CURRENT EXHIBITION

Where would we find you if we need to find you?

Suniko Bazargarid

BAXTER ST at the Camera Club of New York is pleased to present Where would we find you if we
need to find you?, an exhibition of new and recent works by Mongolian photographer and 2025 BAXTER ST Resident, Suniko Bazargarid. On view from September 10, 2025 – November 12, 2025, the exhibition weaves together personal and archival imagery to explore the psychological, spatial, and bureaucratic tensions that shape the experience of migration and memory.
Drawing on her own transitory upbringing between Boston, Singapore, Bangkok, and Mongolia, Bazargarid explores the contrast between intimacy and distance, reflecting her many departures and returns. Analog and digital photography, interspersed with documents such as passports, ID photos, and stamps, form layered visual essays that expose the logistical challenges of crossing borders. These are set against the emotional and spiritual weight of displacement—the desire to leave, the pull to return, and the uncanny experience of encountering one’s homeland as a visitor. Through these layered journeys, the work also gestures toward the evolving, and at times, elusive nature of diasporic identity, shaped as much by migration, memory, and landscape as by inherited tradition.
The exhibition’s title comes from a question asked of the artist by a border patrol officer. “Where would we find you if we need to find you?” is both a practical inquiry and a charged reminder of regulation, visibility, and control.
Images of expansive Mongolian landscapes appear throughout the work, providing visual stillness and moments of reflection. These open vistas are juxtaposed with everyday details— multilingual signage,and stamped passport pages—that raise questions about what we carry with us, what we leave behind, and how space is transformed by presence and absence.

About Suniko Bazargarid
Born in Ulaanbaatar, Suniko is a Mongolian photographer who spent her early years in Boston before living in Singapore, Bangkok, and now New York. Her practice is deeply shaped by her nomadic experiences, exploring the complexities of people and places through themes of migration, identity, and the fluidity of memory. Working with both film and digital photography, she examines the intersections of personal and societal narratives, from collage work to intimate portraits of places, often reflecting on those that have shaped her. Her work has been exhibited internationally in cities such as Bangkok, Paris, and New York, and published in outlets like AP, Forbes, The Diplomat, and Musee Magazine. In 2023, she graduated from the International Center of Photography, where she was awarded the Arnold Newman Scholarship and the Director’s Fellowship. Most recently she exhibited as part of UB Photo Week 2025 and Art Week 2025 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

About BAXTER ST
Founded in 1884, BAXTER ST at the Camera Club of New York is one of New York City’s oldest artist-run nonprofit spaces committed to lens-based arts. Today, the organization is a socially engaged art incubator that prepares lens-based artists for their debut and helps them create sustainable practices to move forward with integrity. In addition to a year-round exhibition schedule, the organization hosts artist residencies, critique groups, and a public series of artist talks and workshops. Baxter St promotes artists of all ages, races, ethnicities, and identities whose work connects with global conversations on culture, human rights, environment, and equality. The organization is committed to uplifting artists by sharing ideas and resources and learning together to create profound and lasting change in our organization and communities.