Alungoo Xatan is a Mongolian-German contemporary artist.

Xatan (Kha-tun) resides and works in Berlin.

She works across sculpture, object-making, and installation. At the centre of her practice, Xatan asks how discomfort is materialised.

“I create works in which materiality appears as a meaningful component, and uncomfortable emotions are contrasted with palatable forms that viewers may perceive dissonantly. At its core, I try to express discomfort through unstable materials such as chocolate, sugar, or salt. Moreover, a sense of vehemence guides my work.”

Alungoo Xatan studied at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where she developed key artistic dialogues with figures including Shirley Tse, Young Joon Kwak, and Sharon Lockhart. She is currently completing her studies in Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Berlin under Swiss painter Christine Streuli and German sculptor Carsten Konrad.

Xatan has exhibited internationally at institutions and galleries including KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2024); Fluxus+Museum, Potsdam (2023); Liebermann Villa, Berlin (2023); Sa-Kura Satellite Gallery, Nagoya (2022); and Mint Studios, Los Angeles (2022). Earlier presentations include Märkisches Museum, Berlin (2019). Most recently, her work was shown at Cevera Yoon Gallery, Los Angeles (2025).

Alungoo held residencies in Tunis, Tunisia, with artist and professor Kamel Tmar (2019); at Mirror of Creation in Berlin (2023); and at Florestania in Vienna, Austria (2025).

She is the recipient of the Ursula Hanke-Förster Prize for Sculpture (2022) and the Fluxus+ Museum Prize (2023), and was a Fulbright grantee (2022–23). She has been shortlisted for the 27. Bundespreis für Kunststudierende (2025), nominated for the DAAD Prize (2025), and is currently supported by the Deutschlandstipendium (2026). Her work is held in private collections in Germany and the United States.

Xatan is a founding member of the artists of colour collective INTERSPACE, which critically engages with questions of representation within Berlin’s art scene through a curatorial practice foregrounding underrepresented and underserved positions.

For full CV and Artist Statement, contact studio@alungooxatan.com