born in 1988

lives and works in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Composer, sound artist, singer and member of Mongolian ethnic experimental rock band Mohanik, Davaajargal (known as Davaa) joined the contemporary art movement Human-Nature-Love-Freedom in 2013. In only 4 years of pursuing his artistic career, he became one of the most influential and well known sound artists of Mongolia. He collaborated not only with artists from Human-Nature-Love-Freedom, but also with other contemporary and visual artists, including T.Enkhbold Mongolia, the participant of Venice Art Biennale 2015, Les Joynes USA, German artist Hagen Betzwieser and Christian Faubel, French artist Alexis Paul, Mauricio Dias (Brazil) and Walter Riedweg (Switzerland). Davaa’s sounds are minimal, includes electronic elements mixed with the ethnic natural sounds that are pure and powerful. Besides working on sound art, Davaa has also experimented with mixed media works and short films. 

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Since 2004, Davaa has been experimenting and composing music with his band Mohanik and worked on albums such as '100 tugrik drink' (2009), and 'Mohanik at Amarbayasgalant' (2014). With his band, he performed at numbers of music festivals in Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan and Russia.

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His sound composition 'Re-exist' | 11min 19sec represented in Mongolian Pavilion at 57th Venice Art Biennale 2017.

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