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1953 Born in Ha Noi, Viet Nam
1973 Graduated from the Saigon Fine Arts College
Member of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association
EXHIBITIONS
| 2000 |
Group Exhibition, Galerie Vinh Loi, Ho Chi Minh City.
Group Exhibition, Art XXI Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City |
| 1999 |
The 8th annual "Recent Works" exhibition, a group of nine artists, City Exhibition House, Ho Chi Minh City.
"Nine Artists from HCMC", Galerie Vinh Loi, Ho Chi Minh City. |
| 1998 |
"The Finest Collections from Sister Cities", Museum Pusan Art Metropolitan, Korea
"Saigon Perspectives," Pacific Bridge Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Oakland, California, USA, with Do Hoang Tuong painter.
"L'anima Soffocata," Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa, Italy. |
| 1997 |
"Man and Woman," H&S Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. Traveled to Paris, Tokyo, San Francisco, Singapore.
"A Winding River: The Journey of Contemporary Art in Viet Nam", Meridian International Center, Washington D.C., USA. Traveled to various venues in the States.
"Vietnamese Art after Doi Moi,", New World Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City. |
| 1996 |
"11th Asian International Art Exhibition", Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines.
"Vietnamese Art after Doi Moi", Fujita Vente Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1995 |
"Viet Nam Festival May 1994" in Hong Kong |
| 1994 |
Asian Friendship Exhibition Exhibition, the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum |
| 1994 |
Asian Friendship Exhibition, Tokyo |
| 1994 |
Show "Spring" by Vietnamese and American painters, the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum |
| 1994 |
The Fifth Annual "Recent Works" Exhibition, group of 10 painters, Ha Noi |
| 1993 |
"New Space" by Vietnamese and Singaporean painters, Ho Chi Minh City |
| 1992 |
"Abstract" National Exhibition, Ho Chi Minh City |
| 1991 |
"Reminiscent from the land of Viet Nam" Exhibition, Paris |
| 1990 |
The first annual "Recent Works" Exhibition, group of 10 painters |
| 1990 |
National Fine Arts, Ha Noi |
| 1985 |
National Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City |
AWARDS
2000 The Philip Morris Group of Companies ASEAN Art Awards
1996 The Philip Morris Group of Companies ASEAN Art Awards
1992 Silver Medal Prize, The Second Saigon Tourist Competition Press Prize.
1991 Silver Medal Silver, The First Saigon Tourist Competition Viewer's Favourite Painting Prize.
Nguyen Tan Cuong mostly paints in a figurative style, although occasionally he ventures into abstraction. Cuong paints in oil on canvas. Similar to Tuong, he sometimes builds up a texture on the canvas with acrylic gesso and paper before applying paint. Cuong is a master at manipulating light, his paintings often appear to glow from within. Cuong skillfully juxtaposes fields of highly textured layers of color, which form a single object such as a fish or person, with fields of smooth soft color, which create the backdrop. In Cuong¹s recent works his deft use of subtle tone and hue bring to mind stone, fallen leaves and aged wood. The pallets he utilizes to achieve this effect are mixed, in the textured areas he applies pure colors which mingle at a viewing distance, and in the backdrop areas he works rich earth tones into smooth fields reminiscent of an overcast sky.
Nguyen Tan Cuong's exhibition with Do Hoang Tuong, "Saigon Perspectives" took place at "Pacific Bridge Contemporary Southeast Asian Art" from September 15th - November 7th, 1998.
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