Trinh Tuan
BIOGRAPHY
1961 Born in Hanoi, Vietnam
1985 BA Design - Styling, Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts
2000 MFA, Vietnam University of Fine Arts
Lecturer at Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts
Member of Hanoi Fine Arts Association
Member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association
Lives and works in Hanoi
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Memories of Silence, VietArt Space & Studio Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi
2009 Solo exhibition, Cuijk, Netherlands
2008 My Autumn, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2005, 2003 Lacquer painting exhibition, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2001 Vietnamese Emotions II, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1999 Vietnamese Emotions, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 5th Hanoi Art Connecting, VCCA Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, Hanoi
2020 Online Exhibition of Asian Higher Fine Arts Education 2020
2019 4th Hanoi Art Connecting – International Art Exhibition & Workshop Vietnam, Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts, Hanoi
6th KMUTNB International Art and Design Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand
NU Asean Works and Art Exhibition, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
12th Fine Arts Exhibition of Thailand International Visual Artists Association, Bangkok, Thailand
Shared Inspiration – Asian Art Exhibition, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
Vietnam Lacquer painting exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary History, Moscow, Russia
Kyusyu International Art Camp, Fukuoka, Japan
2018 2nd Andaman International Art Workshop and Exhibition, Krabi, Thailand
5th KMUTNB International Art and Design Workshop, Amphawa, Thailand
Thailand Biennale, Krabi, Thailand
Art Plus Korea Travel, Seoul, South Korea
3rd Hanoi March Connecting, University of Industrial Fine Arts, Hanoi
ASEAN convoy, Manila, Phillipines
International Lacquer Art Exhibition, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2017 Sun Rising Over the Mekong: 50 Years of Vietnamese Painting, Guy Peppiatt - Stephen Ongpin Gallery, London, UK
International Art Workshop, Shanghai, China
Vietnam Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand
Lacquer Workshop, King Mongkut University, Bangkok, Thailand
2nd Hanoi March Connection, Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts, Hanoi
Vietnam - Poland Fine Arts Workshop, Hanoi
Hymn Arts Camp, Nepal
Asia Lacquer Craft Exchange Program, Myanmar
International Art Exhibition, Jogja Gallery, Indonesia
2016 Vietnamese Lacquer, Berlin, Germany
Silk Journey to Singapore Art, Singapore
Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Program, Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
Hanoi Ve Rieng Toi, Eight Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam - Thailand Art and Exhibition Workshop, Songkhla Rajabhat University, Songkhla, Thailand
Asian Lacquer Crafts Thailand-Vietnam, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University, Thailand
Asia Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Pulau Ketam International Art Festival, Pulau Ketam, Malaysia
8th Asian Art Exhibition, Malaysia
15th International Painting and Calligraphy Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japan
1st Hanoi March Connection, Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts, Hanoi
Echo from Nature – Asia Art Link International Art Exhibition, Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
Tet Tet, Hanoi Creative City, Hanoi
2015 2nd International Art Festival “Silk Road”, Shaanxi, China
Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art – Art Palm Beach, FL, US
Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition – Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, UK
Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art Group Show, Brussels, Belgium
Cross Craft Craft, Ayutthaya, Thailand
4th ASEAN Art Exhibition, Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand
Asia Art Link, Seoul, South Korea
Ciputat International Painting Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
Lang's House – A Dream of Rebirth, Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
Tet Art, Hang Da Galleria, Hanoi
Vietnam - Thai Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition, Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts, Hanoi
2014 Vietnam Vibes: Harmonies of Space and Time – Asian Art in London, UK
After the Storm, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
Vietnamese Lacquer and Crafts Show, Marseille, France
Krabi International Art Workshop, Krabi, Thailand
Amazing Pulau Ketam, Malaysia
Sasaran International Art Festival “Art In The Air”, Sasaran, Malaysia
Haiyan International Fundraising Art Exhibition, Pasay, Philippines
2013 Worlds of Paper and Wood, New York, US & Asian Art in London, UK
Vietnamese Lacquer Painting, Venice, Italy
More Than Monarch, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand
From Craft to Art: Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
9th International Fine Arts Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand-Vietnam Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition, Thailand Fine Arts Museum, Phitsanulok, Thailand & Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
2012 Art Under the Roof, Muong Cultural Space Museum, Hoa Binh, Vietnam
Season of the Heart, String International Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
8th International Fine Arts Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand
Art Palm Beach, Besharat Museum Gallery, Atlanta, GA, US
Java Spices, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2011 Hanoi 1000, The Arts Club, Washington, DC, US
Art London, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK
Vietnamese Lacquer Painting Exhibition, Beijing, China
2nd International Fine Arts Workshop, Sasaran, Malaysia
2010 International Film and Theater Festival, Busan, South Korea
Contemporary Art Exhibition Malaysia - Vietnam, Penang, Malaysia
3rd Asian Art Link, Manila, Philippines
Group exhibition, Wilfrid Museum, Israel
Solo show, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Mysterious Emotions – Solo show, Koh Samui, Thailand
International Art Workshop, Sasaran, Malaysia
American International Fine Arts Fair, Art Palm Beach, FL, US
Group exhibition, India
2008 Good Morning Korea - Good Morning Vietnam, Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
Contemporary Vietnamese Fine Arts – ArtAsia Miami, FL, US
Havana Hanoi, Faces and Places, Artana Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
Spiritual Spaces, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 Dream, Hanoi
Women Painters, Painted Women, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
Of This and Other Worlds, Bankside Gallery, London UK
Tuan & Hoa’s Oil Paintings, Gallery 68, Copenhagen, Denmark
Good morning Korea - Good morning Vietnam, Seoul, South Korea
2006 Spirits and Stories, Gascoigne Gallery, UK
Vietnam-Malaysia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
Impression & Expressions, Vietnamese Contemporary Paintings, Thavibu Gallery Thailand
2006, 2004, 2000 Group exhibition, Taiwan
1999-2006 Group exhibition, Thailand
2005 Here and Hereafter, Wilfrid Museum, Israel
Group exhibition, Malaysia
2005, 1996 Group exhibition, China
2004 Group exhibition, Italy
2004, 1997 Group exhibition, Germany
2002 Group exhibition, Hong Kong
2002, 2000, 1996 Group exhibition, Japan
2001 Vietnamese Vibes: A Group Show of Contemporary Fine Art from Vietnam, Wilfrid Museum of Asian Art and Studies, Israel
2001, 2000 Group exhibition, Netherlands
2001, 2000, 1997 Group exhibition, Singapore
2000 Mekong Magic, Jerusalem Theater, Israel
1998-2000 Group exhibition, Denmark
1999 Faculty of Fine Arts group show, Columbia University, New York, US
Group exhibition, Australia, Laos, & Argentina
1998 Group exhibition, France
ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
2005 Co-founder of Southeast Asian Fine Arts Group (Asia Art Link – AAL)
2016 Connecting AAL Team with Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts to organize annual “Hanoi Art Connecting” International Art Event for 4 consecutive years
2019 Curator for "Vietnam - Korea Contemporary Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition"
Curator for “Exhibition of fine art works of typical Asian artists”
2021 Curator for Phu Quoc United Center Art Residency – organized by VCCA, Vinpearl Phu Quoc, Vietnam
AWARDS
1999 Awarded a fellowship by Columbia University Faculty of Fine Arts
1996 First Prize, Sweden-Vietnam Cultural Development Exhibition
COLLECTIONS
National Art Gallery, Malaysia (2003)
Collection of the Crown Prince of Norway HRH