Truong Tan

biography

Trương Tân graduated from the Fine Art School Hanoi (1982), and the University of Fine Art Hanoi (1989). He served as a lecturer at the latter from 1989 to 1997 before becoming a full-time artist. Through painting, drawing, performance, installation, sculpture, and ceramics, Trương Tân challenges social convention and investigates themes of identity and freedom of expression. Trương Tân has his solo exhibitions featured at Gallery Ecole, Hanoi (1994), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany (1996), Gallery Les Singuliers, Paris (1997, 1999, and 2000), Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (1998 and 1999), Gallery 4A, Sydney (1998), Asian Fine Art Gallery, Berlin (1999), Nha San Studio, Hanoi (2002), Ryllega Gallery, Hanoi (2004 and 2005), and Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok (2010). Notable group exhibitions include Singapore Biennial (2008); Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial, Japan (2009); Connect: Kunstszene Vietnam, ifa Gallery Berlin (2010) and ifa Gallery Stuttgart (2011); Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, 1991–2010, Singapore Art Museum (2011); and 8 Vietnamese Contemporary Artists, Bui Gallery, Hanoi (2012). The artist currently lives and works in Paris and Hanoi.

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