OUROBOROS by Hà Minh

Opening: Thurs 06 Apr 2023, 06:30 pm – 09 pm
Exhibition: 07 – 25 Apr 2023, 09:30 am – 06 pm
Work Room Four
31 alley 67 Tô Ngọc Vân, Hà Nội

The Ouroboros is an ancient circular symbol that depicts a snake or dragon devouring its own tail and is used to represent the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth, just like this potent alchemical symbol of the perpetual nature of existence, this body of work represents beginnings and ends in multiple contexts. Ouroboros is Hà Minh’s first solo exhibition of paintings and this body of work has been created over a period of three years during an exceptional time in Ha Minh’s life, creativity has been her rudder since her early years and Ouroboros marks the beginning of something new and the end of a chapter of creative practice. A self-taught painter, Hà has always been propelled by an innate desire to draw and create, she has honed her incredible raw talent through focused independent study, committing to drawing almost entirely from life to acutely develop her capabilities.

Paintings for the series began during the isolated times of COVID 19 social distancing, the work centres around a deeply personal, intimate subject – the artist’s teddy bear. Hà began her painting studies by familiarising herself with classical techniques and methods based on studies of the human form from life. In lockdown this became impossible, she turned to the simple props she had available to maintain her practice. Teddy became Hà’s muse, model, silent witness and confidant. Navigating the complexities of her life, her self identity and dedicating herself to her work in a conservative and sometimes hostile home environment as a young trans woman – alone.

The paintings in the series form together a space of fantasy and child-like wonder as well as a space of self-introspection where Hà comes to terms with, and embraces her womanhood and her burgeoning identity as a queer artist. This exhibition is very special to her because she feels as though she is coming out again, this time not to the world but to herself: “it’s ok to be a woman in this world, you will be fine (and you can even thrive)”.

Exhibition “Yakishime – Earth Metamorphosis”

Opening: 10:00, Tues 04 Apr 2023, 10 am
Exhibition: 05 – 20 Apr 2023, 08:30 am – 05 pm
2nd Floor – B building of Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, in cooperation with Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, proudly present a new traveling exhibition “YAKISHIME – Earth Metamorphosis”

The exhibition “Yakishime – Earth Metamorphosis” focuses on the ceramics technique yakishime, firing unglazed wares at high temperatures. While being one of the most basic means of producing ceramics, yakishime has developed in distinctive directions in Japan. This exhibition introduces an aspect of Japanese culture by examining yakishime from the earliest examples to contemporary works.

The earliest known yakishime wares date to the fourth or fifth centuries. However, it was only from the twelfth through the seventeenth centuries that this technique became solidly established and used in a substantial part of the production at major ceramics centers in Japan, including Bizen, Shigaraki, and Tokoname. This exhibition presents functional yakishime wares of two types: utensils used in tea ceremony – a major influence on the development of Japanese traditional culture, and tableware – an essential part of everyday life in Japan. It also presents a wide range of non-utilitarian objects created by contemporary ceramics artists who work with yakishime.

Rangeela Holi 2023

Sun 16 Apr 2023, 11 am – 03 pm
Kinder Park
614 Lạc Long Quân, Tây Hồ, Hà Nội

Holi is one of the most vibrant and colourful events in India. Celebrated on the full moon day in the Hindu month of Phalguna, which usually falls in February or March, Holi is a celebration marks the end of winter and the arrival of spring, the victory of good over evil, and the bonding of relationships.

On the day of Holi, streets and towns are covered in rainbow shower as people throw coloured powder into the air and smear them on others. Each colour bears a different meaning. For example, red represents love, passion and fertility, blue is the colour of Lord Krishna’s face and the sky and oceans while yellow illustrates knowledge and learning, symbolising happiness, meditation, and peace, etc. People also splash water on each other, whether by water guns or balloons filled with coloured water flung from rooftops. Over the year, Holi has become more and more popular and was adapted into several variations around the world. One of which is the Colour me run festival.

After 3 years of hiatus due to Covid-19, this year the Indian Business Chamber in Hanoi (INCHAM Hanoi) bring the celebration back to the calendar, with Rangeela Holi 2023 This in order to promote cultural exchanges and understanding of Indian culture as well as create a traditional festival space for the community of Indian in Hanoi in particular and Vietnam in general. At Rangeela Holi 2023, you can enjoy Indian and International cuisine, musical performance and also henna and face-painting will also be feature in the event. We invite all Indian community and friends of India to come to the festival to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships.

Rangeela Holi 2023 is open for all age groups and welcomes all nationalities who would like to join for celebrating. Every year, we welcome around 700 people to our event, 60% of which are expats in Hanoi and 40% are Vietnamese. Our number of participants is increasing every year with all age groups and mix of nationalities yet dominated by around 90% are teenagers and young adults making the celebration merrier.

Opening: Sun 26 Mar 2023, 03:30 pm
Exhibition: 26 Mar – 26 May 2023
Le Lycée Artspace
Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Spa
2 Lê Lai Str, Ward 5, Đà Lạt

Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Spa and REI Artspace are pleased to introduce the exhibition “The Time-Captured Hand” commemorating the 20th anniversary of the death of the legendary painter Buu Chi (October 8, 1948 – December 14, 2002).

In this exhibition, we proudly showcase 28 artworks with various materials such as lacquer, canvas, paper, etc. while introducing to the public REI’s exclusive artbook “The Time-Captured Hand” that includes his artworks and articles about the artist.

