Born in Hanoi – Viet Nam
2000 Graduated from Hanoi Foreign Language University – Chinese Dept.
2002 Graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts University – Fine Arts Dept.
2002 to 2008 Worked at Vietnam Fine Arts University.
2008 to 2012 Studied Masters course at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China.
2012 Graduated from CAFA, Design Institute, Fine arts photography major.
2012 to 2022 work as lecturer at Vietnam Fine Arts University.
2022 up to now work at SIS-VNU
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023 “A decade of exposure” at Artvietnam Gallery, Hanoi.
2023 The 2023 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Hongkong.
2023 “Danang in a wink 2” at Wink Hotels Riverside 352 Tran Hung Dao, Da Nang.
2022 “Danang in a Wink 1” at Wink Hotels Center 178 Tran Phu, Da Nang.
2020 “Wink of Saigon” photo relief series at 75 Nguyen Binh Khiem, HCMC.
2019 “Collective City” photo exhibition at Seoul Biennale, Korea.
2019 “Journey to the windmill land” at Minerva Academy, The Neitherland.
2019 “Mountain connecting mountain, river connecting river” at Lumenvisum Art space, Hongkong.
2019 “Journey at the seven hill land” at AGOhub art space, Hanoi.
2018 “Light as pink feather” at Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
2018 Open studio at Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
2018 “City and Memory” at AGOhub art space, Hanoi.
2017 “Colour of the sound” at K-art gallery in Korea National University of Arts, Seoul.
2016 “Devant derrière” (Changing Face) project at L’espace, Hanoi.
2016“The stories of 16 coffee tables” installation at Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi.
2015 “8m2” photo and sound installation at Goethe Institute in Hanoi
2015 “Hanoi- a living museum” exhibition at 50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi.
2013 “From Pho Phai to Nha Mat Pho” exhibition at Eight Gallery, Hochiminh City
2013 “Nhà Tây” Transforms exhibition at Manzi Art Space, Hanoi
2012 “HOUSES FACING THE STREET” (Saigon Series) Photo-relievo exhibition at Cactus Contemporary Art Gallery, HCM City
2012 “THE ROAD HOME IS FAR AWAY ” Photo exhibition at CHULA Art Space, Hanoi
2012 “House Facing the Street” Photo-relievo exhibition at Goethe Institute, Hanoi
2009 “New Higher Level” silk painting exhibition at Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi
2007 “High Above” Photo-installation exhibition at Goethe Institute, Hanoi
2005 “Headwash” Photo-installation at Ryllega Gallery, Hanoi
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Connection Flow, Hanoi
2023 Dalat Art Street, Đà Lạt
2023 Parallel, Hue
2023 Hanoi Photo Biennale, Hanoi
2022 Creative Design Festival, Hanoi
2022 Bandung photography triennale, Indonesia
2021 UNLEASHING CREATIVITY WEEK, 22 Hang Buom, Hanoi
2021 X.E.M 10 at Stop and go Art space, Đà lạt
2021 ECO-SUS exhibition at ICISE, Qui Nhon
2021 World’s Fair, Dubai EXPO
2021 “Gió đầu mùa” at Sentia, Hanoi
2020 “Dreaming about landscape” at Apricot Hotel, Hanoi
2020 Bandung Photo Showcase, Indonesia
2020 “Breathing Tube” at VUUV, Hanoi
2020 “Street vendor” at Public Art Phuc Tan, Hanoi
2019 “Event Horizon” at Erato School, Hanoi
2019 “Bản sắc và hội nhập” at Vietnam Fine Arts University, Hanoi
2019 “Mỹ thuật Đông Dương” at Hanoi Museum, Hanoi
2019 Exhibition “The Twilight between Light and Darkness” at Agohub, Hanoi.
2018 Contemporary art project at basement of National Assembly of Vietnam, Hanoi
2018 “Silk painting and small size sculpture” at VCCA, Hanoi.
2018 Open studio at MIDWAY Artist Studios, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2018 “Golden Contemporaries – The Many Meanings of Gold” tại Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
2018 “StART on the Street”, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
2018 “The beautiful moment of Asia” Vietnam – Korea Modern Art Exhibition, Hanoi.
2018 Vietnam – Korea Joint Project: Public Art for better space, Phung Hung Street, Hanoi.
2017 START at Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2016 Vietnam Eye: Vietnamese Contemporary Art, Casa Italia, Hanoi, Vietnam
2017 “A present restrospective” exhibition at Work Room Four Art Space, Hanoi.
2016 “Hanoi – The future Metropolis” exhibition at L’espace, Hanoi.
2016 “Mong & Mat” Photo series at The Fourth Hanoi Open Exhibition, Work Room Four, Hanoi.
2016 “Carrying the carriers” mobile installation in “Into thin air” project at Manzi Art Space, Hanoi.
