Zorikto Dorzhiev
b.1976 Russia
Zorikto has emerged as one of Russia’s most acclaimed artists, and a beacon for young artists in Buryatia. After studying at the Buryat Republican College of Arts in Ulan-Ude, Zorikto trained with Professor A.M. Znak at the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts from 1996-2002 and then, until 2005, with branches of the Russian Academy of Arts in the Urals, Siberia and Russia’s Far East. His work has been exhibited in leading institutions such as the Council of Europe and at the Beijing Olympics, while his recent series Steppe Story ran for two months at St Petersburg’s elite State Russian Museum in autumn 2009.
Nomadic Buryat life is the main subject of his work which, along with precise draughtsmanship and gift for colour, displays subtle humour and a taste for caricature. To Zorikto, “a nomad does not travel around in search of a better life. He is rather an artist, a poet, a philosopher, and often a loner.”
Zorikto has emerged as one of Russia’s most acclaimed artists, and a beacon for young artists in Buryatia. After studying at the Buryat Republican College of Arts in Ulan-Ude, Zorikto trained with Professor A.M. Znak at the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts from 1996-2002 and then, until 2005, with branches of the Russian Academy of Arts in the Urals, Siberia and Russia’s Far East. His work has been exhibited in leading institutions such as the Council of Europe and at the Beijing Olympics, while his recent series Steppe Story ran for two months at St Petersburg’s elite State Russian Museum in autumn 2009.
Nomadic Buryat life is the main subject of his work which, along with precise draughtsmanship and gift for colour, displays subtle humour and a taste for caricature. To Zorikto, “a nomad does not travel around in search of a better life. He is rather an artist, a poet, a philosopher, and often a loner.”
His Oriental aesthetic involves refined, elongated silhouettes, with his subjects ranging from sensuous females – his iconic Mona Lisa Khatun has been dubbed the “Madonna of the Steppes” – to warriors on horseback evoking Buryats’ Mongol ancestors. He worked as a set-designer for Sergei Bodrov’s blockbuster movie Mongol, has illustrated Vladimir Baraeyev’s novel The Herald of Genghis Khan (published by Khankhalaev), and also designs traditional-style Buryat head-dresses.
Zorkito’s work can be found in private collections in Russia, the USA, Germany and Australia, and he counts Russian Premier Vladimir Putin and ex-German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder among his collectors.
- Gin Huang Gallery Grand Opening Celebration, Taichung, Taiwan
2017
- Hyperspace, 2017 winter collective exhibition, Gin Huang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
- “Imaginary Reality” Solo-show at The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
- Solo show(special project) for the BRICS and SCO summit, Ufa, Russia
- “Steppe Story” Solo show at Konstantin Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Art Revolution Taipei. Taipei, Taiwan
2014
- « Modern Art of Burytia». Central House of Artist. Moscow, Russia
- Art Kaosiung. Kaosiung, Taiwan
- CHRISTIE’S, Tibet House US, NY
2013
- «Steppe Nirvana». Solo-show at Central House of Artist. Moscow, Russia
- «Snow Celebration». Central House of Artist. Moscow, Russia
- CHRISTIE’S, Tibet House US, NY
- Moscow World Fine Art Fair. Moscow, Russia
2012
- «Zorikbook». Solo-show at the Republican Art Museum. Ulan-Ude, Russia
- «Zorikbook». Exhibition-presentation of Zorikto Dorzhiev’s book at the Museum of Regional Studies. Irkutsk, Russia
- «Zorikbook». Exhibition-presentation of Zorikto Dorzhiev’s book at the Central House of Artist. Moscow, Russia
- Art Taipei. Taipei, Taiwan
- Art Fair Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan
2011
- «Steppe Story». Solo-show at Neumunster Abbey, Luxemburg
- Art Asia. Miami, USA
- «Steppe Story». Solo-show at Hay Hill Gallery. London, UK. Inauguration at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2010
- Art Asia. Miami, USA
- «A Year in the Life of A Painter». Solo-show at the Republican Art Museum. Ulan- Ude, Russia
2009
- «Steppe Story». Solo-show at the Russian State Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia
- «Steppe Story». Solo-show at Tibet House. New York, USA
2008
- «Steppe Story». Solo-show at the Tomsk Art Museum. Tomsk, Russia
- Solo-show at the Council of Europe in Luxemburg and Brussels, Belgium
- XXIX Olympic games. Beijing, China
- Moscow World Fine Art Fair. Moscow, Russia
