Le Thiet Cuong

Cuong is one of the most admired Vietnamese artists. For him, the reflection of an artist is not very different from the approach of a Buddhist monk, and his work leads to a colourful and hopeful minimalism that invites to meditation.

Le Thiet Cuong was born in 1962 in Hanoi in a family of artists. His father, Nguyen, is a known writer and poet. His mother, Do Phuong Tao, a recognized filmmaker. Cuong is from a generation of Vietnamese people who witnessed the many changes in their country during the last forty years. From 1964 to 1973, Cuong and his family lived in the village of Binh Da in the Vietnamese countryside. This period of his childhood is reflected in his work through scenes of daily life in the Vietnamese countryside. After returning to Hanoi, Cuong studied from 1985 to 1990 the staging and the art of animation at the National Film College. He then developed a passion for teaching the Tay Tang doctrine, a Vietnamese version of the philosophy Tibetan Dzogchen. Education and Buddhist philosophy permeates these creations. Cuong wants to inspire us to live a simple and carefree life, in line with the I Ching, The Book of Changes.

Cuong’s work reveals the impermanence of all things. His message is hopeful and encourages meditation. It highlights the values of simplicity and compassion, as protection against the risk of everyday life and suffering. Cuong met with resounding success in his first solo exhibition abroad (in 1995, the quiet road, Singapore and Hong Kong). He has since exhibited in many cities in Europe and the United States and is considered as one of the major creative forces in Vietnam.

• Career of Le Thiet Cuong

  1962 Born in Hanoi-Vietnam

  1990 Graduated from the Vietnam State Film College in Hanoi .

  1991 solo exhibition " The Pastoral" , the first Exhibition , Hanoi .
  1995 solo exhibition " The quiet part"
  solo exhibition at Plum Blossoms Gallery , Hongkong . Singapore .
  1997 solo exhibition " The changingeye", Plum Blossoms Gallery , Hongkong , Singapore .
  1998 solo exhibition " Vietnam today ", Gallery Andy Jllien , Zurich - Switzeland .
  1996 group Exhibition " Vietnam - Contemporary Art " , Germany .
  1997 group Exhibition " View of Contemporary Art " , Vientiane LAOS .
  group Exhibition " From the red River to Mekong ", the new tren in Vietnam,Paris.
  1998 group Exhibition " A Winding River- The Journey of contemporary Art in Vietnam ", Meridian International Center Washington D.C-USA .
  group Exhibition " L'anima soffocata "- Bassano del Grappa - ITALY .
  group Exhibition " 3 Contemporary Vietnamese Artist ", Cork Street Gallery - London - England .
  1998 group Exhibition "A Winding River"(group show in USA)./Solo exhition in Zurich./Group show in London.
  1999 solo Exhibition "Point of View" at Plum Blossoms Gallery in Hong Kong and Singapore.
  2000 group Exhibition at Tokyo./Group show at Gallery Art U, Osaka./Solo exhibition in Bangkok.
  2001 solo exhibiton at Dragon, Hanoi, Vietnam
  2002 solo exhibiton at Gallery 55, Bangkok, Thaïlande
  2003 solo exhibiton at Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis
  Group Exhibition in Singapore.
  2004 solo exhibition “Meeting Myself”, Gallery 55, Bangkok, Thailand.
  Solo exhibiton “Inspiration from Basho's Poem”, Shingendo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
  Zoom Vietnam, Gajah Gallery, Singapore.
  Facing, Dragon Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  2005 The Grains of Rice, Thang Long Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  2006 Vietnam Smiling, Gallery 39, Hanoi, Vietnam
  Manuscript, Gallery 39, Hanoi, Vietnam
  II Drago e la Farfalla, Vittoriano, Roma, Italy
  2007 Group exhibition at The Red Gallery in Dubai.
  2011 Portrait, Dinh Y Nhi & Le Thiet Cuong, Apricot Gallery, London, UK
  january 2013 Solo exhibition "like a nil" in HCMC
  december 2013 Duo exhibition of mosaics in HCMC




• Gallery of Le Thiet Cuong

  

  LTC240, 1994, 50x78cm