FINAL SHOW: AMONG A THOUSAND STARS | Dance x Live Music

Apr 15, 08 pm – 09:30 pm
Youth Cultural House HCMC, 4 Pham Ngoc Thach Street, D.1

Under the theme “Among a thousand stars”, each performance on the festival’s closing night will be a unique constellation, with many different kinds of stars that shine brightly in their own way. Throughout the festival, we have witnessed the creation of new constellations formed by the art community and the friendship between artists. The final performance, “Solar system,” will reunite the artists of the festival on stage as they work towards the same goal of creating a new stellar project and igniting the passion for arts.

Exhibition “Peculiar Interfaces”

Apr 15 - July 23 (off Monday), 09 am – 07 pm
The Outpost, Roman Plaza Tower B1 (Floor 2), To Huu Street

In realising the growth of digital media in everyday context and the lack of its discussion in the local art conversations, The Outpost seeks to introduce artworks that engage with the amplifying presence of smart machines and digital technology through our exhibition and acquisition activities. “Peculiar Interfaces” serves as an abstract to The Outpost’s long-term dedication to explore and unpack how technology is impacting our relationships to one another, and to the world around us.

Exhibition “The Gardeners”

Until May 2, 10 am – 09 pm
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA), B1 – R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City, 72A Nguyen Trai Street

Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA) cooperated with Young Artists Club – Vietnam Fine Arts Association to introduce the exhibition “The Gardeners”, with nearly 100 works of 90 artists. Talented young artists from all over the country, diverse in forms from painting, graphics, sculpture to installation and video art.

The Gardeners was originally borrowed from the poem book title “The Gardeners” by poet Rabindranath Tagore. The journey of discovery, creation and artistic work is sometimes very similar to the work process of gardeners that requiring patience, calmness and a peaceful attitude in harmony with the currents of the nature. Because sometimes, artists have not found what they want in art, but the process of artistic work leads them to creative and successful values that they are not looking for. Tagore’s poetic, erudite, philosophical lyrics have inspired young authors’ latest works.

Exhibition: Yin & Yang in contemporary sculpture

Exhibition: Mar 30 – Apr 20
Seminar: Apr 8, 2:30 pm
The Muse Artspace, 47 Trang Tien Street
The exhibiton and art talk will be organized by The Muse Artspace
Art curator Tran Thu Huyen
With the appearance of six artists: Le Anh Vu, Nguyen Ngoc Lam, Nguyen Duy Manh, Pham Bao Son, Tran Van An, and Tran Trong Tri.
When speaking of Yin & Yang, each will have their interpretation of the concept, despite it being accustomed to all.
This idea can be seen in contemporary sculptures, specifically ones that follow abstract expressionism, subtly infused with profound notions and emotions. It’s an art that speaks for itself while representing people’s sentiments in modern times.

Walking Through a Songline

March 21- Apr 16
The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, 15 Nguyen U Di Street, Thu Duc City
April 28 – May 21
Vietnamese Women’s Museum, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District
Walking through a Songline is a pop-up digital experience based on part of the National Museum of Australia’s internationally acclaimed exhibition Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters. Songline or Dreaming tracks, map the routes of Ancestral beings as they travelled across Australia, creating the land and its people.

Le Quy Tong: Neo-Romanticism

Until Apr 22, Tues – Sun
manzi art space, 14 Phan Huy Ich Street
manzi exhibition space, 2 Hang Bun alley,

Manzi is proud to present “Neo-Romanticism” – a new series of paintings by visual artist Le Quy Tong – one of the important figures of Vietnamese contemporary art.

Exhibition “Harmonize”

Until Apr 25, 09:30 am – 06 pm
V-Art Space, Floor 1 Ciputra Club, Bac Tu Liem District

After the success of two solo exhibitions “It” (2005) and “The Corner to See” (2014), visual artist Tran Trung Thanh remarks on another decade of hard work with the “Harmonize” exhibition. The artist’s journey in search of answers to questions about history, the development of society, and the intersection of life, science, and art is recorded via more than 30 oil paintings. Accompanying the exhibition is artist Vuong Pat Cam and his impressive works about Hanoi.

Meticulous, persistent, and profound are what we can say about the process of Tran Trung Thanh creating his artworks. Since the Jeunes Regard competition for young artists in 2004, Tran Trung Thanh’s painting style has become more and more bold.

Neither surrealism nor hyperrealism, Tran Trung Thanh encodes his notions of life into unique characters. Each painting presents a social issue of Vietnam or the world along with questions about history, international diplomacy, and the intersection of life – science – art.

“Harmonize” is the third solo exhibition of artist Tran Trung Thanh.

Exhibition ‘No more, not yet’

Display: Feb – June, Wed & Fri, 10 am – 04 pm
EMASI Nam Long (D.7)
Tues & Thurs, 10 am – 04 pm
EMASI Vạn Phúc (D.Thủ Đức)

Nguyen Art Foundation (NAF) proudly invites you to the opening of ‘No more, not yet’, an exhibition that looks back on Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai’s shapeshifting artistic practice in all its multiplicity. Winner of the Artist Excellence Award (inaugural edition, initiated by The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre and managed by in-tangible institute), her work is presented here alongside nearly 20 artists whom she calls her colleagues and friends. The exhibition will be on display from February to June 2023 across the campuses of EMASI Nam Long and EMASI Van Phuc.