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Trinh Tuan was born in Hanoi, in 1961. He completed his BA at the Hanoi
Industrial College of Fine Art in 1985, his MA at Hanoi Institute of Fine Art in
2000 and is currently a Professor at the Hanoi Industrial College of Fine Art.
His work is mostly figurative lacquer
painting. Using this medium he treats subjects such as feelings and emotions.
Often a single figure depicted in his paintings, can bring forth feelings of
loneliness, sadness, or happiness and love. Often his paintings show
couples with warm feelings for each other - or the opposite. His figures
seem to have feelings inside which they unleash within his paintings. Tuan
has exhibited abroad several times, in countries such as Japan (1996, 2000,
2002), China (1996, 2005), Germany (1997), Singapore (1997, 2000, 2001), Denmark
(1998, 1999, 2000), France (1998), Argentina (1999), Laos (1999), Australia
(1999), USA (1999), Thailand (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006), Israel
(2000, 2005), Netherlands (2000, 2001), Taiwan (2000), Hong Kong (2002), and Malaysia
(2005). His paintings are, amongst others, in the collection of HRH the
Crown Prince of Norway and the collection of the National Art Gallery of
Malaysia. Tuan also represented Vietnam in
OpenAsia 2004
in Venice, Italy. When looking at the reproduced images below, please note
that lacquer paintings have a unique richness in colour and a lustre, which
cannot be done justice in photographs. For a more exhaustive article
on Trinh Tuan
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(s) = sold, Book: Trinh Tuan - Lacquer Paintings