2015 “Sum of the parts” exhibition at Vietnam Fine Arts University.
2015 “Go to the East” Photo series at Work Room Four Art Space, Hanoi.
2015 “Story of 16 coffee tables” photo- installation in “MIEN MEO MIENG” exhibition at UMEA Bildmuseet University, Sweden.
2015 “Go to the East” photo in “Bien, dao va chien si Hai quan ” exhibition at Museum of Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi.
2015 “LÂY” exhibition at 16 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi.
2014 “8m2” project in “Green journey for Vietnam” exhibition at Museum of Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi.
2014 “8m2” photo- relief at Work Room Four Art space.
2014 “VINATREE” series in “Reality Chemirical” exhibition at Espace TriArtis, Paris
2014 “Nhà Tây Transforms” in “Vietnam now: Changing Society” exhibition at Canvas International Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Neitherlands
2014 “House facing the street” (Karaoke series) in “Teacher Exhibition” at Museum of Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi.
2014 “Hanoi- Lost and Found” Exhibition at Goethe Institute, Hanoi
2013 “VINATREE” photo-installation at Muong studio in I-CAMP project.
2013 “House facing the street” (Karaoke series) in “Asian- Korea Contemporary Media Art Exhibition”, Seoul, Korea.
2013 “Nhà Tây” Transforms photo exhibition at Museum of Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi
2013 “I am looking for the Communal House ” photo exhibition in “Dialog with Đình” Project at Museum of Vietnam University of Fine Arts, Hanoi
2013 Photo-Installation “HOUSES FACING THE STREET ” (Saigon Series) at Viet Art Center, Hanoi
2013 Photo-Installation “MOUNTAIN LINKS WITH MOUNTAIN. RIVER LINKS WITH RIVER” in “RIVER SCAPE IN FLUX” Project at Jakarta (Indonesia), Manila (Philippine), Yagoon (Myanmar).
2013 “House Facing the Street” Photo-relievo exhibition at Audi showroom, Hanoi
2012 “VIETNAM NOW” Exhibition at The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hongkong Land, Hong Kong
2012 “HOUSES FACING THE STREET” Photo- relievo exhibition at “THE START OF A LONG JOURNEY” Excellent Graduation Works Exhibition at CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2012 Photo-Installation “MOUNTAIN LINKS WITH MOUNTAIN. RIVER LINKS WITH RIVER” in “RIVER SCAPE IN FLUX” Project at Bangkok, Thailand.
2012 Photo-Installation “MOUNTAIN LINKS WITH MOUNTAIN. RIVER LINKS WITH RIVER” in “RIVER SCAPE IN FLUX” Project at Goethe Institute, Sai Gon, Vietnam
2012 “HOUSES FACING THE STREET” Photo- relievo exhibition at CAFA Art Museum, Beijing China
2012 Photo-Installation “MOUNTAIN LINKS WITH MOUNTAIN. RIVER LINKS WITH RIVER” in “RIVER SCAPE IN FLUX” Project at Goethe Institute, Ha noi, Vietnam
2011 “FOUR SEASONS SUITE” photography series at Viet Art Center, Hanoi
2010 “PREMONITION” Photography series in “From the Myth to the Reality” exhibition at Viet Art Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
2010 “VINATREE” photo-installation in NẶNG BỒNG NHẸ TẾCH outdoor exhibition, Hue Festival 2010, Hue, Vietnam
2010 “NEW HIGHER LEVEL” silk paiting series in “CITY IN ART” exhibition at Goethe Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam
2010 “FOUR SEASONS” photography series in “ART ON PEACE” exhibition at Beijing, China
2009 “Dissolve” photographic series in Teachers’ Art Works exhibition, Viet Art Center, Hanoi
2008 “The Group” photo-installation in SH300T exhibiton at L’espace, Hanoi
2008 “My Oasis of Silence” photographic exhibition, Art Vietnam Gallery
2007 Video-installation “Nuoc xa lua gan” exhibition, Ha Noi Fine Arts University
2007 Photo-installation “VINATREE”, Ha Noi Fine Arts University
2006 “Super Conductor” mixed show Exhibition, Art Vietnam Gallery
2005 Mauvais Goût exhibition, L’espace, Hanoi
2005 Photo-installation “Leaf Shadow” in Within the Room exhibition at Goethe-Institut, Hanoi
2005 Video “Tree & Life” in Tree exhibition at Ha Noi Fine Arts University
2004 Photo-installation “Story of Water” in Giving Water an Image exhibition, Ha Noi Fine Arts University
2003 Teacher of the College exhibition
2002 Ha Noi Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam
2001 “Eye on the World” Exhibition, Nokia Award – Asia Pacific, awarded Bronze medal Vietnam – My Country Exhibition
2000 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam
Advisor and curator:
2023: Curator of “Then and now- Hanoi street in transition”, Manzi, Hanoi
2023: Curator of “Beyond the visible, seeing the unseen”, Chula house, Hanoi
2023: Curator of “Hanoi-a city in photography”, 22 Hang Buom street, Hanoi
2022: Curator of “Hon nhien nhu co tien”, 22 Hang Buom street, Hanoi
2022: Curator of “Chloris”, Vy Gallery, HCMC
2022: Curator of “The thread of Connection”, VCCA, Hanoi
2022: Curator of “Memorial of Tolich river”, 22 Hang Buom street, Hanoi
2022: Curator of “Tiger walking in town”, 75 Hang Trong street, Hanoi
2021: Curator of “From traditional to traditional”, 75 Hang Trong street, Hanoi
2021: Curator of “Unleashing Creativity Week”, 22 Hang Buom street, Hanoi
2021: Curator of “Motion”, VNUFA, Hanoi
2020: Curator of “Breathing Tube”, VUUV, Hanoi.
