A pioneering database project led by Dr Tsendpurev Tsegmid aims to present Mongolian visual artists internationally and train the next generation of art historians and curators.

This is only the beginning. In each three-year cycle, we plan to work with 8-10 artists and train 3-5 early-career art historians and curators. Our goal is to develop “New Wind” into a permanent database that regularly features new Mongolian artists, commissions critical texts, and creates bridges between Mongolian and global art spaces, fostering research and curating practices. Within the next ten years, we aim to collaborate with a total of 30 artists and train 15 art curators and art historians.

Meet Dr Tsegmid (She is fine with Tsendee too)

She was 3 years old when everything started. It was clear to everyone around Tsendee about what she loved and wanted to do. Her immense interest continued to grow throughout her primary, secondary and high school years. She would often forget to eat or sleep while making art. Her favourite places were the galleries and the libraries.

More than 40 years later, she remains engaged in the visual arts, initially as an art student, then as an artist-researcher, and now as a curator, writer, and advocate for underrepresented artists.

Over the decades, she became an influential disruptor and staunch advocate for creating an ecosystem that works for everyone, not just those who are connected, have means, or access.

The New Wind database will serve as a tool to create an equal playing field for Mongolian artists to be recognised and understood in English. Furthermore, the database can be translated into approximately 200 languages. And the project will train the next generation of curators and art historians who will become independent art professionals competent to work locally and internationally.