ARTIST NGUYEN TRUNG

1940  Born in Soc Trang, Vietnam. Lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Education

1958 Gia Dinh School of Fine Arts, Saigon, Vietnam

Awards

1963 Spring Salon Art Competition, Gold Medal, Vietnam

1960 Spring Salon Art Competition, Silver Medal, Vietnam

Public collections

Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Museum, Vietnam

Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Singapore National Art Museum, Singapore

United Overseas Bank, Singapore

Vietnam Fine Art Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam

Solo exhibitions

2014 Solo presentation at Insight  Art Basel Hongkong

2010 Grey White Black,  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2004 Blackboard, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2001 The White Series, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

1999 Revelations of Time and Self, Gallery Trang An, Hanoi, Vietnam

1990 Maison du Vietnam, Paris, France

1967 Alliance Française, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Selected group exhibitions

2019    S.E.A. Focus, Singapore

2018    Art Expo Malaysia Plus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2017

Rekindling Lacquer: Vietnamese Mordern Painting in Shanghai Collections, China Art Museum, Shanghai

Personal Structures, European Cultural Center and GAA Foundation, Venice, Italy

Art Stage Singapore, Singapore.

2016

Open, Vietnam Fine Art Museum, Hanoi

Organized by Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport to highlight and appraise Vietnam achievements after “Doi moi” period for 30 years (1986-2016)

2015

START art fair 2015, CUC Gallery, London, UK

Art Stage Singapore, CUC Gallery, Singapore

2014

Start Art Fair, CUC Gallery, London

Art Stage Singapore, CUC Gallery, Singapore

2012 Dawn, CUC Gallery, Hanoi

2011 Composition | Construct, Galerie Quynh ,Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2008 olio. the year end show, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2007 Good Morning Vietnam, Good Morning Korea, Korean Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea

2003 – 2000 various exhibitions in Hongkong, Singapore and Vietnam.

1998

On the Horizon, Pacific Bridge Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Oakland, California, USA

L'anima Soffocata, Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Vietnamese Art from 1925 to Today, Forum des Halles, Paris, France

1997

The New Face of Vietnam, Seoul, Korea

All the Rivers are Running. Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art, Hanoi, Vietnam

1996

11th International Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines

 Vietnamese Art after Doi Moi, Fujita Vente Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1995 10th International Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Singapore National Art Museum, Singapore

1994 Asian Friendship Exhibition, Ho Chi Minh City Art Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Traveled to Tokyo, Japan.

1992

Uncorked Soul, Hong Kong and Singapore

Abstract Painting, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

1991

Société Nationale des Beaux Arts Biennial, Grand Palais, Paris, France

Exhibition by overseas artists living in France, Maison des Associations, Forum des Halles, Paris, France

1990 – 1996 Recent Works, annual exhibition by a group of ten artists, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam

1959 – 1989 National group exhibitions