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Zazaa Ganbold is a painter and graphic artist. She was born and raised in Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. After graduating from the State Art College of Mongolia, she left her hometown and traveled extensively in Asia. She intensely researched and absorbed a large body of ancient and contemporary art, which guided her in the discovery her own voice and sense of being an artist. During her travels, she saw firsthand the tension between old traditions and rapid social development. It made her aware of how these diverse phenomena affected artistic expression. This dialectic between the human creative power and its potentially destructive effects has shaped her view of the world and the numerous interpretative elements in her work. The more Zazaa has seen of the world, the more aware she has become of the beauty, mysticism and security of her homeland. It remains the source of her inspiration and connects her nomadic heritage to modernity in her work. Zazaa has been living in Berlin since 2002.