Mogi’z to hold its first benefit show

By ERIC STANWAY

 

NASHUA – A little of the Big Apple will come to Nashua on Friday, June 3, as Mogi’z Hair Salon and Art Gallery hosts its first hair/fashion and art show at Sky Meadow Country Club.

The event will encompass dinner, drinks, live music, art and the latest in cutting-edge hairstyles, displayed by the salon’s runway models.

“We’ve done a lot of work in New York, and came back here and decided this would be something good to bring to Nashua,” said Julio Aguilera, exhibiting artist at the show. Finding a suitable date was difficult, with weddings and proms taking up so much of the club’s calendar and the weather being so rough lately, he said.

Eventually, they settled on June 3 and “… we’re keeping our fingers crossed for a nice, dry evening.”

The show grew from a meeting of cultures, a chance occurrence that blossomed into a friendship in New York City.

Aguilera had a show in Rockefeller Center a few years back, and that’s where he met Mogi. She is an immigrant from Mongolia and was working at the Patrick Melville Salon on the first floor of the same building he was. “We started talking, and that’s where we hit it off.”

Together they opened Mogi’z in Nashua.

Aguilera has pursued two careers. In addition to being an artist, he’s also a martial arts world champion. These careers took him from the slums in Catia, Caracas, Venezuela, to California and then to New York City. He found success in 1997, when he bought 50 canvases and in three months developed his “Blue Series.” In three short years, his paintings and bronze work had been exhibited in Spain, Argentina and Venezuela.

Throughout it all, he has never forgotten his roots, and maintains a philosophy of giving back to the community.

“Anytime I do one of my art shows, I like to sell one of my paintings for charity,” he said. At first, they thought of donating to the Susan G. Komen breast cancer drive, but then thought it would be better to keep it local. After due consideration, they settled on the Boys & Girls Club in Nashua and the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter.

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Local Color

By Adam Coughlin acoughlin@hippopress.com

 

Hair meets art: When Mogi Zagdsuren immigrated from Mongolia, she arrived in New Hampshire with very few English skills, according to Jillian Locke, a friend of Zagdsuren. One thing that caught her attention was cosmetology, so she attended the Paul Mitchell School in Bedford. On a visit to her sister in New York City, one bold action changed Zagdsuren’s life. “She stopped at a salon and randomly asked if they had any positions open,” Locke said. “They did and she was hired.” Zagdsuren had great success in New York as a stylist and even had Hollywood clients like Paris Hilton. But she missed her children who were back in New Hampshire. So she returned to Nashua and opened Mogi’z Hair Salon. Success wasn’t the only thing she took from New York City. read more

Mogi’z has designs on Nashua 
Spring art show includes fashion and hair styles

By Adam Coughlin  arts@hippopress.com

Artist Julio Aguilera and stylist Mogi Zagdsuren met at the Rockefeller Center in New York City, where they both worked. They conspired to combine their artistic talents, and realized their dream when they moved to New Hampshire and opened Mogi’z Hair Salon & Art Gallery in Nashua. But that was just the beginning. These two people from the city that never sleeps plan on waking up Nashua.

They will begin on Friday, June 3, when they host their first-ever Spring Hair, Fashion and Art Show, at the Sky Meadow Country Club. The night will feature hair styles designed by Zagdsuren, which she described as “big” and “fantastic”, and will showcase styles from the 1940s and ’50s. Aguilera’s art work, which is much coveted in New York, Chicago and Miami, will be on sale, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Boys & Girls Club. There will be runway models wearing traditional Mongolian (Zagdsuren’s native land) clothes designed by her sister, a New York City designer. There will also be dinner, dancing, raffles and wine.read more

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By TERESA SANTOSKI  tsantoski@nashuatelegraph.com

Reveal your inner self at Mogi’z Masquerade in Nashua

NASHUA – With a long work week behind you and a weekend of chores and errands looming ahead, it can be hard not to feel like a pre-Fairy Godmother Cinderella.

But who says you can’t go to the ball? Let your dreams come true at Mogi’z Masquerade from 6 p.m.-12:45 a.m. Friday, May 11, at the Radisson Hotel, Nashua’s own fairy tale castle.

“The idea is to bring a little life to Nashua,” said artist Julio Aguilera, who’s helping with the event behind the scenes. “To make a little excitement, that’s what we try to do.”

The masquerade is the brainchild of Mogi Zagdsuren, more commonly known by her first name, who owns Mogi’z Hair Salon and Art Gallery. read more

Nashua woman who styled stars opens hair salon

By JILLIAN LOCKE

 

NASHUA – “Try change and enjoy your life. It’s a good journey I’ve been through since I’ve been born,” Mogi Zagdsuren, owner of Mogi’z Salon, joyfully attests. “You have to find yourself first. If you cannot find yourself, you will never be successful.” Perhaps no one has experienced the depth of these words as much as she. read more

 

At this salon, more than just hair is styled

From the moment Mogi Zagdsuren and Julio Aguilera met, two points on one line came together into perfect symmetry; hair styling and art found a home together. “This comes from the bottom of our hearts,” Mogi says. “I love to work with the energy of modern art. It’s exciting and energetic. Since we met, the imagination has been crazy. We’re always thinking of this stuff.” And thus, Mogi’z Hair Salon & Art Gallery was born.

After Mogi left Mongolia in 2001 to take up residence in Nashua, she looked towards a new career in her new home. That career began at the Patrick Melville Salon and Spa at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, where she apprenticed under expert colorists and stylists while working on such clientele as Paris Hilton and at events such as America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Spring Fashion Week in 2008, the 2008 Emmy’s and the 2009 Oscars. While in NYC, Mogi crossed paths with renowned Venezuelan artist, Julio Aguilera. This is where their story begins. read more

 

 

Mogi’z Touch raise money for the community

NASHUA – Mogi’z Salon and Art Gallery will host the first Mogi’z Touch, a hair/fashion and art show, at the Sky Meadow Country Club from 6-11 p.m. June 3. There will be dinner, drinks, live music, art and and a hair and fashion show. Ten percent of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter. The opening ceremony will be conducted by Mayor Donnalee Lozeau. Guest speakers will include hair and beauty professionals and Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter President Rick Ruo. There will be a runway show, raffles and a live auction of Julio Aguilera’s paintings; 100 percent of the sale price of the paintings will be will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua. At the end of the evening, checks will be presented by Lozeau to the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter & the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at Mogi’z Hair Salon & Art Gallery located on 383 E. Dunstable Road, Nashua. For more information, call 204-5690 or visit http://www.mogizalon.com/mogiztouch.html.

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