Vu Viet Hung
Vu Viet Hung was born in Hatay, Vietnam in 1968 and graduated with honors and a specialty in lacquer from the Hanoi Industrial Arts College in 1994. Hung has participated in numerous national and ASEAN Fine art exhibitions since 1995 and recently (2006) received third prize in the Young Art Work Creativty Contest at the China-ASEAN exhibition. His works have been exhibited at the UN Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland (2002) and in the Contemporary Fine Arts Center (2001) "Young Glint" exhibition sponsored by the French Center for Language and Civilization.

Hung enjoys painting abstract figurative works based on real people. His unique painting style is illustrated below with several examples of commissioned works he recently completed for Toriizaka Art. Each lacquer shown is followed by the original photograph that he used to create the piece. When deciding what to highlight in an individual, Hung tries to capture the essence of each person through their eyes and their facial expressions (he often works from more than one photograph). Each painting is done to your size specification but with his unique eye and takes approximately 2 months to complete.