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Biography:
LE THUA TIEN
1964 Born in Hue, Vietnam
EDUCATION and ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2008-2009 Master of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
1995-1996 Post graduate Rijakasacademie van Beeldende Kunsten,
Royal Arts Academy, Amsterdam, Holland
1988 B.F.A. College of Fine Arts, Hue University, Vietnam
1990-2010 Lecturer in Painting Department, Faculty of Arts, Hue
University, Hue Vietnam
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Silent Whisperings, Salon Art Vietnam, Hanoi
2011 The Globe, Meta House, (German-Cambodian Cultural Center)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2009 MFA Exhibition, Casula Powerhouse Arts Center, Sydney NSW. Australia
2007 Hues of Hue, Fielding Lecht Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
2006 Reflections, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
1998 Vietnam - The Fossilized War, installation (video clips, plaster figures). Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USA
1995 Monumentalite in Time, Gallery Amber/East-West Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 L'Infini du Miroir, L'Espace, Hanoi
2017 Foliage, Vingroup Center of Contermporary Art, Hanoi Vietnam
2016 Kenpoku Art 2016, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
2015 Victoria’s Gallery, Paris, France
2013 Daklak Arts Center, Buon Ma Thuot City, Vietnam
2012 Continuing Conversations – Meta House 5 Year Show – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2009 Nam Bang, Casula Powerhouse Arts Center/ Liverpool Arts Museum, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
2008 I LOVE PHO, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre / Liverpool Regional Museum, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Gabriel Gallery, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC Australia
2006 Field of Dreams, origami installation, collaboration with Nerine Martini, Songlines Arts Festival, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
2006 Malaysian-Vietnamese Contemporary Arts
2005 Hoi Tu, Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam
2004 Vietnam Today, Gallery Amber and Gallery Caro/East-West Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands
2003 Open Studios, Arcus Project 2003, Ibaraki, Japan
2002 Liquid International, workshop and exhibition - Long Hai and HCMC Fine Arts Museum, HCMC, Vietnam
2002 Hue Arts Festival 2002, Hue, Vietnam
2001 13 Horas, paintings & installation exhibition, Caracas, Venezuela
2000 The Five Hue Artists, Song Huong Gallery, Hue, Vietnam
1999 Things We Carry: Revisioning Vietnam, (installation, photography), Sally Packard, An My Le, Le Thua Tien, North Texas University Art Gallery, Texas, USA
1998 Meeting Point 98, Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum & Hanoi Fine Arts College, Vietnam
Gap Vietnam, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
1997 Vietnam - Thailand Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Hue and Hanoi, Vietnam
Le Thua Tien - Phan Cam Thuong, Gallery Julian Scott Memorial, Johnson, Vermont, USA
From Red River to Mekong: New Trends in Vietnam, Center Wallonie, Bruxelles, Belgium; Paris, France
1 + 1 (Le Thua Tien – Bradford Edwards), Blue Space Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam
1995 Open Studio, Rijkasacademie, Amsterdam, Holland
Arts and Image '95, Grote Kert, Denhaag, Holland
1992 Franco - Vietnamien Culture Festival, Hue, Vietnam, & Paris, France
1988 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam
PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION PROJECTS
2013 Haiku Path Project, Rimbun Dahan, Kuang Selangor, Malaysia.
2003 Field of Hope, installation project, origami in landscape, 3000 lotus folded papers, Moriya’s Baseball field, Ibaraki, Japan
2002 Armada project, installation project, floating over the Long Hai seashore of 15,000 white boats, origami folded paper, 20x6x6cm each
Lotus candles, an installation project of 10,000 white paper lotus lanterns, 8x6x6 cm each, Hai Ba Trung High School, Hue, Vietnam
Wild flowers, installation project, 3,000 white paper pin wheels on river bank, Hue, Vietnam, 2002
Moonlight, installation project of fishing net, bamboo, plastic, U.V light, 140m2 on the Perfume River, Hue, Vietnam
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2015 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont USA
2011 Heinrich Boell Foundation grant
2011 Chinatown Arts Space, SUSTAIN Sculpture Project, London, the UK. Final shortlist
2011 The second triennial Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation/ Singapore Art Museum, Signature Art Prize 2011, Singapore. Shortlist
2007 Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship/ University International Postgraduate Award ( EIPRS/UIPA). University of New South Wales, Australia
2003 Asian Cultural Council Grant- Research grant for Japan (US-Japan Arts program)
1997/1998 Freeman Asian Artist Award
1995-1996 Scholarship from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Cooperation, The Netherlands
1995 Arberg- UNESCO fellowship, the Netherlands
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2015 & 1997 Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residency, Vermont USA
2013 Rimbun Dahan Artist in Residency, Kuang, Selangor, Malaysia
2011 “Meditation” Sculpture Workshop and Symposium, Ban Don, Daklak, Vietnam.
2008 Artspace Visual Arts Center, Artist in Residency, Wolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Casula Powerhouse Visual Arts Center, Artist in Residency, Liverpool Arts Museum, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
2005 Blue Space Gallery, International workshop and exhibition, HCMC Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam
2003 International Symposium: “At Home/Not at home? Artists in Residencies in Tokyo NOW”, POLA Museum Annex, Chu-o-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2003 ARCUS PROJECT’03, Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN
1999 Things we carry – Revisioning Vietnam, University of North Texas, USA
1998 Indochina Arts Partnership, Newton Center MA, USA
1997 The 1997/1998 Freeman Asian Artist Award. Two months Artist in Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, U.S.A
1996 Amber Gallery, East/West Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands
MEMBERSHIPS
Vietnam Fine Arts Association
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Ibaraki Shimbun, Japan, vol: Dec, 2003.
World Sculpture News Magazine, February-March, 2002
Vietnam News magazine, vol: Feb,1999-2000
Boston Globe Newspaper, USA. Vol: Dec, 1998 Art New England magazine, Dec 98/Jan 99
Asian Art Archive, Biography on Vietnamese Contemporary Art, Eef Vermeer
Leiden morning Newspaper, Holland. Vol: Jan, 1996
COLLECTIONS
Amber Gallery - East/ West Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands
HCMC Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam
Senda Gallery, Hiroshima Japan
Birth Date: 1964
Birth City: Hue
Birth Country: Vietnam
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