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Phuong Quoc Tri - Available :

On August 5, 2010, Phuong Quoc Tri was awarded one of the top prizes in painting from the Vietnam Fine Art Association for his painting "A KID 2". We are thrilled that he joined us in Tokyo on November 20, 2011 for his first solo exhibition outside of Vietnam. The exhibition opened at The Tokyo American Club on November 20th and continued at Toriizaka Art. Thanks to everyone who attended. It was a real treat to see Tri in action as he began a new painting during the opening.

Phuong Quoc Tri was born in 1976 in central Vietnam in the small town of Phan Rang. He left home at the age of 12 to settle in Saigon where he struggled to earn a living and continue his education. Tri's father and brother were self-taught artists and Tri shared their passion for expressing human emotion on a canvas and through sculptural works.

Tri's works are almost exclusively figurative. Each of his characters tells a story; some of longing, some of hardship, some of a destiny unknown. Tri's works force the viewer to think, reflect and experience. His introverted characters appear to be deep in thought; their lives rich with joy and sorrow. Our eyes are drawn to the figures and we cannot help but to search for a deeper understanding of what they are thinking; what can we learn from them?

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the ANA Intercontinental Hotel from February 15 - April 15, 2012 to see the "Emotions" exhibition featuring new works by Phuong Quoc Tri.
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Trinh Tuan - Available :

Trinh Tuan (family name Trinh, pronounced "Cheen"; Tuan, given name) was born in 1961 in Hanoi and graduated from the Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts College in 1985. He received his M.A. at Hanoi Fine Arts Institute in 2000. He is currently a Professor at Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts College.

Considered by many to be the premiere lacquer artist in Vietnam, his works depict a plethora of emotions. Some pieces evoke thoughts of caring, compassion and/or concern for loved ones; others depict lonely, contemplative or introspective individuals while yet others depict men and women struggling with strife, reconciliation, forgiveness, memories and loss. All of his works give the viewer an opportunity to reflect.

Tuan's foreign exhibitions have included Japan, China, Germany, Singapore, Denmark, France, Argentina, Laos, Australia, USA, Thailand, Israel, Netherlands, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Please join us at the ANA Intercontinental Hotel from February 15th - April 15th to see the "Emotions" exhibition featuring six new works.

Tuan's paintings are found, among others, in the collections of the Crown Prince of Norway and the National Art Gallery of Malaysia. He represented Vietnam in OpenAsia 2004 in Venice, Italy.

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Vu Dinh Tuan - Available :

Vu Dinh Tuan was born in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1973. He attended the Fine Arts and Music college preparatory program and graduated with a BFA from the Hanoi University of Fine Arts in 2000. Tuan studied printmaking in Portland, Maine and got his MFA in 2007 at the Hanoi University of Fine Arts. He is currently a lecturer in the Printmaking Department at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts as well as being a member of the Hanoi Fine Arts Association and the Vietnam Fine Arts Association.

Vu Dinh Tuan's delicate silk works transfix us with his use of vibrant colors and a myriad of unexpected detail. His stylized faces rendered with contrasting animate and inanimate objects verge on surrealism although his paintings are not easily categorized since his work is truly unique. Unlike oil or acrylic paintings that can be modified with additional layering, painting on silk is a meticulous process that requires perfect control and painstaking accuracy.

Tuan’s ancient expressionless subjects with their Matisse like color palate are juxtaposed and surrounded by vibrant modern day creatures and elements, inspiring our imagination.

Vu Dinh Tuan has exhibited widely in Vietnam and abroad in New York, Sweden, Japan, Bangladesh, Romania and Cambodia. Tuan has received numerous awards and prizes over the last ten years and enjoys a significant following in New York and around the world. He is regarded as one of the finest Vietnamese contemporary silk artists.

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Nguyen Van Cuong - Available :

Nguyen Van Cuong was born in 1976 in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam. He graduated from the Fine Art Teachers College in 1995 and at the top of his class from the Hanoi Fine Art University in 1999,. He is currently a lecturer at the National College of Music and Painting. Cuong has had over 15 solo and group exhibitions since 1997 and has won numerous honors and awards including first prize in 1996 (Propaganda Paintings) and in 2011 (Self Portraiture).

