“My childhood is streaked with memories of the countryside. Perhaps I am so lucky with my fifteen years of hearing, contemplating, meditating and doing creative work.
My recent paintings seem to be a small path leading me back to my childhood and probably to other people’s as well.
Feelings and emotions come to me in a flash, I gather them up, spread them out and stir them as swiftly as their sudden, unexpected arrival. I like to remain in control of the spontaneous streaks that pill, the tight pumicing strokes, the motion in every fibre of the egg shells and also to preserve intact the naivety, plainness and freshness of the personages in my pictures.
For me, the medium is vital to an artist, just like the haft if his life. So I must have a perfect knowledge of it and to try to be in possession of its secret so as to better realize my artistic work.
Art sets very high standards but how to meet its requirements depends on the choice of an individual artist. For my part, feelings and emotions simply emerge from life. In a man’s existence, childhood is the years. In which we receive the largest part of feelings and emotions, thus let us preserve them. And I beg to offer what I have created to art lovers.”
Biography
- 1972 Born in Hanoi, Viet Nam
- 1995 Graduated from Hanoi Institute of Industrial Art, specializing in the use of lacquer.
- Member of the Vietnam Fine Art Association
- Member of the young artists club, Vietnam Fine Art Association
Exhibitions
- 1995 – 1998: Hanoi Fine Art Exhibitions.
- 2001 – 2005: The Club of young Vietnam Artists, Exhibitons at Exhibition House – Hanoi.
- 2000: Vietnam Fine Art Exhibition in Singapore.
- 2000 – 2001: Joint Exhibitions in China.
- 2003: Joint Exhibition at Dragon gallery
- 2004: Solo Exhibition of Lacquer” My Mother Land” at Exhibition House Hanoi
- 2005: Exhibition the club of young Vietnamese Artists “Doi Dien” at Exhibition House Hanoi
- 2006: Participation in Art Auction of Operation Smile in HCMC
- 2006: Joint Exhibition in France
- 2006: Solo Exhibition of Lacquer “The Memories of Childhood” at Park Hyatt Saigon organized by Ben Thanh Art Gallery and Galerie Nguyen.
- 2006: Group show of Fine Vision sponsored by Kodak
- 2008: Joint Exhibition in Malaysia.
- 2008: Joint Exhibition “Continued”, “Reflection of Shade” of the young Artists Club Vietnam.
- 2008: Exhibition at Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008: Exhibition “Public art & Community Development” in Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2008: Exhibition at “Maison du droit Vietnam – Francaise”
- 2009: Exhibition at An An gallery; Group exhibition at Intercontinental Asiana Saigon hotel organized by Ben Thanh Art Gallery and Galerie Nguyen
- May, 2012: Participation in Art Auction of Operation Smile HCMC
- 2013: Exhibition “Life, Color and Purity” in Singapore, organized by Galerie Nguyen.
- Jun, 2015: Participation in Art Auction of Operation Smile HCMC.
- Jun, 2016: Participation in Art Auction of Operation Smile HCMC.
- March 2020 Exhibition 100 Artwork of 100 VietNam lacquer artists at CHON’S Event 63 Ham Long .Ha Nội.
Collections
- Private collection inside and outside Vietnam
- Private collection of “Maison du droit Vietnam – Francaise”.
- Private collection of Francophonie.
Publications
- Tran Dinh Khuong – the memories of childhood (Phuong Dong publishing house – 2006)
