GAMA was born in Mongolia in 1977 and currently lives and works in Berlin. GAMA was born into a nomadic family and would move every four months as the seasons changed. His great aunt was an important shaman whose ability to connect with the supernatural world had a profound impact on the young boy. He eventually enrolled at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing where he studied oil painting. Finding that the prevailing academic approach did not satisfy him, he started looking at the works of European Old Masters in art books and pondering the works of contemporary German painters such as Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter.
In his paintings GAMA has always downplayed illusionism by drawing attention to their physical qualities, allowing oil paint to accumulate around the edges of irregularly shaped areas that look as if they could be peeled off the surface of the canvas. A naively painted light fixture frequently interrupts an expanse of sky and many of his homunculi dissolve into nothingness. His new paintings develop these ideas as he seeks analogies between childhood memories of Inner Mongolia and the world of fantasy so richly explored in the country where he has chosen to live.
biographical notes
25.12.1977
born in Mongolia
1996-2000
Central Art Academy (CAFA) Beijing, China
2002-2007
studies art under Gustav Kluge at the 'Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden
Künste Karlsruhe, Germany
2007-2008
M.A. at the 'Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany
lives and works in Berlin
selected solo exhibitions
2020
Fremdwald, Galerie Hilleckes-probst, Berlin
2019
A KNIGHT IN PARADISE LOST , Chambers Fine Art, Beijing
2018
Budensauber, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
2017
THE ONE, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen
Just announced: Up, In, Out and Away, Peter Fingesten Gallery,
Pace University New York.
FATA MORGANA, Chambers Fine Art, New York
2016
TAL DER KÖNIGIN, Galerie Michael Schulz, Berlin (Ca)
2015
Idylls of the Kings, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing (Ca)
Idylls of the Kings, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fremde Winkel, Kunstverein Gera, Gera
Idylls of the Kings, Chambers Fine Art , New York
2014
Sky on the Ground, CIGE ART, Beijing, China
2013
Stelldichein, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen
2012
Das Fest, Städtisches Museum Engen + Galerie, Engen
2011
Losung, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen (Ca)
2010
GAMA Galerie Haas & Fuchs Berlin, Berlin(Ca)
Kleinod Hospitalhof, Stuttgart(Ca)
INLAND Kunstverein Brühl
2009
GAMA, Arbeiten 2007 -2009
Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen (Ca)
2008
Vorort, Playstation Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Preisträger Welde , Landratsamt Heidelberg
2007
Zweitraum, Inka Christmann, Karlsruhe 2006
2005
GAMA, SCHARFE MESSER, V8 Plattform für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
selected group exhibitions
2019
CHAMBERS REVIEW II, Chambers Fine Art, New York
2018
FAUNA – Künstler sehen Tiere, Galerie Stötzel-Tiedt, Goslar
2017
Zu Gast bei Ketterer Kunst Berlin
DIE SAMMLUNG KORNELIA UND DR. HARALD FRISCH
„021“ Kunstmuseum ShangHai, China
2016
H.D. Buttercup´s Apartment, H.D. Buttercup, Los Angeles
2015
Frisch Aus Berlin - Einblicke In Eine Besondere Sammlung - Stadtmuseum Oldenburg
2014
New Acquaintances, Chambers Fine Art, New York
Time is a Saw: Established and Emerging Contemporary Chinese Artists, Crossman Gallery,
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Salon, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
2013
Play – The Frivolous and the Serious, me collectors room
Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin
Landschaftsgänger, Parrotta Contemporary Art - Stuttgart Traumwelten, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
2012
Artists Invite Friends, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
Hang on, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
2011
Bildräume – GAMA/Susanne Zuehlke: Abstraktion-Figuration, Kunstverein Leimen
Schach!! KunstmuseumMülheim an der Ruhr
2010
COCKTAIL Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen
SUPER BOPP Galerie im Regierungsviertel/
Forgotten Bar Project
Night of the Pawn Werkschau Halle 12,
Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig
2009
In Every Dreamhome A Heartbreak - (Ir)reale Raumwelten in der Malerei Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen
Open Museum Bratislawa, Slowakei
Fantastischkunst aus Baden-Württemberg Kunstverein Pforzheim
2008
TOP 08 Meisterschülerausstellung Kunstverein Heilbronn
Leinzell open 2008 ,Schloss Leinzell
Sag, was malst du da? Stadtgalerie Schwaz
black water, Doppelausstellung mit M. Grudziecki, städt. Galerie, Offenburg
2007
Mund auf Augen zu, W. Hoffmann - Riem, Karlsruhe
2006
produzentenallergie Plattform für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
new spot Kaiserpassage 4, Karlsruhe
Die 11, Galerie Gerken, Berlin
oiltanking INTERprojekte, Berlin