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, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2004 Blackboard, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2001 The White Series, Galerie Quynh, 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