The TimeStamp International Artist Residency Program aims to provide artists with opportunities for cross-cultural exchange and creation. By offering resources and support, it helps artists create in cross-cultural environments, step out of their comfort zones, and break free from mental stereotypes, cognitive dilemmas, and aesthetic inertia.

The first edition of TimeStamp welcomes two exceptional Mongolian artists Baatarzorig Batjargal and Nomin Bold. the exhibition will open at 11am on Saturday 15th March and will fun until 26th March.

Baatarzorig Batjargal (b. 1983, Ulaanbaatar) is a leading figure in the Mongol Zurag movement, which emerged in the late 20^th century. A graduate of the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture, his work explores Mongolia’s deep-rooted cultural traditions while addressing the shifting paradigms of its heritage in the face of modernity.

Batjargal’s paintings fuse traditional Mongolian visual motifs with contemporary consumer culture, creating a striking dialogue between past and present. His imagery intertwines the spiritual worlds of Mongolian shamanic mythology and Tibetan Buddhism with the symbolic systems of modern society, reflecting the tensions and transformations of a rapidly changing Mongolia.

His work has been exhibited in key international venues, including Jack Bell Gallery (London), and has been featured in major exhibitions such as the 8^th Asia Pacific Triennial (Queensland, 2015), the 2^nd Yinchuan Biennale (MOCA Yinchuan, China, 2018), the Bangkok Art Biennale (2020), Something Else at the Citadel: Cairo OFF Biennale (Saladin Citadel, Cairo, 2023), and Shared Horizons: 15^th Bienal De La Habana (Caribbean Tribal Space, Havana, 2024-2025).

Nomin Bold (b. 1982, Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian artist trained in the traditional Mongol Zurag technique. A graduate of the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture (2005), she reinterprets Mongolia’s cultural heritage and Buddhist art through a contemporary lens, exploring themes of knowledge, power, and human relationships.

Bold’s work critically engages with popular values, repeatedly appropriating the colors and forms of traditional symbols to challenge prevailing narratives. By placing secular society within the world of the gods, she examines the intersections of politics, wealth, nature, and spirituality, offering a dynamic perspective on Mongolia’s evolving identity.

In 2015, she was awarded a USD20,000 grant from the Krasner-Pollock Foundation (USA). Her work has been featured in major international exhibitions, including the 8^th Asia Pacific Triennial (Queensland, 2015), Documenta 14 (2017), the 2^nd Yinchuan Biennale (MOCA Yinchuan, China, 2018), the Bangkok Art Biennale (2020), Something Else at the Citadel: Cairo OFF Biennale (Saladin Citadel, Cairo, 2023), the 11^th Asia Pacific Triennial (Queensland, 2024), and Shared Horizons: 15th Bienal De La Habana (Caribbean Tribal Space, Havana, 2024–2025).