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Cong Kim Hoa was born in Hanoi in 1962 and graduated from the Hanoi
College of Fine Art in 1985. She is one of the few female
artists who made lacquer painting their
medium. Hoa specialises in semi-abstract and abstract
paintings, however one can often recognize the contours of masks, faces, fish, lotus flowers
or other organic forms in her work. The sensitivity that flows
through her paintings is filled with depth and detail; it is full of feeling and
abundant with life. The abundance that fills Cong Kim Hoa’s paintings is not
merely representations of physical forms but rather expressions of her emotional
knowledge and personal history. Hoa has
participated in several art exhibitions abroad: China (1996), Singapore (1997,
2001), Germany (1997), Denmark (1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005), France (1998),
Australia (1999), Argentina (1999), Sweden (1999), USA (1999), Netherlands
(2000), Japan (2000, 2002), Hong Kong (2002), Thailand (2003) and Taiwan
(2004). She recently staged a solo show at the Fine Art Museum of Vietnam,
and her works were collected by the National Art Gallery of
Malaysia. When looking at the reproduced images below, please note that
lacquer paintings have a unique richness in colour and a luster, which cannot be
done justice in photographs.
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