NGUYEN THANH CHUONG
(1949)
January 19, 1949
Born in Nha Nam, Ha Bac, Vietnam
Began painting from the age of
7 (with his work Alubber Cock, won the gold prize in Painting Competition of
International Children)
From 1960
Entered the Hanoi Fine Arts College
1966
Joined the Army, in military engineering force, participated in the
battlefields of Central Part, Laos, Central Highland
1974
Worked as painter for the Thong Nhat Journal
From 1975 on
Worked as main painter for Van Nghe weekly
(The Weekly Journal of Art and Literature - the Writers Association of Vietnam)
Exhibitions and Awards
1973, 1976, 1980
Painting Exhibition in Hanoi
1973
The third prize of Hanoi Painting Exhibition
1974
Exhibition of Illustration for publications in Hanoi
1985
National Painting Ehxibition
1987
Hanoi Artists Group Painting Exhibition, Ho Chi Minh City
1988
Hanoi Artists Group Painting Exhibition at the Hanoi Fine Arts Museum
1994
Painting Exhibition in China
Asian Art Painting
Exhibition in Hongkong
The second prize
for Graphics by the Plastic Artists Association of Vietnam
1995
Solo painting Exhibition at Red River Gallery in Hanoi
Exhibition of
Vietnam Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art in London, England
Exhibition of
Vietnam Open in Copenhagen, Denmark
Exhibition
of paintings in Yokohama, Japan
1996
Painting Exhibition in Seoul, Korea
Exhibition of Hanoi
painting at the Centre of Introduction and Change for Arts in Hanoi
Ten Hanoi's Artist
painting Exhibition, at Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi
1997
"A moment from Hanoi", Duc Minh Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
"The changing
face of Hanoi", Hongkong
"Vietnam
Selection", Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi
Contemporary Art in
Hanoi, Vietnam Osaka, Japan
Aspiration Daewoo
Hotel & Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi
Thanh Chuong's
painting, Vietnam Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese
sensibility, Hien Minh Gallery & Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
Gold Paintbrush,
Faber Foundation, Castell, Ho Chi Minh City
Nostalgia,
Sofitel-Metropole & Red River Gallery, Hanoi
A new morning, The
Hanoi Fine Arts College
1998
With Heart & Soul &Mind New World Arts Centre (So Ho), New York,
The USA
Vision from Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese
Sensibility, Germany
Vision from
Vietnam, Prudential's collection
1999
"A celegration of life", London, England
Exhibition of
Internation, Korea
"The colors of
Vietnam", New World Hotel, Vinh Loi Art gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
The 4th Vietnamese
contemporary Art Exhibition, Art U Gallery , Osaka, Japan
The
Exhibition of Vietnamese painting, Seoul, Korea
Two contemporary
Vietnamese painters Painting Exhibition, Tatkamatsu and Kyoto, Japan
The Lacquer World
of Thanh Chuong, Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi
Thanh
Chuong's Lacquer painting, Art U Gallery, Osahaka, Japan