A majority of pieces we have selected for his Tokyo debut have been selected from his upcoming solo exhibition in Hanoi entitled "Make-Up Faces" "Sometimes we can not see the real face of a woman. Her face has become a place where she applies make-up, displays her glasses and perches her hat … Women do all this to 'take care of themselves' but are they actually adorning themselves in an attempt to escape who they really are?

Modern times with our constant exposure to media, airbrushing and models has created an expectation that a certain type of beauty is prescriptive if others are going to see them as 'beautiful'. Satisfying the desire for a perfect beauty is unattainable for most women but many will go to all means in their quest.

Many women feel that the changes they make to themselves will ultimately make them more attractive – but when considering the time and emotional energy it takes to get to this state of beauty, they almost certainly will have lost something in the process. Perhaps they think that beauty will make their existence easier. But it's possible for the "adorning" to go too far… an unsophisticated person who tries to doll herself up to become sophisticated or intellectual may feel uncomfortable with the roll, especially if they find that they are acting instead of being natural and being who they are. Changing ones appearance and then taking on a roll can be not only uncomfortable for the actress but deceitful to others.

My paintings are an attempt to show the contradiction between who women are and who they make themselves up to be. They address contradictions: femininity versus frivolity, truth versus fallacy, purity versus vulgarity, true beauty versus a sheath of deception … I hope that "Makeup Faces" gives the viewer a subtle but provocative message with the aesthetic contained within each piece. Even better would be that the paintings lead to a dialog about "Makeup" and it's implications for beauty." Painter Nguyen Van Cuong

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Gallery Categories

Vu Cong Dien : 3 galleries with 135 photos

Hong Viet Dung : 2 galleries with 11 photos

Phuong Quoc Tri : 3 galleries with 183 photos

Phuong Quoc Tri

Dao Hai Phong : 4 galleries with 228 photos

Nguyen Thanh Binh : 5 galleries with 314 photos

Nguyen Thanh Binh

Trinh Tuan : 2 galleries with 69 photos

Nguyen Minh Phuoc : 2 galleries with 40 photos

Nguyen Minh Phuoc

Bui Huu Hung : 2 galleries with 22 photos

Vu Dinh Tuan : 2 galleries with 14 photos

Nguyen Dieu Thuy : 2 galleries with 24 photos

Nguyen Dieu Thuy

Diane Rakocy : 2 galleries with 19 photos

Bui Tien Tuan : 2 galleries with 7 photos

Lim Khim Katy : 2 galleries with 17 photos

Doan Thuy Hanh : 2 galleries with 30 photos

Tran Dinh Khuong : 2 galleries with 17 photos

Tran Dinh Khuong

Le Thanh Son : 3 galleries with 144 photos

Le Minh : 3 galleries with 104 photos

Tran Quoc Vinh : 2 galleries with 20 photos

Thanh Chuong : 2 galleries with 11 photos

Dang Phuong Viet : 2 galleries with 11 photos

Dang Phuong Viet

Ngo Cuong : 2 galleries with 9 photos

Trinh Quoc Chien : 2 galleries with 6 photos

Trinh Quoc Chien

Bui Huy Quang : 2 galleries with 21 photos

Le Minh Duc : 3 galleries with 82 photos

Nguyen Dinh Dung : 2 galleries with 4 photos

Nguyen Dinh Dung

Doan Xuan Tang : 2 galleries with 27 photos

Pham Hong Son : 1 gallery with 33 photos

Vu Dinh Son : 2 galleries with 7 photos

Lieu Nguyen : 2 galleries with 13 photos

Le Thiet Cuong : 2 galleries with 10 photos

Nguyen Dinh Vu : 2 galleries with 9 photos

Le Thong : 1 gallery with 6 photos

Mai Anh : 2 galleries with 6 photos

Mihagui (Robert Bouchin) : 2 galleries with 11 photos

Mihagui (Robert Bouchin)

Lam Duc Manh : 2 galleries with 10 photos

Bui Van Hoan : 2 galleries with 8 photos

Nguyen Van Cuong : 1 gallery with 5 photos

Nguyen Van Cuong

Dinh Cong Dat : 2 galleries with 27 photos

Ted Colyer and Karyn Young : 2 galleries with 23 photos

Ted Colyer and Karyn Young

Pham Luan : 1 gallery with 1 photo

Dinh Quan : 1 gallery with 6 photos

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