Russia

2010

Year of Russia, RUSSIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION GRAND PALAIS, Paris, France

Selected Public Art
2016	Sculptures Barses and Zilants installed in Kazan, Russia
2015	Momumental bronze sculpture She Guardian installed next to Cumberland Gate, Marble Arch, London, UK
2014	Awarded the Order of the Tuva Republic for sculptural complex “The Center of Asia” and monument “Royal Hunting”, installed on the bank of the river Yenisei in Kyzyl city.
	Sculpture Royal Hunting installed at the Piazza Duomo, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
2012	Monumental sculpture Genghis Khan installed at Marble Arch, London
2011	Monumental sculpture Little Buddha installed in the Ivolginsky Datsan (Buddhist temple), Republic of Buryatia
2010	Sculpture Golden Shoria installed in Kemerovo, Russia.
2008	Monumental sculpture Khanshaim installed in Astana, Kazakhstan
	Monumental sculpture Friendship installed in Aginsk, Russia
2007	Accepted into the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts
2003	Park sculpture Ust-Orda installed in the centre of the town of Ust-Orda, Irkutsk region
	Monumental sculpture Friendship installed in Aginsk, Russia