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Berlin-based Mongolian artist known as "GAMA" paints imaginary places that look like something out of a surreal stage production. Some of his large-scale paintings bring nature indoors, into checkered rooms rendered with a warped perspective. Other times, we find his characters dwarfed by towering mushrooms and massive icebergs that overlook rustic scenes. In GAMA's series "Idylls of the Kings", which debuted earlier this year in Beijing, animals and fairytale creatures appear small in comparison to their strange surroundings.
Painter GAMA was born into a nomadic Mongolian tribe whose lifestyle was closely in tune with the land and the changing seasons. His aunt was a prominent shaman in his community and his exposure to indigenous spiritual traditions at an early age continues to influence his artistic practice. GAMA's new body of work debuts at Chambers Fine Art in Beijing on March 7. While GAMA received his education at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts, he is now based in Berlin. His new exhibition, "Idylls of the Kings," invites us into a surreal world where human beings seem tiny and inconsequential in comparison to monumental, otherworldly natural wonders.

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