Tranh Quoc Vinh
Tran Quoc Vinh was born in Haiphong in 1959 and graduated in 1981 from the Higher Music and Art School. Vinh has participated in many exhibitions including Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and England. One particularly interesting exhibition (from my perspective) was in 1990 when he exhibited at the National Fine Art "Propaganda Posters for Children" exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture and Education.

Vinh's paintings often show women going about their daily lives surrounded by whimsical light and beauty; their faces however, almost always reflect contemplation or melancholy. Sometimes he includes painted eyes on rocks or other objects to quietly convey a sense of being watched. Vinh's style and technique are well refined and exacting and his paintings are widely held in private collections.