Biography

Living in the city’s noisy and stuffy surroundings and witnessing the messy and hurried changes of present-day life in the course of irresistible globalization, Tran Dinh Khuong like many other contemporary artists seems to rediscover peace of mind through the return to his real self or, to be more precise, to the peaceful atmosphere of the Vietnamese countryside that is full of the souvenirs of his sweet and fanciful childhood.

The native village offers an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Khuong’s art. The poetic, serene beauty of a wharf, a boat, a lotus pond, and a cluster of banana trees as well as the seasonal changes in which nature is a real symphony of perfume and colors such as the season of lotus flowers, rice seedlings replanting time, the approach of autumn of winter, etc, all this is apt to evoke pastoral and lyrical melodies or inspire subtle artistic feelings that invite and prompt the painter to create works of arts.

Tran Dinh Khuong paints with his zealous and relentless nostalgia for the Vietnamese countryside and deep human feelings as well. A range of simple, bright, innocent, joyful, and witty feelings is then expressed through the themes of childhood viz, buffalo and cow herding, crab and fish catching, playing children’s “game of square” or through themes depicting plain and gentle rural scenery e.g. going to market, picking lotus flowers, honoring Buddha at the pagoda. The artist pictured them in monumental, brilliant, eye-catching compositions with the rhythm of contemporary, decorative design and the warm, splendid color scheme of the Vietnamese traditional and very original lacquer medium.

1972: Born in Hanoi

1995: Graduated from Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts

Member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association Board of Directors of the Young Artists Club A Specialist in lacquer paintings

Collections

Private collection inside and outside Vietnam

Private collection of “Maison du droit Vietnam - Francaise”.

Private collection of Francophonie.

Private collection of the hotel Park Hyatt Sai Gon.

Private collection of the hotel Grand Ho Tram.

Private collection of the hotel Lottel Legend Sai Gon.

Solo Exhibitions

2023: Lacquer exhibition “Song tau la” at An Gallery, Ho Chi Minh.

2006: Solo lacquer exhibition “The Memories of Childhood” at Park.

2004: Solo lacquer exhibition “My Mother Land” at Ngo Quyen, Hanoi. Hyatt Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City.

Group Exhibitions

2022: Exhibition “Urushi Forms and Hope” - “Lacquer Art of Asia” in Tokyo, Japan.

2020: Charity auction exhibition for the Flood Resistant Housing Fund by Song Foundation in Ho Chi Minh City.

Exhibition “100 Vietnamese Lacquer Artworks” at Chon Auction House, Hanoi.

2019: Exhibition “The Gala Dinner for 20th Anniversary of Ben Thanh Art Gallery” at Park Hyatt Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City.

2018, 2022: Charity exhibition and auction by Enfance Partenariat Vietnam at the French Embassy, Hanoi.

2018, 2021: Exhibition “Lacquer Art” at Ngo Quyen, Hanoi.

2018: Exhibition “Vietnamese Culture Day” at Petit Palais Museum in Paris, France.

Fundraising auction exhibition for “Scar of Life” heart surgery fund at the French Consulate, Ho Chi Minh City.

2017: Exhibition “Tet” at Versailles City Hall, France.

2016: Lacquer Painting Collection Exhibition “Rekindling” in Shanghai, China.

2013: Exhibition “Life, Colors & Purity” at Ion Orchard, Singapore.

2012: Exhibition “Cultivating Dreams” organized by Nam A Bank, Ho Chi Minh City.

2011: The 26th Asian International Art Exhibition in Seoul, Korea.

2009: The 24th Asian International Art Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2008: Exhibition “Faces of Vietnamese lacquer painters” in Japan 2008: The 23rd Asian International Art Exhibition in Guangzhou China.

Group exhibition at Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan.

2007: Vietnamese Painting Exhibition “Terracotta Way along Rose River” in Dubai.

2007: Exhibition “Hanoi Mosaic Project” at the Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi.

2006: Exhibition “Visual Art” at Goethe Institute, Hanoi.

2006, 2010, 2012, 2016: Charity exhibition and auction organized by Operation Smile Vietnam Foundation.

2005, 2010: Exhibition “Young Art”, “Hinh va Bong”, “Only 1m2”, “Len san”, “Doi Dien” in Hanoi.

2005: Exhibition “Link” at Thang Long Gallery, Hanoi.

2005, 2007, 2010, 2016, 2021: Member exhibition area 1, Hanoi.

2001: Exhibition of Vietnamese lacquer paintings in Beijing and Wuhan, China.

1999: Exhibition “Silk Road Crossing” in China.

1995, 2010: National Fine Arts Exhibition.

1993, 1996, 2012, 2018: Capital Fine Arts Exhibition at Ngo Quyen, Hanoi.