Vietnamese Artists |Pham An Hai
Pham An Hai was born in 1967
in Hanoi and graduated from the Hanoi Institute of Fine Art
in 1995 and received his Master of Art in 2006. At one
level, many of Pham An Hai’s paintings may be viewed as
cityscapes or landscapes from his home city of Hanoi and its
surroundings, or paintings from nature. We can discern
houses, buildings and narrow lanes, and also imagine the
city in various seasons or time of the day. Some paintings
draw one’s attention to Hanoi in winter or it can be Hanoi
in a red light stemming from the evening sun. Paintings of
lotuses and water and mountains also feature in his latest
series. Sometimes, there is a tranquil, romantic tinge to
the works. At another level, his paintings may also reflect
inner landscapes of the soul and heart. Pham An Hai is a
master in the use of colours, and the choice and combination
of colours are important features in his works. In his
current exhibition, he has ventured into lacquer painting, a
traditional technique that has been adopted in Vietnam for
contemporary art. Pham An Hai is a unique artist who has
shown that abstract works can show deeper meanings than
being plain abstractions. Pham An Hai has participated in several exhibitions in Vietnam, in Britain (1999,
2008), Australia (2000), Hong Kong (2001, 2002), Singapore (2001, 2004,
2008), Belgium (2002), Thailand (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009), Japan (2005), USA (2005), Italy (2006), and Korea (2007). >
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