Biography

The art practice of Oyunpurev Nyam-Ochir (b. 1985) moves along the border between word and image. Trained first as a painter and art writer at the University of Culture and Arts and the Institute of Fine Art in Ulaanbaatar, he then went on to study Mongolian calligraphy according to the rigorous program of «Bichig Soyol».

His works expand beyond traditional black and red ink brushstrokes to include other chroma, while his technique uses free strokes and movement to create paintings that hover between legibility and imagination.
Nyam-Ochir’s work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions, including most recently Sound of Silence (National Art Gallery of Mongolia, 2022) and Tranquil History (Zanabazar Fine Arts Museum, Ulaanbaatar, 2021). It was also included in the Typomania Festival (Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, 2018), the Beijing Biennial (China, 2017) and Chongju Biennial (South Korea, 2017).