Private View is on Thursday , September 16, 7-9 pm.
Opening reception is on Friday, September 17th, from 6:30pm until 9:30pm
" I would like to understand Buryat and Buddhist tradition rationally, yet, I believe, something within me knows it better than I do." Dashi Namdakov

Dashi Namdakov lives in the South Eastern part of Russian Siberia near the Lake Baikal, the worlds cleanest and biggest fresh water container - one of the Worlds Natural Heritage Sites. The local people Buryats believe the Lake to be sacred.

Dashi was born in 1967 in a small Buryati village near the Russian Chinese border. His father was a well-known craftsman in the village who was famous for his versatile abilities to make things with his own hands - furniture, metal handles and even carpets. His wood-carved sculptures of Buddhist gods and tangkas (Buddhist icons) were installed in monasteries. From early childhood the children learned different skills through helping their father.

Dashi moved to Ulan-Ude, Buryati's central city and started his career in the workshop of the locally well-known sculptor G.Vasilyev. In 1988 Dashi was admitted to the University of Fine Arts in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk . This is where famous Russian artists Lev Golovnitsky, Yuri Ishkhanov, Azat Boyarlin and Eduard Pakhomov taught him the academic art.
After graduation in 1992, Dashi returned to Ulan-Ude. In the year 2000, after his first personal exhibition in Irkutsk, it was clear that a new star was born in the world of arts. The first exhibition was followed by other successful venues in Russia and in other countries.

Dashi's sculptures have been acquired by the State Hermitage Museum of Russia, the State Museum of Oriental Art , the Russian Ethnographic Museum and included in the personal collection of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German Chancellor Mr. G. Shroeder, the family of Uma Thurman, the Tibet House in NY as well, as Russian elite.
For more information about artist visit: www.dashi.ru
 

Exhibitions:

2004
Dashi receives an honorary title of "The Siberian of the Year" as well as other 6 prominent Russian Siberians (for example, Russian Emergency Minister Mr. Shoigu) who come from Siberia-Russia's biggest region. Dashi's first jewelry collection is presented at Tibet House, NYC. "The New-York Times", "The Herald Tribune", "The Newsweek" publish articles about Dashi.

- April-July, Tibet House , 22 West 15th Street, New York, USA, Personal exhibition
- February-March, Palace Hotel Gstaad, Switzerland, Personal exhibition

2003
Dashi is awarded a Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.
The State Museum of Oriental Art supplements its collection with 2 works of Dashi - "Pearl" and "Old Warrior"
A major Taiwanese art magazine "Artist" publishes an article about Dashi.

- December, The Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
- December, Art-Manege Moscow International Annual Art Fair, Russia
- November, Nan-Ying Folklore Festival, Tainan County, Taiwan
- October, Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Russia, Personal exhibition
- September, Krasnoyarsk Culture and History Museum Center, Russia
- July, The Russian Ethnographical Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Personal exhibition
- June-July, The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia, Personal exhibition
- May, The Centre of Books and Graphics, St-Petersburg, Russia
- April, The Central House of Artist, Moscow, Art-April
- March, Art-Manege Moscow International Annual Art Fair, Russia
- March-April, Artplay Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Irkutsk, Russia, Museum of Fine Arts, Personal exhibition

2002
Dashi's works are acquired by the State Hermitage as well as for the personal collection of Moscow Mayor Y. Luzhkov. Dashi's works "Masks" and "Actor" become prizes at the All-Russia Vampilov Festival of Modern Drama (Irkutsk, 2002, 2003). Work "Master" becomes a prize at the International Festival of Documentary Cinema in Irkutsk.

- New-York, USA, ART-EXPO
- Hamburg, Germany, Hubscher Gallery
- Moscow, Russia, Tsereteli Gallery, Personal exhibition " Shamans and Warriors: The New Ritual Sculpture"
- Moscow, Russia, The Central House of Artist

2001
Dashi becomes Member of the Russian Union of Artists. His sculptures are acquired for the personal collections of Russian President V. Putin ("The Wild"), Tatarstan's President M. Shaimieyv ("Horseman"), Head of Chukotka Autonomous Region R. Abramovich ("Evening", "Old Warrior")

- Dissen, Germany
- Freemont, California, USA
- Irkutsk,Russia, Klassika Gallery, Personal exhibition
- Ulan-Baatar, Mongolia, Union of Artists Gallery
- Ulan-Ude,Russia, Buryat History Museum, Personal exhibition
- Moscow, Russia, Gertsev Gallery, Personal exhibition
- St.-Petersburg, Russia, The Russian Ethnographical Museum, Personal exhibition
- Zurich, Switzerland, DAR Gallery

2000
- Dashi's first personal exhibition takes place in Irkutsk,Russia

Upcoming Exhibitions
- September 17-October 30, Gertsev Gallery, Atlanta, USA
- November-December, Art Territory, Los Angeles, USA

Pearl	Prospective Bride
Old Warrior	The Steppe Nefertiti
Queen Fire	Shaman 3
Shaman Dance	Full-Moon