Wisconsin Triennial

Nomka Enkhee

Nomka Enkhee, Untitled, 2024. concrete mold, aluminum tube, found objects, 80 3/4 x 21 x 11 inches.
© Nomka Enkhee. Courtesy of the artist.
Nomka Enkhee, Horseboy, 2024. plastic container, aluminum tube, foam, found objects, 83 3/4 x 23 2/8 x 11 inches.
© Nomka Enkhee. Courtesy of the artist.
[Top left to right] Nomka Enkhee, When the ants make a path for you, 2024. acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches. Brunnhilde do you still miss me?, 2024. acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches. Never come back or punch you In the face, 2024. acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches. [Bottom left to right] Americans taught me to floss Agaa never flossed anyway, 2024. graphite, acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches. Beginnings and Endings, 2024. acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches. And butter will be served delights only, 2024. acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 inches. © Nomka Enkhee. Courtesy of the artist.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“What is a memory? What is a gesture? What is a tale? What is a line? What is a pause? What is forgetting? What is comfort? What is discomfort? What is never forgetting?

These are a few thoughts and questions cemented in the artist Nomka Enkhee’s mind, whether asleep or awake or neither. Divulging secrets and memories, the drawings reveal tales, gossip, dreams, and stagnancy revolving around memory. Drawing from her childhood in Mongolia, she seeks redemption and freedom, an obsessive recounting of oral history racing through her mind. Through drawing and painting, she excavates memory into artifacts on paper, becoming literal translations. Closing her eyes, she sees the bluest sky and the vastest mountains, listening closely, she can hear the stories again.”

INSTALLATION VIEW

Installation view of the 2025 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025. Photo by Mariah Moneda.
Installation view of the 2025 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025. Photo by Mariah Moneda.