Thank you for for the mention in SC magazine, Singapore, Spring/Summer 2018 issue!
In the Media
Featured in Transit Magazine, Japan. Published 18 December 2017.
Kaohsiung Art Fair, Taiwan
A small series of my work, A Day in the Life, will be featured in the Vietnam Platform of the art fair. This platform is organized by Vin Gallery, HCMC and curated by Richard Streitmatter-Tran.
Single image from series A Day in the Life. Son ta Lacquer on wood board, Hanoi 2017.
ART KAOHSIUNG This year’s edition, Vietnam and China are the theme countries within which a dialogue between the cultures and art forms will be held. To deepen the link between the theme countries and the academic, Art Kaohsiung Forum will cooperate with significant academic units, art media, prominent curators and galleries of the theme countries.
【 2017 ART KAOHSIUNG 藝 術 怎 麼 談 — 藝術產學論壇】
秉持著對藝術教育及推廣的理念，高雄藝術博覽會每年皆用心舉辦藝術產學論壇，邀請海內外重要藝術界人士與會，以期達到『東南亞與東北亞藝術橋樑』之目標。今年為呼應策展主題國－中國、越南，論壇特別邀請到兩國產學界代表擔任主講。
中國講座將由資深策展人 胡永芬主持，聚焦於中國藝術家之生產地－湖北，並由中國美術史家暨武漢合美術館館長－魯虹 與湖北美術學院－袁曉舫教授 領銜主講，帶領大家細究湖北當代藝術之發展脈絡。
越南講座亦將邀請胡志明市重要畫廊Vin Gallery負責人 －Shyevin s'ng 及 獨立策展人Richard Streimatter-Tran，討論越南當代藝術中，物質相互依存之關聯性。另外更特別邀請諸位越南學界重要代表，探討當地之現當代藝術發展。
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Sudarium in Shanghai
My work, Sudarium (image below), will be part of the group exhibition Rekindling Lacquer: Vietnamese Modern Painting in Shanghai Collections at China Art Museum, Shanghai.
This exhibition runs from December 1, 2017- March 31, 2018.
Sudarium, triptych, Son ta lacquer on wood, 2017. Photo courtesy of Fost Gallery.
In the Media
My first time on a list...Five Emerging Asian Artists to Watch by Naomi Stock
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Artist talk at the VCCA with Sandrine Llouquet
Artist talk at the National Gallery Singapore
Vietnamese Lacquer Painting, traditions and transformation
Lecture Programme Details
15 Jul 2017
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Supreme Court Wing, Level 5, Glass Room
This talk is planned in conjunction with the exhibition Radiant Material: A Dialogue in Vietnamese Lacquer Painting. For more information on the National Gallery page please click.
Artist Walk through at Fost Gallery
I will also be doing an artist walk-through of the Make Shift exhibition at Fost Gallery on Sunday 16 July 2017, 3-4 pm.
in the media
Make Shift, at Fost Gallery Singapore
Make Shift solo exhibition runs from 24 June - 27 August 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, 24 June 2017, 3 – 6 pm
Artist’s Walk-Through: Sunday, 16 July 2017, 3 – 4 pm
For more information please click http://www.fostgallery.com/make-shift/
Photo courtesy of Fost Gallery
Mappa Mundi at the Vincom Center for Contemporary Art
06 Jun – 06 Aug 2017
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA)
Level B1 – R3 Royal City, 72 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Ha Noi
From the organizer:
VCCA’s inaugural event is contemporary art exhibition “Tỏa / The Foliage” taking place from 06 June to 06 August. The exhibition is the merging point of East and West, introducing more than 50 artworks by 19 renowned contemporary artists from Viet Nam and overseas:
Yoko Ono
Đặng Xuân Hòa
Đinh Thị Thắm Poong
Hà Mạnh Thắng
Hà Trí Hiếu
Lê Hoàng Bích Phượng
Lê Thừa Tiến
Bùi Hải Sơn
Sandrine Llouquet
Christine Nguyễn
Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng
Nguyễn Quang Huy
Trọng Gia Nguyễn
Phi Phi Oanh
Phạm Đình Tiến
Trần Văn Thành
Truc-Anh
Trương Tân
Võ Trân Châu
Curator: Quynh Pham – Director of Galerie Quynh and founder of non-profit art initiative Sao La in HCMC.
