Biography:
Le Quoc Viet
Pen name Ai Chau, Cuu Chan Quan Nhan
Born in 1972 in Thanh Hoá province
Education
2004-2005 Researcher at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
1997-2000 Researcher of the Ancient Arts of Vietnam, Fine Arts Institute Hanoi, Vietnam
1991-1996 Hanoi Fine Arts University, Vietnam
1978-1987 Studied Sino - Nom and calligraphy at pagodas in Ninh Binh province Vietnam
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Secret Mantra, calligraphic installation, Indochinese Arts Partnership, Wellesley, MA, USA
2008 This is What I Heard- Calligraphy and Painting, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2004 Calligraphy and Painting, Goethe-Institut, Hanoi, Vietnam
2001 Solo Exhibition, My Art Prospects Gallery, New York City, USA
1999 Spring- Calligraphy exhibition in the Temple of Kongfuzi, Hanoi, Vietnam
Group Exhibitions
2023 David Thomas and Friends, Fine Art Museum, Hanoi Vietnam
2012 Vietnam Now, Hongkong Land, Hong Kong
2010 Wordless: Zenei Gang of Five, calligraphy exhibition with Zenei members Tran Trong Duong, Pham Van Tuan, Nguyen Duc Dung and Nguyen Quang Thang, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2008 Oscilloscope (with Tran Trong Duong, Vu Kim Thu) L’Espace, Hanoi, Vietnam
2008 Dance of the Script, Maison des Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
2007 The Script - Zenei Gang of Five, Calligraphy with Tran Trong Duong, Pham VanTuan, Nguyen Duc Dzung, Nguyen Quang Thang, Studio Tho, Hanoi, Vietnam
2006 Il Drago e la Farfalla - Arte Contemporanea in Vietnam, Roma, Compresso del Vittoriano, Roma, Italia
2005 Lotus Flower - Art From Vietnam, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Waino Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Hameenlinna Art Museum, Finland
2005 The Ten Courts of the Kings of Hell, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2003 Traces and Traditions Vietnamese Woodblock Prints, International Print Centre, New York City, USA
2002 Light of the Spirit with Tran Hoang Son, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2002 Vietnam Art Actuel, Centre d’Exposition de I’Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
2002 Brush to Block: Vietnamese Works On Paper, The Eastern Gallery, Chicago, lllinois, USA
2002 Tradition and Change Contemporary Vietnamese Art, The Landon Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Exhibition with demonstration and talk about calligraphy, Vietnam Ethnology Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
2000 Human Being in Ancient Sculpture, Hanoi Fine Arts University, Hanoi, Vietnam
2000 Spring-Calligraphy Exhibition together with UNESCO Calligraphy Club, the Temple of Kongfuzi, Hanoi, Vietnam
1999 Two man exhibition with Tran Hoang Son, Hanoi Fine Arts College, Hanoi, Vietnam
Curatorial Projects
2008 Curated the calligraphy exhibition “Dance of the Script”, Maison des Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
2007 Curated the calligraphy exhibition “The Autumn Floral Spirit – The Five Styles of Nom Script” at the Temple of Literature and the Ancient Thang Long Citadel, Hanoi, Vietnam
2006 Curated the calligraphy exhibition “Twenty Eight Stars”, the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, Vietnam
Residencies and Workshops
2010 Residency and exhibition, Indochinese Arts Partnership, Wellesley, MA, USA
2008 Residency and workshop, exhibition Asean Civilizations Museum, Singapore
Residency and workshop, exhibition Heide Museum, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Residency in Vermont Studio Center, Johnson Vermont
Woodblock printing workshop and lecture on “The Ancient Graphics of Vietnam” at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City
2001 Residency in July at Art Omi, New York
Publications
“Ancient Graphic Arts” (with Phan Cam Thuong and Cung Khac Luoc), Nxb, My Thuat, Hanoi, 2001
“Tran Hoang Son and Le Quoc Viet at the Hanoi Fine Art College” Asian Art News May/June 1999
Public Collections
British Museum, London, England
American
Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA
Ace Corporation, Bermuda
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
Private Collections
Argentina, America, Australia, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Spain, Switzerland, Vietnam
Birth Date: 1972
Birth City: Ha Tay
Birth Country: Vietnam
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