Tuguldur Yondonjamts Explores Animal Perception at Gallery Ver

Mongolian artist Tuguldur Yondonjamts's solo exhibition 'Wolf Loving Princess' at Gallery Ver in Bangkok presents works that delve into animal perception and interspecies communication. Central to the show is 'The Secret Mountain of Falcons' (2011–14), four accordion-style books documenting the saker falcon's habitat through ink drawings that mimic the bird's visual acuity. The exhibition also features 'Serpent writing…' (2026), snakeskin-like drawings on Mylar using natural pigments like jarosite, malachite, and magnetite. Yondonjamts trained in Mongol zurag painting and under Lothar Baumgarten at Berlin University of the Arts. His practice includes 'antipode suits'—voluminous costumes shaped like animals—and the video 'An Artificial Nest Captures a King' (2016). The long-term project 'Binary Serpent' (2015–20) translates the epic 'Khan Kharangui' into binary code derived from the traditional Mongolian alphabet, resulting in the 81-metre work '81 Meters Backwards to the Darkest Dark' (2018/2020). Curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija, the exhibition includes poems, dream drawings made from iron oxide, and clay figures from Siberian forest soil. Yondonjamts will represent Mongolia at the 61st Venice Biennale (9 May – 22 November 2026) alongside Nomin Bold, Dorjderem Davaa, and Gerelkhuu Ganbold.