Understanding Contemporary Art | Gantuya Badamgarav | TEDxUlaanbaatar

Despite her Master degree in macroeconomics, Gantuya decided to follow her passion and quit her successful career. In her talk, she shares how arts inspired her to contribute to the development of Mongolian contemporary artists at local as well as international level. Gantuya Badamgarav is the First Commissioner of Mongolia Pavilion in Venice Biennale and holds an MA in macro-economic policy from Williams College, USA. Following her passion, she decided to quit her successful career and established 976 Art Gallery and Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association in 2012 with the aim to improve competitive capacity of Mongolian artists at domestic and international platforms. Within only 5 years of experience in art sector, Gana was able to initiate and organize first and second Mongolia participations in Venice Art Biennale and partnered with 8th Asia Pacific Triennial and Documenta 14 to involve Mongolian artists. Through her initiatives and efforts, more than 40 Mongolian artists were able to receive small and large international grants and participated in various international exhibitions. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx