Bui Huu Hung
Biography
1957 Born in Hanoi, Vietnam
Graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts University
1975 Studied lacquer painting with lacquer Artists at traditional workshops
1986 Set up Nha San studio in Hanoi Member of the Vietnam Fine Art Association
1996 Member of International Association of Lacquer Painters
EXHIBITIONS
1995 Exhibition of lacquer works, at residence of the Autralian Ambassador Hanoi.
1996 Exhibition of lacquer paintings, Bell Gallery Hanoi
1998 Exhibition at Gallery 27Cork Street London
1999 “A Novel Traditional”, Hanoi, Vietnam
1999 “A Novel Traditional”, Plum Blossoms Gallery Hongkong & Singapore
1999 King Road Gallery, London England & Plum Blossoms Hong Kong
2000 Motcomband King Road Gallery London
2001 “Rumination” at Metropole – Hanoi
2002 “Recollection of The Past” Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam
2004 “Bui Huu Hung’s Lacquers” Museum of Americas, Miami USA
2005 “Vietnam Nostalgia”. Galerie J.G.Armenegaud, Rue du Bac Paris. Accompanying Catalogue.
2006 Participation at the Art Auction of Operation Smile in HCMCity
2008 “The Land of Legends” at Park Hyatt Saigon Organized by Ben Thanh Art & Frame and Galerie Nguyen
2009 “Nostalgia”. at The Red Gallery in Dubai. UAE
2010 “Recollection” at 27 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4HZ.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1982 Exhibitions Lacquer paiting, Vasava Poland.
1983 Exhibitions, Occidental, Sophia Bulgaria.
1993 “Art Spring”, Allian Francais, Hanoi Vietnam
1994 “Avant-Garde”, Exhibitions House, Hanoi Vietnam
1996 “Lacquer International” Fuitiija Art Museum Tokyo
1997 “The Sacred Seasons”, Notices Gallery, Singapore with Nguyen Tu Nghiem
1997 “Past & Present”, Maison des Arts Europe Asia Paris France with Le Hong Thai
1998 “Nostalgia”, at Metropole, Hanoi, with Thanh Chuong
1998 “With Heart and Soul and Mind” New World Art Center NewYork USA
2001 Exhibitions “Comtemporary Art from Viet nam – Norway”
2002 “Where the Rivers Meets” group exhibition Luxembourg and continued at “Libre de Bruxelles”. University, Brussels Belgium
2003 International Exhibiton “The First Beijing International Art Biennale” Beijing China
2006 International Exhibition “Dragon and Butterfly” in Victoria Museum – Rome
2008 “Merging the Best of East and West” group exhibition in Limkowing University – London
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Eastern Fine Arts Museum of USSR
Singapore Art Museum
Museum of Sydney Autralia
Museum of ULB University in Brussels Belgium
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong
Vietnamese Embassy, London England
Vietnamese Embassy, Brussels Belgium
Vietnamese Embassy, USA
BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED
1998 Bui Huu Hung
1999 Bui Huu Hung
1999 A Novel Tradition
2003 Bui Huu Hung Vietnam Nostalgia
2005 Bui Huu Hung Vietnam Nostalgia
2006 Participation at the Art Auction of Operation Smile
2008 “The Land of Legends”
2010 “Bui Huu Hung Recollection
- BUI HUU HUNG – KEEPING THE ESSENCE OF MEMORY
Article about the artist
Bui Huu Hung
Being descended from a family with the traditional painting job, Bui Huu Hung quickly
grasped the know-how in this field to become an painter-expert specialized in lacquer of the
Vietnamese painting in the innovation stage. Quintessence and up-and- down of the paint used
for screens, parallel sentences/ couplets, painted statues, antique furniture in temples and
pagodas deeply influenced on painters and they were shown in modern lacquer works.
He is the first artist who put the images of princes and princesses into paintings. Bui Huu
Hung did not only exploited ancient cultural elements such as clothes, jewelry, patterns but
also formed a different world outlook. In a quiet space, those in royal clothes stand or sit
surrounding ancient objects, creating unreal images from the past and presenting existing and
value characteristics. Paintings are questions with outlook on life and nostalgia created by the
mysterious spiritual world of the artist.
Bui Huu Hung was born in 1957 in Hanoi and graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts University.
He is a member of the association of international lacquers artists. His works were exhibited
in many places of the world such as London, Norway, New York, Bulgaria, Poland, Belgium
and Vietnam.
