Term: March – May 2020
Pacific-Leipzig Stipendiary of the Goethe-Institut
“For over sixteen years, my artwork has been created using Vietnamese traditional handmade Dó paper. I use this paper to create large scale sculptural installations, which is a departure from the traditional use of Dó paper in Vietnamese art. This paper is, made from the bark of the Dó tree, used to make woodcut folk prints called Đông Hồ. This type of folk print is believed to have existed since the 11th century.
My philosophy is that all things are always in a state of flux, either evolving or devolving. As a human being our body and mind are forever changing. The body is subject to growth and decline, while the mind is constructed and deconstructed. Living things, when they die return to their basic building blocks, such as dirt, water, air, ect. All of which will help generate and support other life. The universe is forming and at the same time dissipating. Nothingness is not a void but instead alive with possibility. New things emerge from nothingness.
My practice culminates in an expression that all things are always in a state of flux, either evolving or devolving. The work is either in the state of being made by the artist or in a state of being unmade by nature. But at the same time, we can’t really determine by casual observation whether the work is in the evolving or devolving mode. This is the core of my practice.”
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Solo Exhibitions
2019 Five Questions, Myorakuji Temple, Fukuoka, Japan
2013 Dó10, Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2012 Bố Hạo, Viet Nam Fine Art museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
2007 Le Hien Minh, Vietart Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
2003 Untitled, Mai Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Five Questions, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2019 Infinity, 25th Hakata Tomyo Festival, Fukuoka, Japan
Venus, Art Omi, New York, USA
Divine Feminine, Sculpture Expanded, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Bodies Survey(ed), San Art, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
2017 bugs, birds.. equations of the future, MoT+++, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Home | Land, Taiwan Annual, Taipei, Taiwan
Ke: History of Now, Wedeman Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
2016 Hat | Tim, Dia Project, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Con Lai | Roi rac, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, USA
Selected Publications&Media
2020 The 79th Issue, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Publication, by Takako Kinoshita
2019 Sculpture Expanded, The Association of Finnish Sculptors, by Tiina Veräjänkorva
2018 Bodies Survey(ed), San Art Publication, by Nguyen Hoang Quyen
2017 Vietnam, Art Asia Pacific Almanac, by Ruben Luong Power Woman, Harper’s Bazaar, by Linh Le
2016 Hat | Tim, Art Asia Pacific, by Dave Willis
Lectures
2019 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, USA
Awards/Grants
2020 Goethe-Institut Vietnam
2019 Asian Cultural Council
2018 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2010 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
2009 International Women’s Artist Biennale, “So Close Yet So Far Away”, South Korea
Residencies
2020 Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
2019 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2010 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
