OtGO Otgonbayar Ershuu
was born in 1981 in Mongolia. His talent was discovered and by the age of 15 years he had his own solo exhibitions. He studied traditional painting in Ulaanbaatar (96–98). After studying, he became a painter and restorer on several research trips to historical sites in Mongolia. In the Buddhist-Lamaist monasteries, he studied various techniques and the iconography of miniature painting as well as their spiritual background (98–2004). Beside his free artistic creations, his work includes about 600 „research miniaturen“. From 2007–10 he studied at the Institute of Art in Context of the University of the Arts Berlin, which he completed with the Master of Arts. After studying, OtGO opened Gallery ZURAG Berlin (2010–14) It is the first gallery founded and operated by a Mongol outside of Mongolia. Since 2018, he has been working on a voluntary basis as "Chief Curator and External Affairs of The National Art Gallery of Mongolia" parallel to his artistic work.