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Dao Hai Phong: Painting

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The Flower Vendor © Dao Hai PhongDao Hai Phong was born in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1965 and is the son of well known film artist Dao Duc Phong.  He graduated from the film design department of the Hanoi College of Film and Theater in 1987 and from 1992 onward, has devoted himself to painting.

Painting mainly in oils on canvas, Phong’s bold coloured images are detailed but typically “devoid of people and characterized by a peaceful emptiness”. Inspired by his travels during his work on films, Phong is currently Chief Designer at a Vietnam Film Studio and continues to paint and exhibit his work.

Phong’s work has been exhibited in group and solo shows throughout Vietnam, as well as in Britain, Hong Kong, Laos, the United States, Italy, Singapore, and Switzerland.

To learn more, visit Daohaiphong.vxartgallery.com,  Toriizaka Art, or Thavibu Gallery.

Tran Nguyen: Illustration

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Born in Vietnam and raised the United States, Tran (pronounced “Tron”) Nguyen received a BFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. Having deep interest in therapeutic imagery, her work frequently depicts milieus of adversity in which we deal with day to day. She is fascinated with creating visuals that can be used as a psycho-therapeutic support vehicle, exploring the mind’s surreal dreamscape. Her paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and thin glazes of diluted acrylic on paper.

““ I find interest in illustrating the universal emotions we come across in everyday living — emotions that are tucked away, deep inside our psyches.”

Nguyen currently lives and works in Georgia and is represented by Richard Solomon.

To see more, visit MyNameIsTran.com.

Tam Van Tran: Sculpted Paintings

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Beetle Manifesto xiv Genesis - Tam Van Tran

I came across the work of painter Tam Van Tran on the Art Daily website and was instantly drawn in.  Born in Vietnam in 1966, Van Tran currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the Film and Television  Program at the University of California and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

Van Tran creates his most recent works, which include an ongoing series of large-scale drawings entitled “Beetle Manifesto” by drawing on large sheets of paper that he cuts into thin strips and sutures back together with thousands of staples.  This process often warps the paper resulting in three dimensional sculpture-like paintings. Using a wide range of materials that include crumpled paper, staples, hole punches, and pigments mixed with organic matter such as chlorophyll, beet juice, and spirulina, his abstract creations range in size from  very small to gigantic.

Van Tran has received many awards including the Joan Mitchell Foundation award and a Pollack Krassner Fellowship. His work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions across the United States including the Whitney Biennial, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, UCLA’s Hammer Museum, and the Asian American Art Center, New York.

For more information about Tam Van Tran, see the source links below.

Sources: The City Review, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, Susanne Vielmetter