June 4th Opening of Radiant Material Exhibition at the National Gallery Singapore
March 4-31, 2017 group exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center in Hanoi.
• Exhibition: 04 – 31 Mar 2017.
• At Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam: featuring works of Bui Cong Khanh, Heaven Beak, Phi Phi Oanh, Seulki Ki.
• At Heritage Space: featuring works of Hyejin Jo, Lai Dieu Ha, UuDam Tran Nguyen, Woosung Lee.
The Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam (Director Lee Dae Joong) and Heritage Space is honored to organize the exhibition ‘Ranh gioi vo dinh | Undefined boundaries’ to introduce the Vietnamese and Korean contemporary art to celebrate 25 years of foreign relation between two countries. The exhibition will take place from 3 to 31 March, 2017 at the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam and Heritage Space. This project is part of the NEXT Expert Training series by Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS), co-organized by the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam and the Korea Arts Management Service.
The project will bring to the audience a diverse body of artworks by 8 artists, from 30-40 years old, who are currently very active in the domestic and international art scenes – Ki Seulki, Heaven Beak, Lee Woosung, Jo Hyejin, UuDam Tran Nguyen, Phi Phi Oanh, Bui Cong Khanh, Lai Dieu Ha. This exhibition, organized by Korea Arts Management Service, in partnering with Heritage Space, a Hanoi-based art space focusing on contemporary arts, will be showcasing artwork from various practices, such as painting, photography, installation, images with a ‘Boundary’ theme, which represent diverse perspectives of artists from both countries. Each piece contains thoughts of artists coming from the same era about boundaries between traditional and modern, ideal and reality, individual and society, and at the same time conveys stories about changes and phenomena happening in Vietnam and South Korea. This exhibition is an opportunity for exploring and expressing the opinions from different perspectives of Vietnamese and South Korean artists.
LOCK ROUTE - A PUBLIC ART SHOWCASE AT GILLMAN BARRACKS
I will be participating in this public art exhibition Lock Route.
13 JAN 2017 - 30 JUN 2017 OPEN 24 HOURS
FEE: FREE
LOCK ROUTE
Official launch during Art After Dark 13 January 7PM
Various locations around Gillman Barracks
Open 24 hours to the public
Gillman Barracks' public art showcase, LOCK ROUTE, opens officially during Art After Dark on Friday 13 January 2017. Curated by Khairuddin Hori, LOCK ROUTE takes inspiration from Gillman Barracks’ address and the 24km long route march common in the training of ‘graduating’ army recruits in Singapore, harking back to Gillman Barracks’ history of being a former military barracks.
LOCK ROUTE features 16 arresting outdoor artworks by 15 world-renowned and emerging international and Singapore artists, including several new commissions. The artworks consist of site-specific installations, sculptures and murals, and visitors are invited to traverse the grounds of Gillman Barracks and experience a closer encounter with art out in the open.
Scry at Manzi Artspace
Opening: Fri 16 Dec 2016, 6.30 pm
Exhibition: 16 Dec 2016 – 16 Jan 2017
Artist talk: Sat 17 Dec 2016, 3 pm
Manzi Art Space
Sous la Lune/Beneath the Moon at ICAS Singapore
I will be participating in this group exhibition curated by Khairuddin Hori, and organized by the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore and the Palais de Tokyo. The exhibition runs from 11 December 2015 through 3 February 2016.
Palimpsest at Artstage 2015, Southeast Asian Platforms
Palimpsest was shown at the Southeast Asia Platforms, a curated show by Khim Ong at Singapore's Premier artfair Artstage 2015, from 22-25 January 2015.
Palimpsest Review in Art Asia Pacific Magazine
"Arts du Vietnam: Nouvelles Approches" Conference
7 August 2014
I will be participating in this conference in Paris. My presentation will on Saturday, 6 September at 13:30 at the Musée du Quai Branly. If you are in Paris, please join me.
Palimpsest in the Press
14 May 2014