Scissor Painting

Zayasaikhan Sambuu combines Mongolian traditional painting with contemporary international art. His unique method of using water colors, gouache, brush, and oil mixed media on canvas, allows him to illustrate the ancient culture and heritage of Mongolia and Central Asian nomadic people. Although his works mainly consist of scenes from ancient daily life and the exotic portraiture of nature, he connects the spirit of nomadic Mongolian art with Tibetan and Japanese traditional art techniques. By using different methods and studying various cultures, Zaya works to create his own genre, which enables him to suggest a world of antiquity within modern art. His work, therefore, is neither too conformist nor too modern rather, it is a bridge between traditional and contemporary art. The simplicity of nomadic everyday life and its relationship to the natural wilderness is always the main subject matter of his works. These themes are always depicted in his paintings with extraordinarily clear lines and textures, as well as visually strong, often warm yet slight dark, vibrant color. His paintings contain female figures accompanied by wild beasts or animals , which symbolize the connection of beauty to nature. His female characters appear to be very majestic and aristocratic and they often represent queens and princesses. Their costumes and coiffeured hair styles are carefully studied from the traditional fashions of Mongolian nomadic aristocracy.