BIOGRAPHY

1972 Born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam

1996 BA Painting, Vietnam University of Fine Arts

2005 MFA, Vietnam University of Fine Arts

1996 - now Lecturer at Vietnam University of Fine Arts

2012 - now Deputy Head of Faculty of Painting, Vietnam University of Fine Arts

Lives and works in Hanoi

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011  Family Tree +, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi

2006  One World, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Faces of Lacquer 2022 – Series “Road to Sunshine”, Anh Duong Art Space, Long Bien Golf Club, Hanoi

Tet Art 2022, Hanoi Studio Gallery, Hanoi

In Gratitude, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi

Melody of Nature, Palm Art Space, Eco Park

2020 Day – Night, VietArt Center, Hanoi

1995, 2000, 2015, 2020 Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi

2019 Vesak Exhibition – United Nations, Tam Chuc, Ha Nam, Vietnam

Lacquer on Japanese Washi paper, Tokyo, Japan

2018 40 years of establishment of the Faculty of Fine Arts Theory, History and Criticism Exhibition, VietArt Centre, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

Silk Painting & Small Sculpture Exhibition, VCCA Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, Hanoi

5th Ha Noi - Sai Gon Sculpture, Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts, HCMC

2017 Contemporary Buddhist Art Exhibition – organized by the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, VietArt Centre, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

2016 Kenpoku Art International Lacquer Exhibition, Daigo, Japan

2013 Installation Exhibition “Noel” – sponsored by Art Vietnam Gallery & Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

2009 Emergency Room – Installation & performance, organized by Vietnam University of Fine Arts and Embassy of Denmark, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

Lacquer Art Exhibition “Oasis”, Osaka, Japan

2008 Neo 2011 – Installation organized by the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

2007 Vietnam Lacquer Painting, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

2006 The World of Lacquer – Duo exhibition with Nhat De Tienne Tran, Fielding Lecht Gallery, Austin, Texas, US

2005 Trees – organized by Vietnam University of Fine Arts, DAAD & Goethe-Institut, Hanoi

2002 Light and the Spirit – Duo exhibition with Le Quoc Viet, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi

2000 In Praise of Paper – Exchange exhibition of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts & the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center of Washington DC (US), Hanoi

New Age of Vietnamese Lacquer Painting Exhibition, Vietnam University of Fine Arts (Hanoi) and traveling to Colorado, the Asian Cultural Center of Oakland, California, and the East West Center of Honolulu, Hawaii, US

1998 Duo exhibition with artist Le Quoc Viet, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

1997 New Works, Goethe-Institut, Hanoi

The Flow – Trio with Diep Quy Hai and Dang Anh Tuan, Blue Space Gallery, HCMC
Vietnamese Paintings, Graphic and Photography, Halle, Germany

Drawing and Words, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

ART CREATIVE CAMPS / WORKSHOPS

2016 Practicing painting landscapes using the Maki-e technique – in the traditional Japanese lacquer technique

2010 International Lacquer Art Exhibition and Conference – sponsored by China Academy of Art and China Art Museum, Beijing, China

2005 International Creative Camp “Convergence” – Mixed media installation, organized by Ford & Blue Gallery Foundation, Mui Ne and HCMC Museum of Fine Arts, HCMC

2003 Project of Introducing, teaching and exhibiting Vietnamese Traditional Lacquer paintings – sponsored by SIDA Foundation, Umea Fine Arts Museum, Sweden

2002 ASEAN Culture Week – sponsored and organized by C.O.C.I, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia

1996 Creative Camp “Parcours” – sponsored and organized by artist Nguyen Cam & Alliance Francais Hanoi, Alliance Francais Hanoi

1994 Experimental creative camp “Art and Lettering” – organized by DAAD and artist Veronica, Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi

AWARDS

2020 Third Prize, Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition

2015 Bronze Medal, Vietnam Fine Arts Exhibition

1998 Award of Hanoi Sector Fine Arts Exhibition, Vietnam Fine Arts Association

COLLECTIONS

Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi

Umea Academy of Arts, Sweden

There are private collections at home and abroad (US, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia, China, Laos, etc.)