2020: Curator of “Worth”, VNUFA, Hanoi
2019: Curator of Phuc Tan Public Art Road, Hanoi.
2018: Curator of The Art project in the basement of National Assembly, Hanoi.
2018: Curator of “Public art for a better space” project, Phung Hung Street, Hanoi.
2017: Curator of “Expose” project with CSAGA, Vietnam University of Fine Art.
2016: Curator of “45 days in Old Quarter” project, Old Quarter exchange culture center 50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi.
2016: “Typology of Transformation” project, KISD (Koln International University of Design), Germany
2014: Curator of “Dad, I wish” photovoice project with CSAGA, Goethe Institute, Hanoi.
2014: “Jouney of life” exhibition of artist Nguyen The Thien, Chula Art Space, Hanoi.
TALK AND LECTURE:
2020: Talk online Webinar
2018: Talk at TEDx Trang Thi, Hanoi
2017: “Expose” project with CSAGA, Vietnam University of Fine Art.
2016: Workshop “45 days in Old quarter” project at 50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi.
2016: Workshop “Typology of Transformations” with student from Koln International school of Design (KISD), Germany.
2015: Workshop at Hue Art University.
2014: Workshop “Dad, I wish…” exhibition (CSAGA) at Goethe Institute.
2014: Workshop at Goethe Institute.
2014: Lecture at CUCA project, Hanoi.
2013 Talk at Manzi Art Space, Hanoi.
2013 Talk at Select Book in Singapore.
2013 Talk at Nhasan Collective in Hanoi.
2013 Talk at Vietnam Fine Arts University in Hanoi.
2013 Lecture at Vietnam FineArt Photography Center in Hanoi.
2013 Talk at Metropolitan of Art Museum in Manila, Phillipin.
2012 Talk at Cactus Contemporary Art Gallery.
2012 Talk at Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
2012 Talk at Chula Art Space in Hanoi ” The road home is far away” exhibition.
2012 Talk at Geothe Institute in Hanoi ” Nha Mat Pho’ exhibition.
2012 Talk at Geothe Institute in Hanoi ” Riverscape in Flux” exhibition.
COLLECTIONS
Worcester Art Museum, USA
The Aegon Kunstcollectie, Holland
Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA), China
RMIT Vietnam
Hanoi Intercontinental Hotel, Vietnam
Tran Hau Tuan, Vietnam
Private collections in China, Vietnam, USA, France, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015: “ Hà nội – Capital City” published by Goethe Institut
2015: “Signature Art Prize 2014” – published by Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation
2013: “Hà nội: Lost and Found” – published by Things Asian.
2013: Catalog “Parallax ASEAN,Changing Landscapes,Wandering Stars”– published by ASIAN-Korea Center
2013 WORD – The many faces of Hanoi of art and life – April, 2013
2012 “VIETNAM NOW ” Catalogue-published by ArtVietnam Gallery-2012
2012 “THE START OF A LONG JOURNEY ” Catalogue-published by CAFA , China-2012
2012 “VIETNAMESE CONTEMPORARY ART ” Book published by Knowledge Publishing House
2012 “RIVER SCAPE IN FLUX” Catalogue-published by Geothe-Institut Vietnam- 2012
2012 “NHA MAT PHO” Catalogue-published by Geothe-Institut Vietnam- 2012
2010 “Hanoi – A City in Art” Catalogue – New Higher Level
2009 Vietnam News – Lifestyle – New Higher Level Vol
2009 Asian Art News – “Under Construction” – by Ian Findlay Brown Vol 19 – August, 2009
2007 Saigon City Life – “Midnight Conversation” Vol 05/2007
2006 Heritage Fashion – “Leaf Shadow” – Vol 31 DEC 2005
2005 Vietnam News – Lifestyle – “Shadows symbolize struggles, hopes” Vol XV, number 4861 –
March 3, 2005