LE THIET CUONG
1962 Born in Hanoi
1964-1973 Evacuated to Binh Da village to escape the American bombing of Hanoi
1973-1980 Secondary School education in Hanoi
1980-1984 Served in the army and worked as a cartographer and farmhand during the rice harvests
1985-1990 Attended the Vietnam State Film college in Hanoi. Studied set design for two years and animation in the final three years.
1988 Married fellow animation student, Pham Tu Uyen
1990 Began study of Tay Tang Buddhism and produced a series of paintings influenced by its teachings
Solo
exhibitions
1991 The Pastoral, centre of Exhibition and Artistic Exchange, Hanoi, Vietnam
1995 The Quiet Path, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore
1997 The Changing Eye, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore
1998 Vietnam Today, Gallery Andy Jilien, Zurich, Switzerland
1999 Point of View, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore
Group
exhibitions
1996 Vietnam-Contemporary Art, Sl Centrum, Stuttgart, Germany
1997 View of contemporary Art, Novotel Gallery, Vientiane, Laos
From the Red River to Mekong, The new trend in Vietnam, Centre Walloniek-Bruxelles, Paris, France
1998 A winding River - The Journey of Contemporary Art in Vietnam, Meridian International Centre, Washington D.C., USA
L'anima Soffocata, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Three Contemporary Vietnamese Artists, cork Street gallery, London, United Kingdom
Arts Plastiques et Visuals de 1925 nos jours, Escapce meridien, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Public
collections
· Singapore National Museum, Singapore
· Deutsche Bank AG, Hanoi, Vietnam
· ABN/Amro Bank, Singapore
