Solongo Kanter

I was born and raised in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and currently reside in the same city. I have a passion for literature and art, and I am a literary researcher and writer by profession.

Drawing and painting have always been a significant part of my life, and I have been self-taught in this field since I was a child. I believe that I am still in the process of learning and growing as an artist. The initial feeling I experienced as a child when I first started drawing and painting is something I strive to maintain in my work. It was a pure and unfiltered expression that I want to preserve.

Living in Mongolia, where we have many bright and sunny days throughout the year, my paintings and artworks often incorporate vibrant colors. I draw inspiration from the environment I grew up in and the ancient Mongolian culture, which valued symbolism and art. I independently study images, illustrations, stitches, and meanings found in archaeological finds, and I incorporate these elements into my work. Traditional Mongolian line art, with its repetitive patterns and lack of distance, also influences my creations. I work in the genres of surrialism and contemporary art.

Literature and the writings of world authors have greatly influenced my arti...

Mongolian Literature ,Social worker institute- Ulaanbaatar
(Writer and Literature researcher, critic)

“Mother” First solo exhibition

Concept behind this exhibition

When did you last fully appreciate Earth and Mother Nature?
We know that they leave us behind after most faithfully performing and disseminating virtue, compassion and kindness of ‘giving’. Concepts so oft forgotten by humans.
We are simply a cell fragment succeeding to them.
While love and virtue are yielded inside us, we see many happenings, judging and musing over and over; locking our inner selves deep within…
When did you last observe and appreciate the generous gift of nature for all its exquisiteness and peacefulness; with today’s never-ending, deceptive and dishonest social pressures? The farther we are from nature; the more likely our eyes are of getting blinder, our ears deafer. Of our hearts getting drained and becoming more violent..
In this universe, regardless of our being man or woman, pretty or ugly, or of our birthplaces; we are all travelers searching for Truth. The world in its entirety and sound nature supporting our lives; are vital in this travel or ours. The concept of my works is simply “They are alive…”