Tran Trong Vu

1964: Born in Hanoi, Vietnam

1982-1987     Student of Fine Arts College of Hanoi
1987-1989     Teacher of Fine Arts College of Hanoi
1989-1992     Invited  student of National Fine Arts College of Paris
2000             Invited teacher of Fine Arts College of Reims (France), program “La semaine folle”

Solo Exhibitions

2007    Have a long life!, L’Espace, Hanoi
2006    We don’t know how water is blue ?, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong
2005    I came with a blue day, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York
2004    Blue Memory, ASU Art Museum, Arizona
2002    Good Morning Vietnam, Gallery Podion, Amsterdam
2001    Made in Vietnam, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York
          Encounter with rain, Mai Gallery, Hanoi
2000    Journal der Orte, Künstlerhäuser, Worpswede, Germany
1999    Creation of The Rain Room for “Gap Vietnam”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
1998    The Market in Hell, Maea, Paris
1996    Natal Sources, Mai Gallery, Hanoi
1995    Trantrongvu, Mai Gallery, Hanoi
1991    Exposition sans titre, Gallery Artal, Strasbourg

Group Exhibitions

2006     Invited artist, Biennale Austria 2006, Flagenfurt
           Artists from Vietnam, Galerie Mirchadani & Steinruecke, Bombay

2005      Les Artistes Pérégrins, Fondation d’entreprise Espace Ecureuil, Toulouse

2004      Art Sénat, L’invitation au voyage – les artistes pérégrins, Orangerie du Sénat, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
           Alien Bravo, Plum Blossoms, New York
           Do a book, Plum Blossoms, New York

2003     Travelers, Islip Art Museum, New York
           Untitled, Plum Blossoms, New York

2002    Plum Blossoms, New York

2001     Open Studio, ISCP, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
           Mac 2000, Espace d’Auteuil, Paris

2000     Sehnsucht nach Landschff, Gallery Altes Rathaus, Worpswede, Germany
           Art Night, MODERN ART MUSEUM OF PARIS
           Le Cri Muet, Exhibition Center of Bai-Saint-Paul, Quebec
           Mac 2000, Espace Branly, Paris

1999     Retrouver l’avenir, Symposium of the New Painting in Canada, Bai-Saint- Paul
Magnum Creation, Salon Saga, Paris

1998     Rencontre en Aparté, Amiens
           Les uns par les autres, La réserve Aréa, Paris

1997     Vietnamese Painters, Museum of Art & History, Saint Brieuc, France
           Démarcations, Maea, Paris
           Cadavre exquis, Maea, Paris

1996     Lack erde Steine, Museum für Lackkunst, Münster, Germany
           Parcours nocturne, Maea, Paris

1995     Courant d’art à Deauville, Etablissement Elie de Brignac, Deauville
           Correspondances vietnamiennes, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris

1994     Arts Francophones, Palais d’Iéna, Paris

1993     Vietnam, Tropen Museim, Amsterdam
           Nedeland-Vietnam een dialoog, Watertoren, Vlissingen

1992     Uncorked Soul, Gallery Plum Blossoms, Hongkong

1991     Salon biennal 1991, National Society of Fine Arts, Grand Palais, Paris

1990     Artistes du monde, Gallery Bernanos, Paris
           Atelier de Zavaro, Gallery of Fine Arts House, Paris

1987     National Young Artists Exhibition, Saigon

1985     National Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi

1994     National Young Artsts Exhibition, Hanoi

Awards: 

First Price, Biennale Austria 2006, Huettenberg

Fellowships:

Residency in Künstlerhäuser Worpswede (2000),
Residency at ISCP New York, (2001)

Workshops: 

“Nedeland-Vietnam een dialoog”, Vlissingen City(1993)
“Symposium of the New Painting in Canada”, The Bai Saint Paul  Art Center(1999)

Catalogues:

“Biennale Austria 2006”.

“ Artists from Vietnam”, Galerie Mirchadani & Steinruecke, 2006.

“Eau”, area revue)s( n°12, 2006.

“2003-2004 Calendar”, ASU Art Museum.

“ L’invitation au voyage”, Seuil Editions Pérégrines, 2004.

“Travelers”, Islip Art Museum, 2003.

“Art Fashion Paris 2000”, Opel.

“Sehnsucht nach Landschaft?”, Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, 2000.

“Gap Vietnam”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 1999.

“Magnum création”, revue Technikart, Paris, 1999.

“Rencontre en Aparté”, D.R.A.C Amiens, France 1998.

“Lack Erde Steine”, Museum für lackkunst, Germany 1996.

“Hundred Vietnam Painters and Sculptors of the 20th Century”, Thê Gioi Editions 1995.

“Kalender 1994”, Een ontmoeting Tussen Nederlandse en vietnamese Kunstenaars, 1994.

“Uncorked Soul”, Gallery Plum Blossoms, 1993…

Press & magazines:

“Kleine Zettung”, 04-09-2006. 

“Asian Art News”, 2006 July.

“Asian Art”, 2005 Feb.

“Shade”, Art magazine in Phenix, 2004 March.

“Giant Robot”, Los Angeles, issue 34, 2004.

“Frontiers”, Tempe n°2, 2004.

“The New York Time”, 11-02-2003. “Bremen” 02-04-2000.

“Anzeiger” 02-11-2000.

“Die Welt”, Bremen,03-02-2000.

“L’Union”, Reims 11-12-2000.

“Weser Kourrier”, 06-04-2000.

“Berliner Zeitung”, 03-1999.

“Vietnam Investment” review, 01-22-1996.

“L’Eveil”, Quebec, 06-05-1995.

“Van nghe”, 11-19-1994.

“NRC Handelsbtad”, 10-16-1993.

“Hongkong Tatler”, 11-1991…

Works are in the collection of the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, the Singapore Art Museum, the ASU Art Museum (USA).