Nguyen Thanh Truc,
1969 Born in Saigon. Lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Education
1993 Graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts University
Solo and two-person exhibitions
2013 Kamikaze/ One-night show, PST, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2010 Static Motion with George Papadimas, Galerie Quynh, HCMC, Vietnam
2006 Surface, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2001 Inside II, Moco Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2000 Inside I, Moco Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Selected group exhibitions
2023 ART SG 2023, Singapore
2021 S.E.A FOCUS 2021, Singapore
2019 Guest Lectures and Exhibition in the Falls, Long Beach City College
Reunited in LA, Gallery 515, LA, USA
2018 Art Expo Malyasia Plus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017 XEM Publication Project, The Factory Art Center, HCMC, Vietnam
2013 XEM Publication Project, San-Art laboratory, HCMC, Vietnam
2013 Freedom Is the Motorbike, LBCC Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA, USA
2011 vis-à-vis, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vietnam Voices, Tobin Ohashi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Caution! Development in Progress, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2008 Olio. the year end show, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tranquilities, Asian Collection Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Asia, Now, Gyeonggi Arts Center, Suwon City, Korea
2003 Horizontal Process, Mai’s Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2002 Summer Workshop Exhibition, Toulouse, France
12+1, Blue Space Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2001 Jeunes Regards, Vietnam Contemporary Fine Arts Association, Hanoi, Vietnam
Open Studio, Binh Quoi Village, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2000 Point of View, Fine Arts Association, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Art Exhibition for World Peace, Gana Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Seven Colors of August, Fine Arts Association, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
1996 Philip Morris Awards, Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
1995 Young Artists, Fine Arts Association, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Curatorial experience
2013 Co- founder of XEM photo magazine
2011 Co-curator, “Vietnamese & Korean Workshop,” Durian pie factory, Jeju, Korea
2010 Co-curator, “Vietnamese & Korean Exhibition,” Durian pie factory, HCMC, Vietnam
2010 Curator, “Fluctuating variation, Korean artists,” 0 Station, HCMC, Vietnam
Residencies/Workshops
2000 Summer Workshop Exhibition, Sant Henri resdency, Toulouse, France
2011 “Vietnamese & Korean workshop”, Jeju, Korea
2013 “Kamikaze one night show” – PST, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bibliography
2010 Young, Beth, “Chaotic Order,” The Saigon Times Online, May 13, 2010
Nhu Huy, “Static Motion and Mental Pleasure,” Static Motion, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2010
2006 Uda, Motoko, “Surface,” ARTiT, Tokyo, Japan, winter/ spring 2006
Lei-Win, Thin, “Painting the Surface,” The Saigon Times Daily, January 13, 2006
Merryweather, Melissa, “Surface,” exhibition catalogue, Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2006
Private collections
Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, USA, Vietnam.